College offers you many opportunities while pursuing your education/career goal including: part-time employment, internships, financial aid, scholarships, grants, study abroad, graduate school, and full time job upon graduation
What is the best way to be ready to capitalize on those opportunities?
7. 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 Really should
help have
Essay No Not normally Maybe In most cases Most likely
References Yes Yes Yes Yes Most likely
Standardized No No Most likely Yes Yes
tests
8. Part-time
employment
Graduate
Internships
school
Are you
ready to
respond?
Study abroad Financial aid
Grants Scholarships
9. You don’t want this when
you need to get out a copy
of your resume tomorrow
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11.
12.
13. High School Academic
Record
Work Experience
Community Service
Standardized Test
Scores
Sports
Extracurricular
Activities
Summer Educational
Pursuits
Hobbies / Interests
Letters of
Recommendation
Essay(s)
14. Has your contact information changed now that
you are in college?
15. Build College
resume
Deemphasize
High School
Update academic section to include your college
• GPA
• Progress (i.e., Second semester Junior)
16. Work experience
• New employer?
• Internships?
• New accomplishments, experience, skills, etc.
• Focus on transferable skills
17. Update each section / add any new sections
• Volunteer / community service
• Extracurricular activities
• Professional / social organization memberships
• Awards / recognition
18. 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
19. My Web Resume
www.mywebresume.com
A complete online resume / portfolio
of your background, experience,
qualifications, and skills
20. Your resume and/or portfolio segmented into
hyperlinked web pages
Possibly with links to other appropriate evidence
of your experience, skills, and qualifications
22. 80-90 % of your
resume can fade
into the
Where are the
background
highlights
and key
words?
23. Extracurricular
Demographics Sports
Activities
Work Experience / Summer Educational
Academic Record
Internships Pursuits
Standardized Test
Community Service Hobbies / Interests
Scores
Letters of
Essay(s)
Recommendation
24. Grab the readers
attention with
keywords and a
Themes and unique powerful summary
color palettes can or objective
be used
25.
26.
27. Each page scrolls
based on it’s content
Each page is a section
of your resume
30. Social media
profiles (with
caution)
Video and
photo
sharing
sites
Blog sites
Links to employers, schools,
clubs, organizations, and
other web sites
31. 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
32. Web resumes are a tool
for marketing and self-promotion
But like any tool,
it is only as effective as it is used
33. • Include your site address on all
correspondence, e-mail, thank you
notes, etc.
Thank you!
www.yoursite.com
34. • Include your site address on all
applications for jobs, admission,
financial aid, scholarships,
internships, etc.
35. • Hand out business cards with your
web site address
• Include your site address on
correspondence
Include your
web resume
site address
36. • Link to your web resume from any
other sites you have
Facebook
Sport
Others ? Specific
Sites
Your Web
Resume
Blogs Flickr
Portfolio
LinkedIn
Sites
37. • Tell EVERYONE about it
• Show people
• Give the link to anyone
writing you a reference
letter
38. • Efficient and fast
• Leverages technology
• Promotional tool
• Highly organized and accessible
• Tool for financial aid submissions
• Investment in your future
39. 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
40. Leverages technology
*Take advantage of the internet to market
yourself
*Demonstrate that you are technologically
aware and competent
41. 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
42. Highly organized and accessible
*Targeted for decision makers who review your
applications
*Relevant information is easily accessible
43. Tool for financial aid submissions
*Include your personal website on scholarship
and financial aid applications
44. Investment in your future
*Use your site in the future for a professional
resume site after college
*The site is yours to keep
