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GSEHD CAREER SERVICES OVERVIEW
Amanda FridayGSEHD Senior Career Counselor
Agenda Introduction Overview Resume Workshop Questions
Office of Career Services
•Personalized career planning•Gwork: Interactive career management tool• InterviewStream•Leveraging social media•Resume writing•Cover letters and thank you notes•Skills, Interests, and Employment Assessments
Visit us at: http://gsehd.gwu.edu/careerservices
Introspection
Explore Options
Prepare & BrandConnect
Search & Apply
• Career Exploration/Introspection• Values, Interest, Personality, Skills• Career Contemplation Workshop
• Resume & Cover Letter Review Sessions
• Branding Workshops• LinkedIn Profile
• Career Counseling/Advising• Researching with LinkedIn
Workshops on: • Interview Prep, Job
search resources, & staying organized.
This information can also be found on our website!
Workshops on: • Networking,• Business etiquette,• Maintaining
connections.
Job Search Process
GWork
Resources• InterviewStream• LinkedIn• Glassdoor.com• Gwork• Idealist.org• Lynda.com• So much more!
CAREER COUNSELING
Knowledge Domain
Executive ProcessingDomain
Decision-Making Skills Domain
THE CIP MODEL
Self-Knowledge
Occupational Knowledge
CASVE Cycle
Meta-cognitions
THE RESUME
Creating a Resume: The Big Picture
Study resumes for your industry• Professor/advisors as a resource• Follow-up with internship/job supervisors• Utilize Career Center resources and LinkedIn
Identify your career goal(s)• Career Counseling, Mentors, Advisors
Job/Internship Search • How can I leverage the skills I have?• What type of experience is important to me?
• Study the Company/School District
Modern resume vs. conventional resume?
Resume ContentUse bullet points or paragraphs that:
• Start with a strong action verbs• State how or why you used this skill• 2-4 bullets per experience• Include the result, accomplishment or impact• Add a number (dollar, digit, percentage, frequency)
Paint a full picture for the employer• Ask: Who, What, Where, When, Why, How? • How much, How many, How often?• For what purpose?
References no longer on resume
Order Content•Reverse chronological order under each heading (most recent first)
Education•School/Major, GPA (major and cumulative), relevant coursework
•Study abroad, academic honors (Dean’s List, etc.)•Type of accreditation
Experience•Research, business, clinical, teaching, course-based internships
•Licensure and certifications• Jobs
Activities and Service•Leadership, volunteer, athletics
Resume Cont.
Formatting:•Consistency is key, start on the left
•Utilize month and year for dates, not “Summer 2015”•Margins: .5 -1 inch, Font: 10-12 point (use something common)
•Verbs: past tense and present tense•Leave room to rest the eyes•Use bold and italics•Hyphens (same length, spacing)
Resume Format
•For now length does not matter, no page limit
•Working document
• Include all experiences, activities, education, skills
•What are your accomplishments?
•Update as you move forward in your career
•*Keep on the cloud in case something happens to your computer!
The Master Resume MethodThis is a personal, working document to help with tracking experiences and customizing resumes.
Steps to a Finished ResumeStart with a Master Resume
Identify Most
Relevant Experien
ces
Create New
Document
Cut & Paste
Infuse Job
Description
Language
Edit, Edit, Edit
Final Product:
1-2 pages
1. Use Formula To Help Flesh Out Your Story2. Customize, Customize, Customize & Consistency3. Be A Ruthless Editor4. Write For Scanners/Skimmers5. Get In, Tell Your Story, Get out
5 Tips for a Solid Resume
•Situation: Tell them what you did.•Action: Tell them how. •Result/Impact: What did you accomplish/What was the purpose/result?
•Coordinate and collaborate with administrators, faculty and staff across campuses to develop and deliver services to students across 60+ programs
1. Use Formula To Help Flesh Out Your Story
-Master resume to the rescue!
-How do we create the one page document?•Utilize headers to highlight relevant experience•Highlight skills from the job description
• What appears most frequently?• Relevant, recent, repeated, and unique• Change the order of your bullets or action verbs
•Research industry specific examples as a guide•Connect with alumni, recruiters, faculty
• Think about how we behaviorally read a resume…
2. Customize, Customize, Customize & Consistency
Visual: What do you see?
Editing & Reviewing3. Be A Ruthless Editor
4. Write For Scanners/Skimmers• Specific headers, bold and italics
5. Get In, Tell Your Story, Get out
Where can I get my document reviewed?
•Career Services•Resume Review Appointments
•Campus and Professional Connections•Professors and advisors •Follow-up with current/past internship or job supervisors•Peers
•Convert resume and cover letter to a PDF•Complete a print and email test •Use resume paper for hard copies •Set up a filing and tracking system
•Consider: Who can I ask to be a reference?
You’re done…now what?
Questions?
Thank you!