Yesterday, I attended a Starr Career Center Resume workshop. Before having my resume reviewed and carefully scrutinized, I personally thought it was thorough. However, development coach Michelle had pointed out there were a few flaws that would likely get my resume piled into the ‘disregard’ pile for hiring managers. Firstly, she mentioned that the font was quite disengaging, and it was hard to read at times. I used a smaller font in order to pack as much info in as I could. This was also another issue she mentioned: I included a lot of irrelevant information from high school. Some of this irrelevant information included some awards I won and other non-employment information. She pointed out that for professional career-oriented resumes, work experience should precede academia. Furthermore, I completely forgot to add the fact that I am bilingual, which is a great skill to have for prospective employees. While it is not a sole factor for employment, she mentioned that one’s marketability goes up with knowing a second language fluently, Bengali in my case. In addition, I lacked formal work experience- I was an intern at a non-profit, and I also included my experience with entrepreneurship. She advised that I look for other internships relevant to the field I’d like to pursue. Ultimately, my resume needed lots of improvement, and I honestly didn’t mind at all. I was glad that she pointed out these discrepancies. With my new and improved resume, the chance that my resume will get shredded up by a hiring manager has  decreased.