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How to Make your Resume Awesome
Even if you’re not graduating any time soon, it’s smart to have a strong resume ready to go for when interesting opportunities come up. We’re sharing a few tips and links that can help make sure your resume is ready for whatever comes next. Feel free to share these resources with the students you support.
- You can choose to format your resume in different ways depending on the type of job you are hoping for. If there is a logical progression from your most recent jobs to your goal job, a chronological resume can be a great fit. If you are hoping to break into a new industry and want to showcase your transferable skills, consider a skills-based resume. Learn more about creating a skills-based resume here.
- Lead each bullet point with a strong active verb. If you’re at a loss for words, or if you’ve used the same verb too many times, you can find a list here.
- Your resume is a fluid document. It can and should change when you apply for different jobs. You can move bullet points around based on the important qualifications and tweak the language in them to closely mirror the language in the job posting. If a person is reading your resume, they’ll appreciate that you went to the trouble of spelling out how your qualifications are relevant to their needs. If it’s scanned by a piece of software, you’ll have all the right keywords.
- What’s a CV and do you need one instead of/in addition to a resume? A CV can be a great tool if you are applying to PhD or other graduate programs. While resumes tend to run 1-2 pages and prioritize your professional experience, a CV will often be longer and focus on your education, your publications (if you have them right now) and your experience in research or teaching. You learn more about how resumes differ from CVs here.
- Never underestimate the value of a second pair of eyes. Having someone else read your resume can help you catch typos or usage errors, but they can also tell you if there’s something about the way you describe your responsibilities that is less than clear to someone who has more limited experience with your current role. Career Services is open to help remotely. Check out their resume review services here.(scroll down to the “Resume Reviews” section for links to appointments and online resume critique submissions).
- Don’t forget that Career Services is open to students and alums! If you’re getting ready to graduate, you can still take advantage of their services.
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Fantastic Books and Where to Find Them
Now that we all have a little extra free time on our hands, we can get back to reading! Below is a list of books to keep you company. All of these books can either be found on Amazon or as an eBook at your local library.
- Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg - "If “violent” means acting in ways that result in hurt or harm, then much of how we communicate—judging others, bullying, having racial bias, blaming, finger pointing, discriminating, speaking without listening, criticizing others or ourselves, name-calling, reacting when angry, using political rhetoric, being defensive or judging who’s “good/bad” or what’s “right/wrong” with people—could indeed be called “violent communication.”" Find it here.
- Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldua - "Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa's experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the essays and poems in this volume profoundly challenged, and continue to challenge, how we think about identity. Borderlands / La Frontera remaps our understanding of what a "border" is, presenting it not as a simple divide between here and there, us and them, but as a psychic, social, and cultural terrain that we inhabit, and that inhabits all of us." Find it here.
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates - "In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of "race", a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men - bodies exploited through slavery and segregation and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?" Find it here.
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo - "In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to "bad people" (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue." Find it here.
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A World-Wide Celebration
April 7, 2020 is World Health Day. It is important to thank nurses and midwives for their vital efforts to care for society’s health. Healthcare workers have shown their compassion and courage as they are working in the forefront against the COVID-19 pandemic. As we thank healthcare workers, let us keep in mind who is fighting the battle for our health. It is important to highlight that women hold 76% of healthcare jobs and 90% of nurses are women. #ThanksHealthHeroes
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Stay in the Know
In order to protect yourself and others from getting sick, be sure to keep up with the latest information from the CDC.
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Social Distancing
Running out of things to do? Check out this comprehensive list of activities to try while social distancing.
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