2008 Woodie Awards
Get yourself a job
What to do, what not to do, and how to impress your future employers when looking for a job
Haylley Johnson
Issue date: 4/22/08 Section: Life and Style
Drafting a resumé is one of this first steps a student should take to "optimize the UVM experience," according to a Career Services pamphlet.
For a student preparing a resume for the first time, going to the Career Services website, www.uvm.edu/~career/, is the best way to begin, said Sydnee Viray, a Career Services Representative.
On the Web site, there is a "job-search tool kit," said Viray, which allows students to receive resumé guidance via the internet. This tool kit may be found under the "Students" heading on the Career Services homepage.
Yet the job-search tool kit mentions two different kinds of resumes: the functional and the chronological. It also provides the positive and negative attributes of each style of resumé.
A functional resume "present[s] information under headings" and "abilities and experiences are grouped according to job-related functions," the job-search tool kit stated.
On the other hand, the job-search tool kit explained that a chronological resume "list[s] jobs and experiences in reverse chronological order with most recent work first."
Professor Lisa Schnell, the Director of Undergraduate Advising, thought that the most convincing resume structure was the functional resumé.
"The functional resume will make the relevant in¬formation obvious," and "the things I need to know will be seen right away," Professor Schnell said.
Yet, Dean of the UVM College of Engineering, Domenico Grasso, said that he would look for a "hybrid of the functional and chronological."
He would choose the usual functional setup, while making sure that the bullet points were in chronological order, if applicable. Dean Grasso said he would make sure that he had "chronological work experience" as well.
If a student "doesn't have a lot of experience, they should do a functional resumé," said Viray.
When asked about the most frequent mistake students make while writing their resumé, Professor Schnell said one common "mistake is when students feel like they need to put everything on [the resumé], making it look messy."
For a student preparing a resume for the first time, going to the Career Services website, www.uvm.edu/~career/, is the best way to begin, said Sydnee Viray, a Career Services Representative.
On the Web site, there is a "job-search tool kit," said Viray, which allows students to receive resumé guidance via the internet. This tool kit may be found under the "Students" heading on the Career Services homepage.
Yet the job-search tool kit mentions two different kinds of resumes: the functional and the chronological. It also provides the positive and negative attributes of each style of resumé.
A functional resume "present[s] information under headings" and "abilities and experiences are grouped according to job-related functions," the job-search tool kit stated.
On the other hand, the job-search tool kit explained that a chronological resume "list[s] jobs and experiences in reverse chronological order with most recent work first."
Professor Lisa Schnell, the Director of Undergraduate Advising, thought that the most convincing resume structure was the functional resumé.
"The functional resume will make the relevant in¬formation obvious," and "the things I need to know will be seen right away," Professor Schnell said.
Yet, Dean of the UVM College of Engineering, Domenico Grasso, said that he would look for a "hybrid of the functional and chronological."
He would choose the usual functional setup, while making sure that the bullet points were in chronological order, if applicable. Dean Grasso said he would make sure that he had "chronological work experience" as well.
If a student "doesn't have a lot of experience, they should do a functional resumé," said Viray.
When asked about the most frequent mistake students make while writing their resumé, Professor Schnell said one common "mistake is when students feel like they need to put everything on [the resumé], making it look messy."
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