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Career Center teaches student how to land an interview
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"Think about what you’re selling.”
It’s the best way to write a good resume, according to Career Counselor Jennifer Iuvone.
The Career Center hosted Resume 4-1-1 Wednesday, March 19 at 7 p.m. in the Student Union Brink Room. The workshop is part of the Professional Development series, a new program focused on helping students further their careers.
“One of the big things we’re trying to help students with is even though they’ve got so much on their plates, [we] don’t [want them to] put their job search – their career decision – off until they graduate,” Career Center Director Debbie Kaylor said,
Freshman Roxanne Sauls attended the workshop because she is applying for a job with the Student Programs Board.
“I have a lot of job qualifications,” Sauls said. “I just really need to make a resume.”
Iuvone teaches that making one generic resume and using it for every job application is not the most logical way to get an interview.
“You don’t just want to list everything you’ve ever done,” she said. “You really want to keep the focus on related experience. The best resume is the one that most closely matches that job description.”
The resume’s purpose is not to secure a job. A resume needs to be focused enough to capture the interest of the employer, prompting them to offer an interview.
“I’ve never heard of anybody getting a job just from their resume,” Iuvone said.
Another common misconception about resumes is what information goes where. For example, one should not put “High school graduate” under the Education heading if “College” is included there, too. It’s implied you’ve graduated high school if you’ve been to college.
Iuvone stressed the need for organization.
“You’re going to organize by things that employer is looking for specifically,” she said.
If you’re applying for a job at Micron, you want to format your resume so that when Human Resources takes a glance at it, they see why you’re qualified for the job. If they don’t see these things within five seconds, HR may be the last department to see your resume, Iuvine explained.
One way to make things stand out is spacing. If spacing is uneven throughout the entire resume it makes reading it harder. On the other hand, even spacing and well placed bullet points can make certain aspects, like work experience and education, stand out.
Other resume basics include listing the most recent job experience and education first, and including at least minimal details of a job (job title, name of company, city and state worked in and date employed).
Earlier in the semester, the Career Center offered an interviewing class, a workshop on how to get the most out of the career fair and an etiquette dinner workshop.
The Career Center will be evaluating how these workshops went and will decide which ones will run again in the fall.
Students can make an appointment at the center anytime if they want one-on-one help creating a resume or cover letter, practicing what and what not to say at an interview, how to find a job or how to apply for graduate school. For more information call 426-1747 or visit the website career.boisestate.edu.
COLBY STREAM
News Writer