A couple weeks back I attended a resume and cover letter writing workshop at the STARR center. I arrived 10 minutes early, sat down, and waited as many students also began to show up. Ten minutes passed, no presenter showed up. Another 15 minutes pass, no presenter. Now at this point many students began to become irritated and left. It took another 15 minutes for the presenter to finally show up but, this point only half of the original students remained. But, overall it was worth the wait, the presenter went right into the slides and began telling us vital information about building the perfect resume.

The presenter gave us a list of keywords we should use in resumes, the keywords would allow us to present our skills in a more impact way. Another, important part of a resume is going right to the point  and don’t beat around the bush. The presenter showed us good and bad examples of a resume on the projector and also, gave us worksheet so we would be interactive with what she was presenting. Another, good tip was that for hobbies we should put something interesting that you wouldn’t see anyone else do such as running 5ks, playing the piano, or painting. The presenter also told us over the course of  the four years that we spend at Baruch we would want to apply for jobs/internships to build a good resume when we leave into the real world. Along, with tips and examples we were also given a packet on how to write the perfect a resume. Prior, to workshop I didn’t know that the STARR center would help proofread resumes and help with other important things such as mock interviews and even providing proper attire to go to interviews.