2008 Woodie Awards
Résumé writing tips help build marketability
Students acquire necessary skills for employment
Consuelo Hernandez
Issue date: 4/16/07 Section: News
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Once students step into the professional environment, they discover that obtaining an education was only half of the equation for success. The other half consists of the ability to market themselves assertively.
The Career Development Center is one resource on campus for students who are ready to join the workforce. Students are able to find guidance and support during their job search.
Every semester the Career Development Center gathers companies from all over the metroplex that are hiring. They bring them to Brookhaven so students can meet potential supervisors and apply for a job. However this semester they went an extra mile and hosted a résumé central in the S Building, April 4.
Students who approached the résumé central table were helped by Lisa Miller, director of the career development services; Lynn Tankersley, a career planning specialist; and Kent Boring, a counseling intern.
The three provided students with input about their résumés and answered questions about the Career Fair.
Miller said, "The résumé central was designed to help students who have never written a résumé write their first draft, and those who have, we help them critique it so that they can be successful at the Career Fair."
Although the Career Development Center is a resource when looking for a job, not a lot of students take advantage of it.
Miller said this is because most students walk through the S Building to their classes and do not know much about the center.
Its staff is trying to inform students by going to classrooms and talking about different resources they provide such as personality tests and videotaped mock interviews. These are all free of charge to currently registered students.
Jason Thomas heard about the résumé central event in one of his classes and decided to bring his résumé for a professional critique.
"Before I came here my résumé looked like one from a high school student, but they show me ways to make it look more professional and show me how I can include some of my skills in it," he said. "Their help will definitely give me a chance to be successful at the Career Fair and in my future job search."
The Career Development Center will host a bilingual job fair in summer 2007. Students who are looking for a job can stop by the center and obtain more information in S065.
The Career Development Center is one resource on campus for students who are ready to join the workforce. Students are able to find guidance and support during their job search.
Every semester the Career Development Center gathers companies from all over the metroplex that are hiring. They bring them to Brookhaven so students can meet potential supervisors and apply for a job. However this semester they went an extra mile and hosted a résumé central in the S Building, April 4.
Students who approached the résumé central table were helped by Lisa Miller, director of the career development services; Lynn Tankersley, a career planning specialist; and Kent Boring, a counseling intern.
The three provided students with input about their résumés and answered questions about the Career Fair.
Miller said, "The résumé central was designed to help students who have never written a résumé write their first draft, and those who have, we help them critique it so that they can be successful at the Career Fair."
Although the Career Development Center is a resource when looking for a job, not a lot of students take advantage of it.
Miller said this is because most students walk through the S Building to their classes and do not know much about the center.
Its staff is trying to inform students by going to classrooms and talking about different resources they provide such as personality tests and videotaped mock interviews. These are all free of charge to currently registered students.
Jason Thomas heard about the résumé central event in one of his classes and decided to bring his résumé for a professional critique.
"Before I came here my résumé looked like one from a high school student, but they show me ways to make it look more professional and show me how I can include some of my skills in it," he said. "Their help will definitely give me a chance to be successful at the Career Fair and in my future job search."
The Career Development Center will host a bilingual job fair in summer 2007. Students who are looking for a job can stop by the center and obtain more information in S065.
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