Resumazing!!!!

I decided to be nostalgic today and look back at my resume circa September 2008. What a difference a year makes!! My resume was practically all white space before my first critique... and now I barely have enough room to fit everything that I need to! I need to stress one fact very much: critiques help you increase the content on your resume. I haven't done too much other than my IQP since I started it, but after talking to each critiquer about different things I've done, I discovered that certain tasks do merit space on my resume. They've also help me reword some of my statements so I went from having "Researched various mold making companies and assisted a client in choosing the best company for them." as one of my statements to "Researched various vendors for ease of manufacturability assessing cost, strength, weaknesses, and ability to integrate into low volume production." You tell me which sound better???

Anywho... what I'm trying to get down to is that you should always view your resume as a work in progress. I have friends who have internships continuing from last summer who are convinced that they have no use for a resume... yeah right!!! As you work on projects or programs, periodically updating your resume will ensure that you remember all the great things you've done. You can also ask your boss questions about it too (maybe what certain common acronyms stand for or the proper terminology for something you're working on). Personally, I signed a non-discloser agreement about all of the projects I worked on, so I'd ask my boss for what I could state in my resume (ie calling projects "consumer products" or "injection molding product").


Now onto Resumazing!! It was so crowded, I waited for about 2 hours (and got a flu shot in the process haha). I was a little disappointed as I walked away with a resume completely free of mark-ups, but I guess this is a testament to how amazing the counselors at the CDC are.

My goal is to be completely ready for the Career Fair by Monday... I'll keep you posted though :-)


PS - CHECK OUT YOUR JOBFINDER ACCOUNT!!! Some companies are already accepting resume submissions online before the Career Fair! Don't miss out on great opportunities because you didn't check it out!!!