Careeer Services: Resume Writing Workshop

I attended the resume-writing workshop that is organized by the career service department. I found this workshop to be extremely helpful. The presentation gave me many good ideas on how to improve my resume. In addition, it discussed many common resume mistakes, many of which I have been guilty of making myself. One of the most helpful components of this workshop was the sample resumes provided. Each person was given a sample resume for the field they are trying to enter and their education level. The graduate level resume for someone entering the nonprofit field was unlike any resume sample I had ever received. Because it was related to my field of study I had the opportunity to use some of the language provided in the sample resume to improve my own.

After leaving the workshop, I immediately updated my resume. In addition, I took it back to career services and had it looked over again. As a result, I now have the highest quality resume I have ever produced. I also took all of the documents I received from career services including a resume words sheet, information on how to write a cover letter, sample resumes, etc. and put them in a binder for future reference. Not only have I referred back to this information several times I have also shared it with friends that are looking to improve their resume.