{"id":139,"date":"2019-03-20T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websites.emerson.edu\/prssa\/?p=139"},"modified":"2020-08-13T16:14:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T16:14:47","slug":"career-center-resume-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/prssa\/2019\/03\/20\/career-center-resume-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Center Resume Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By: Brittany Jarvis, PRSSA Special Events Chair<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On March 19, PRSSA collaborated with Caroline Knight from the Career Center to jumpstart a series of workshops. The first workshop focused on tips and techniques for building the perfect resume and cover letter. From the session here is a compilation of all the tips we required. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Resume Tips:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>What story does your resume to tell<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014Show progression, responsibility and eventually indicate a focus. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>No resume is one size fits all<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014It\u2019s important to create a master and target resume depending on what job or position you are applying to.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Organize your experience into sections<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014Organizing your experience can help to personalize your resume.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Relative Experience<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Experience that is directly related to the position you are applying to <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Additional Experience<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: List clubs and activated that relate to the field you are applying to<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Selective Experience<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Experience that may not be related to the field, but is still beneficial to add. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>The importance of bullet points<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014Under each experience list three to four bullet points that indicate the most important skills learned. Use an action verb to start, present an outcome for each point and really put an effort into each one to best represent yourself. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Skills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014List three to four skills that stand out and appear unique (i.e. computer (social media), language, relevant technology (equipment), website software). Don\u2019t use soft skills, they should already be weaved into the experience sections. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Include one relevant link<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014Decide what best represents you and your work and include a link to either LinkedIn, digital portfolio, website or social media. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Proofread<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014Staring at a resume for so long could mean missing a mistake. Find a friend or go to the Career Center to have an extra set of eyes look over your work before sending it out to employers. The Career Center has walk-ins Tuesday through Friday from 1-3 p.m., or students can schedule appointments with their designated advisors. \u00a0Students can also submit to an<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/careercenterblog.emerson.edu\/jobs\/online-resume-review-online-resume-review\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Online Resume Review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cover Letter Tips:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>The purpose of a cover letter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014A cover letter is meant demonstrate that you the applicant have a set of the required skills for the position. It is a chance to connect past experiences to the position.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Content and format<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014A cover letter should be three to four paragraphs long. Use keywords from the job description and the industry. Also highlight two to three experiences that may not be on your resume.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Sending out a cover letter<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014If you are sending in an application through an online portal it is best to submit your cover letter and resume as a PDF. However, if you are sending your application through email make the cover letter the email. Employers often don\u2019t have enough time to read a lengthy introduction email on top of a cover letter so make them one in the same. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/careercenterblog.emerson.edu\/resources\/?ctag%5B%5D=resume-cl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">*Other Cover Letter and Resume Resources <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Brittany Jarvis, PRSSA Special Events Chair On March 19, PRSSA collaborated with Caroline Knight from the Career Center to jumpstart a series of workshops. The first workshop focused on tips and techniques for building the perfect resume and cover letter. From the session here is a compilation of all the tips we required. \u00a0 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/prssa\/2019\/03\/20\/career-center-resume-workshop\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Career Center Resume Workshop&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":646,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/prssa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/prssa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/prssa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/prssa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/prssa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/prssa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/prssa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions\/246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/prssa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/prssa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/prssa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}