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PEER MENTORS – SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
How did the 2nd week go?
Industrial Roundtable
Engineering Library
Resume Critique
CCO
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INDUSTRIAL ROUNDTABLE: IR 2015
Largest student-run job air in the nation witho!er "## $om%anies a$ross 2 days
Company Seminars&e%tember '"()*# a+m+ , )*# %+m+&tewart Center
Job Fair &e tember ' and '.
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INDUSTRIAL ROUNDTABLE: IR 2015Before IR: 3o to CCO or resume and inter!iew %re%
&end resume to amily members or riends in industry
4%load resume to CCO website
5%%ly through $om%anies beorehand
0ra$ti$e your 6Ele!ator 0it$h7 8name9 year9 major9 what you arelooking or9 interests related to the $om%any:
0i$k u% IR book
Look through the E;E and IR 0re% ;ights
0re% questions to ask $om%anies
0rint o additional resumes
3et a name tag rom the &tudent
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INDUSTRIAL ROUNDTABLE: IR 2015
Day of IR: ress Code IR) @usiness Casual
– Ladies , onAt wear high heels i you are not $omortable , you will be walking outside
and on grass
– 3uys) 5!oid suit= @utton-down shirt and tie is a%%ro%riate
0ersonal Inter!iews) @usiness 0roessional
5ttend Com%any &eminars on 1onday9 &e%tember '.
3et a name tag rom the &tudent
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INDUSTRIAL ROUNDTABLE: IR 2015
IR 0re% ;ightDate: September 9
Co-Rec at 6 pm
Re%resentati!es rom the CCO will be there to look at resumes B gi!e
eedba$k+
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INDUSTRIAL ROUNDTABLE: IR 2015
Search “Purue!SC"
#or Purue Career Fair P$us%
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PURDUE UNIVERSITY SIEGESMUND ENGINEERING
LIBRARY -- POTTERENGR 14100
COMPANY INFORMATION AND PURDUE E-LIBRARIES
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OBJECTIVES
Identiy resour$es or $om%any inormation >ho they hire
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FINDING COMPANY INFORMATIONi!ersity o resour$es is best
1ulti%le !iew%oints– Com%any >eb%age9 5nnual Re%orts
Em%loyment Inormation
Com%any History
1ergent >ebRe%orts–
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DISCERNING “GOOD INFORMATION
- &rust'orthy(
- Biase(
- )n$y source(
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RESUME CRITI!UE
How long do em%loyers take in re!iewing
resumes?
&e!en minutes? Di!e?
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Resume * Sarah Spacey'22 &hre!e Hall
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>est Laayette9 I; "J/#.
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Obje$ti!e) I 'ant to be a C!)Edu$ation) >est Laayette High &$hool9 >est Laayette9 Indiana
3raduated une 2#'' 5$ademi$ Honors i%loma
0urdue 4n!iersity
1ajor) 1E g%a 2+
>ork E%erien$e)
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elementary s$hool+ >orking at the %ool ga!e me a $han$e to learn about o%erating a
business and kee%ing the %ool $hemi$als balan$ed+ I was on the swim team in high s$hool
and I am an e$ellent swimmer+
Honors and 5wards)
&%elling @ee Cham%ion9 eighth grade
Hoosier 3irlsA &tate elegate9 the summer ater my junior year &alutatorian o my high s$hool $lass
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>E&&O9 all our years o high s$hool
Cello lessons9 starting in ourth grade and $ontinuing to %resent
&ki Club at 0urdue 4ni!ersity
Hobbies) @elly dan$ing9 $ello9 ;intendo
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>hat $aught your eye?
>hat did you like about the resume?
>hat $hanges would you re$ommend or the resume?
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+,R &!C./IC,0
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>hat $aught your eye?
>hat did you like about the resume?
>hat $hanges would you re$ommend or the resume?
id you like the irst resume or the se$ond resume? >hy?
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Resumes
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0ur%ose o a Resume
Clearly and tangibly show what skills9
abilities9 a$$om%lishments9 and traits
you ha!e to oer that will beneit
em%loyer
3et the Inter!iewF
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Resume @rainstorming
– >rite o'n your acti5ities
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Mey Elements o a Resume
/ame Contact Information
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Resume oAs 1ake $ertain your resume is well s%a$ed and !isually
attra$ti!e+
1ake your resume $on$ise9 one %age or undergraduates+
Re!erse $hronologi$al order , most re$ent irst
4se a$tion words and senten$e ragments to des$ribe your
e%erien$es+ Nuantiy your e%erien$es where!er %ossible+
@e $onsistent in your use o dates9 numbers9 abbre!iations9
et$+
Che$k and re$he$k your resume or errors= ha!e someone
else $ritique your resume+
&ele$t quality bond9 white9 i!ory9 $ream9 beige9 bu9 or lightgray %a%er or your inal $o%ies+
4se a letter-quality or laser %rinter and bla$k ty%e+
Dold and mail your resume in a mat$hing en!elo%e or mail it
lat in a /7 '27 white or manila en!elo%e+
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Resume onAts >rite lengthy %rose+
4se multi%le onts or other !isual elements+
4se %ersonal %ronouns 8I9 we9 my:+
In$lude a %hotogra%h or mention %ersonal data 8e+g+9 height9
weight9 health9 age or date o birth9 marital status9 ra$e9
religion9 se9 et$+:+
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Resume Re!iewsCo!er Letter Re!iews
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CO1E &EE 4&F
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CCO &ERICE&
– >alk-In 5ssistan$e
– ' on ' Career CounselingGConsultation
– ob &ear$h 5d!ising
– Inter!iew 0re%aration
– CCO E%ress 8ob listings: – On Cam%us Inter!iews
– Career E!ent Calendar