It looks like many new seniors will be graduating this year and they just keep getting smarter and more talented. Not just from your school but from the thousands of colleges in the country so
if you’re just now applying for a job you’re competing with many new faces with
fresh new talents (let the panic ensue). You may be thinking of ways to upgrade
your resume, which is fantastic, but send it to as many friends as you
possibly can. They may notice something that just needs to be removed or
sounds better if put a little differently. Welcome these changes because they
can only make you better. The fact is you will always be competeing with the smarter, prettier, brighter but here is what they don't have. Wisdom. You have years of experience and 50 shades of gray hairs (which don't show).
Steps to take
immediately:
1. Send it to your
college alumni center or career center and see what they can do to improve it.
The more eyes the better.
2. Look at résumés from top colleges. They must be doing
something right. Same goes for cover letters. They are required by everyone so
make sure yours is set up correctly and is efficient when it comes to reading
them.
3. Cover letter: sometimes you forget how great YOU are and
forget to talk yourself up as much as you should. I am not saying lie about
anything but don’t downplay yourself either. I got great advice about writing
cover letters, which I still use today. Approach it as though you are talking
about your best friend. This friend came to you for a job and your employer would
be crazy not to hire him/her on the spot. It should feel like bullshit you’re
talking this girl/boy up so much. You would never tell your best friend that
she’s not good enough (unless she/or he is a drug addict in which case they asked for it). Find a way a way to
talk your friend up and do them a solid.
4. Stay calm. no, and not today will lead you to something great.
Just don't give up and surely you knew that when you signed up for the major. It doesn't mean you're not meant to do it but the timing just sucks which is mostly how to business world works.You win some and you lose some. Typically people send in about 20 applications a week. Treat it like a full time job and when you get a rejection letter look at it as something better waiting for you. On to the next application. In college I had a friend who would write everything he did in college in a word document and refer to it every time he needed to rewrite a resume, which was a great idea because he could pick and choose without rewriting the whole thing.
Just don't give up and surely you knew that when you signed up for the major. It doesn't mean you're not meant to do it but the timing just sucks which is mostly how to business world works.You win some and you lose some. Typically people send in about 20 applications a week. Treat it like a full time job and when you get a rejection letter look at it as something better waiting for you. On to the next application. In college I had a friend who would write everything he did in college in a word document and refer to it every time he needed to rewrite a resume, which was a great idea because he could pick and choose without rewriting the whole thing.
Best way to format your Resume and
cover letter:
1. Resume
