Thursday November 2nd I attended a resume workshop, provided by STARR Career Development center. To get as much we can from this workshop they first to explain what a resume is and what it does for us. A resume helps give our potential employer an inside look of you. It gives a brief summary of skills, education and relevant experience, this summary is suppose to separate you from the rest of the pack. The instructor, Katily Riley looked like she really knew what she was talking about. She first told us that most of us are not even using the correct format when creating our resume. So she showed us the correct format we should use, and she explained the importance of using the correct format. Even if you are qualified, but uses the wrong format these big companies would not even look at you. For example using a professional font like times new roman is essential. She moved on to writing about education and experience which should be written in chronological order and be written in bullet points. This was something I was doing wrong in my resume. I knew something was wrong with my resume and going to this workshop I was able to solve (I never heard back from jobs). I feel much more confident about handing in my resume.
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