On Monday, I had the opportunity to go to STARR career development center for a resume check in. While I was there, we took a look at my 2 resumes and talked about what I needed to tweak to make it better and more efficient. The counselor, Katherine, told me what order I should put things in, how I should use a certain system for my bullet points, and a variety of little pointers. The experience was different from what I was expecting mainly because I didn’t think that I had many things wrong with my resume, but once we started talking we pointed out a lot of things. For one, even though I had written a description, Katherine told me that it was just occupying space and if the employer wants to learn more about it they could by looking it up. Another point that she made was that I should put my level of proficiency in all of the things I put under skill, to make sure that the employer does not misunderstand and think that I am more proficient than I really am at something. Though I do not really have a purpose for my resume at the moment since I’m not really looking for a job or an internship at the moment, I know that it’s an important part in applying for positions. Hopefully in the future when I am applying my resume will stick out to employers.
