Often, the most common reasons a resume gets thrown out are also the easiest mistakes to avoid. Here are a few things to watch out for when you’re writing your resume to maximize your chances of getting called in for an interview: 1. You’re not actually a fit for the job The first thing to [...]
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Why Your Resume Got Tossed
Friday, April 12th, 2013Service Will Help Others and You
Friday, January 18th, 2013“Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service.” ~Martin Luther King, Jr. As a Career Advisor, I often work with students who are dismayed by the resume writing process. They don’t have experience directly relevant to their field of interest, and it seems like they need experience [...]
Q&A Monday
Monday, August 20th, 2012Question: I am a student-athlete and it takes up a lot of my time while in college. How do I include this experience on my resume? This is a great question! Being a student-athlete does make it difficult to get involved in other experiences due to training, travel, and keeping up with your schoolwork. You [...]
Q&A Monday
Monday, July 30th, 2012Question: Can I use involvement activities as experience on my resume? YES! What you list under “Experience” doesn’t necessarily have to be paid. It can include clubs and organizations you have been involved in, internships, volunteer work, research, in-depth projects from school, etc. Employers like to see that you got involved while attending college. If [...]
Giving Your Resume Visual Appeal
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012As someone who has seen hundreds of resumes during my time at the Career Services Center, I can definitely say that the typical resume is a snore to look at. I’ve seen enough of the ol’ Times New Roman standby to last a lifetime. This trend is understandable. Certain fields like accounting and business actually [...]
Building a Resume –Ways to get involved at OSU
Thursday, March 8th, 2012Creating a resume is tricky, and deciding what to put on one, how to talk about past experiences, and getting it all to fit on a page is an art we will forever be attempting to master. But often the most difficult part of our job, at Career Services, and as students, is trying to [...]
Upcoming Workshops in Career Services!
Thursday, February 9th, 2012Career Services offers many workshops throughout the year. It is very important to take advantage of these workshops and all of the information provided by both Career Services staff and company employers. With two career fairs right around the corner here are just some of the workshops that we have coming up. Brand Yourself into [...]
Q & A Monday
Monday, August 1st, 2011Question: Where would I put overseas experience on a resume? Overseas experience can go under many sections, depending on your experience and the position you are applying for. If you mainly took classes abroad, I would put it under “Education” listed as Study Abroad – Country – length of time (you could include the university [...]
I’m graduating in June, what do I do now?!?
Monday, May 23rd, 2011So, you’re graduating! You only have weeks, 19 days to be exact, until you are done with school. How exciting! Have you thought about where you are headed after OSU? No? It’s never too late to get started with the job search process. First, you have to know yourself and what you have to offer [...]
Career Services Resource Library
Monday, March 28th, 2011Here at Career Services, not only do we offer professional one-on-one career counseling, resume/cover letter critiques, mock interviews, and career assessments, but we also house a new well-renovated, cozy space that serves as the Career Resource Library. The new Resource Library has been a great addition to the lobby of Career Services and it offers [...]
