Take Advantage of Your College Opportunities

Leverage your education, experience,

qualifications, and skills with a web resume

• Part-time employment

• Internships

• Financial aid

• Scholarships

• Grants

• Study abroad

• Graduate school

• Full time job upon graduation

Official Transcript

Part time job Internship Financial aid Scholarships Graduate

School

Application Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Interview Yes Yes Maybe Maybe Maybe

Resume Yes Yes No No but would

help

Really should

have

Essay No Not normally Maybe In most cases Most likely

References Yes Yes Yes Yes Most likely

Standardized

tests

No No Most likely Yes Yes

Are you ready to respond?

Part-time employment

Internships

Financial aid

Scholarships Grants

Study abroad

Graduate school

You don’t want this when

you need to get out a copy

of your resume tomorrow

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End of Fall

Semester

End of

Spring

Semester

End of

Summer

High School Academic Record

Work Experience

Community Service

Standardized Test Scores

Sports

Extracurricular Activities

Summer Educational Pursuits

Hobbies / Interests

Letters of Recommendation

Essay(s)

Has your contact information changed now that

you are in college?

Update academic section to include your college

• GPA

• Progress (i.e., Second semester Junior)

Build College resume

Deemphasize High School

Work experience

• New employer?

• Internships?

• New accomplishments, experience, skills, etc.

• Focus on transferable skills

Update each section / add any new sections

• Volunteer / community service

• Extracurricular activities

• Professional / social organization memberships

• Awards / recognition

Standardized Test Scores

Academic Record

Letters of Recommendation

Essay(s)

Community Service

Work Experience

Internships

Sports

Extracurricular Activities

Summer Educational Pursuits

Hobbies / Interests

Awards / Recognition

A complete online resume / portfolio

of your background, experience,

qualifications, and skills

My Web Resume

www.mywebresume.com

Your resume and/or portfolio segmented into

hyperlinked web pages

Possibly with links to other appropriate evidence

of your experience, skills, and qualifications

Paper

resumes

are linear

top-to-

bottom

Where are the

highlights

and key

words?

80-90 % of your

resume can fade

into the

background

Demographics

Academic Record

Standardized Test Scores

Letters of Recommendation

Essay(s)

Community Service

Work Experience / Internships

Sports Extracurricular

Activities

Summer Educational Pursuits

Hobbies / Interests

Grab the readers

attention with

keywords and a

powerful summary

or objective Themes and unique

color palettes can

be used

Each page is a section

of your resume

Each page scrolls

based on it’s content

Networked

and flexible

View by choice

or need

Higher priority

info can be

reviewed first

Links to employers, schools,

clubs, organizations, and

other web sites

Social media

profiles (with

caution)

Video and

photo

sharing

sites

Blog sites

Scanned or electronic

copies of essays,

term papers,

research reports,

references, and more

Digital copies of

audio recordings of

your musical

performances

Digital copies of

video of sports or

artistic performances

Digital copies of art

or design portfolio

content

Web resumes are a tool

for marketing and self-promotion

But like any tool,

it is only as effective as it is used

• Include your site address on all

correspondence, e-mail, thank you

notes, etc.

Thank you! www.yoursite.com

• Include your site address on all

applications for jobs, admission,

financial aid, scholarships,

internships, etc.

• Hand out business cards with your

web site address

• Include your site address on

correspondence Include your

web resume

site address

• Link to your web resume from any

other sites you have

Your Web Resume

Facebook

Sport Specific

Sites

Flickr

LinkedIn Portfolio

Sites

Blogs

Others ?

• Tell EVERYONE about it

• Show people

• Give the link to anyone

writing you a reference

letter

• Efficient and fast

• Leverages technology

• Promotional tool

• Highly organized and accessible

• Tool for financial aid submissions

• Investment in your future

Efficient and fast

*Quickly get your resume to any decision maker

for job searches, financial aid applications,

and other educational and professional

development opportunities

*As easy as sending a link

Leverages technology

*Take advantage of the internet to market

yourself

*Demonstrate that you are technologically

aware and competent

Promotional tool

*Add your site address to your e-mail signature

*Print business cards with your site address for

networking and professional events

*Include the site address on all of your

applications and correspondence

Highly organized and accessible

*Targeted for decision makers who review your

applications

*Relevant information is easily accessible

Tool for financial aid submissions

*Include your personal website on scholarship

and financial aid applications

Investment in your future

*Use your site in the future for a professional

resume site after college

*The site is yours to keep

Stand out from

the crowd

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