Tuesday, January 19, 2016
ow to Make Your First Job Resume Stand Out
Envato Tuts+ Business Tutorial: You’ve finished four years of college—maybe more—and now the nine to five world awaits you. You’re eager to get started on your first job. But before that, you need to write your first resume.
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I feel like these strategies are interesting but overall quite risky. The fact of the matter is that employers have vastly differing opinions on what your resumé should look like and what catches their attention. I've personally never really heard of people using a tagline on their resumé as a way to grab employers attention, and while it's quite interesting and might make a potential employer do a double take, I feel like it would be also a quite easy way to get your resumé tossed to the side. Even the section describing using testimonials on your resumé seems a bit risky. I understand the desire to really sell yourself when you present your resumé to your employer, but some things kind of seem like you sold out, instead of selling yourself. I will say I appreciate how they continually pushed not just listing credits however, and explaining what exactly you did for a credit instead of just listing it.
I think that some of these may be great tips, however as with most "how-to-succeed" articles, it is important that they should be taken with a grain of salt. As someone who has been in that "first job" boat before, it's not fun and necessarily easy to get out of. I've talked to many professors, professionals, and peers about resumes because I think they can say so much about who you are as a professional and as a human so quickly. And what's interesting is that, I can count on one hand the number of times that I've gotten identical advice about formatting and content for a resume. And I think that that is the ultimate beauty of a resume. There are no strict rules you have follow, you get to let yourself shine on a piece of paper (which can be very hard to do), but when done well is great.
When it comes to a resume its all about the design and layout. The content that you display is obviously important but if the viewer can’t make sense of it then all the info is useless. I have seen many resumes where I can’t for the life of me decipher what is on the page. During my application process I found myself putting my resume through many different editing processes and getting several different opinions on what the best way to portray the information was. I definitely agree with this article when it discusses in order of magnitude of how you should display information to show the level of importance of varying accomplishments. However in theater we go about Resume construction with a somewhat different approach then a recently graduated business student. The overall idea behind the resume is the same, but there’s a big difference in content. As a freshman in college I see myself having a resume that is very similar to classmates and other students around CMU because of the lack of experience and time that we’ve spent in the workforce, but as you being to do more in your field your resume will become more personalize to accomplishments.
This article is very helpful. It is currently the time for applying to summer internships, and I feel like I am struggling on what to put on my resume. Even though the article is not really written for current college students, there are still many things that I can learn from it. I definitely won’t take all of the advice from this article, as I said before, these tips are mostly meant for recent college graduates. Also, I know that there is more than just one way of formatting a resume. I am excited for this upcoming PTM week, as we are learning about proper resumes and cover letters, which are extremely important in a career as a theatre designer, manager, or technician. When going over my resume this week, I will take this article into consideration.
Being able to present yourself on paper in a way that represents you accurately and as your best self is a skill in and of itself.
Fonts, and layouts say more about a person than just "I know how to use Microsoft Word." I think that this article is important, however, as a theatre student should be taken with a grain of salt. This industry is so subjective, and each one of us has something different to bring to the table. As a young person just starting out sometimes I find it hard to put together a resume that seems "impressive." But I have realized as I am applying to different organizations that understand that I am fresh. Knowing my skill set now, and being honest about it, I think will get me further than fluffing a resume. Everyone has been in the first job boat. Someone, if you present well, will be willing to give you a chance, and help build your resume.
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