On Thursday, November 2nd, I attend a resume workshop at the Starr Career Development Center. One of the most important things in order to get a job is to write an resume, which includes your education, experiences, skills, and contact information. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to improve and perfect on my existing resume that I’ve written in high school. I’ve had experience in writing resumes, so I somewhat knew what to expect when entering this workshop.
There were many points to an resume that the instructor told us about.One of the most important things is writing the resume in the correct format. If your resume is not even in the correct format, the company might not even take the time to read it and throw it our immediately, just because it is considered “unprofessional.” There were certain fonts, font sizes and margins that were appropriate to be used in a resume. She also mentioned that one’s resume should not go over a page and that the experiences and events we list need to go in chronological order. In addition, she also said that depending on the field we plan on going into, the different sections of a resume can be rearranged in different order if, for example, the skills session is more important than the experiences, the skills can be listed first before your experiences and awards. We also learned how to write the bullet points needed under each experience.
Overall, this was a good informational session on learning how to write resumes and the overall format. This workshop helped me improve on my skills in resume writing. Even if my resume is not up to par, I could always go and visit to the Starr Career Development Center, and they would help me edit and revise my resume before I send it into an job or internship i want to apply for.
