GSEHD CAREER SERVICES OVERVIEW Amanda Friday GSEHD Senior Career Counselor
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!