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I remember my college roommate and I running around our
apartment screaming this song at the top of our lungs just minutes after we
completed our last final exam of our college career!! We were very excited to
be done with school but then we stopped and looked at each other and thought
“What’s next?” This can be an exciting but also a very eye opening experience
for some of us when we think about that next step in life and have that fear of
the unknown! A common worry when beginning the next phase in your life can be
“What if I interview for this position and I don’t get it because I don’t have
all the experience that my competition does?” This is definitely an
understandable worry. However, if you come into an interview prepared to speak
to all of your experiences from college and are able to relate them to the job
you are seeking, this will demonstrate a higher level of thinking and will show
that you did a lot more in college than just study and party!
Here are a few tips to help you build that collegiate
resume:
1)
Get
involved on campus - Join a club, student government, or even joining a Greek
Chapter to show that you are willing to go above and beyond. Doing this shows
you are able to work in a team environment and balance school and
extracurriculars. Make sure to speak to the roles you held to show your future
employer that you can lead a team or a sell an idea, thought or theme!
2)
Seek a
summer internship – a lot of companies offer internship positions to rising
juniors and seniors. This can provide you two summers to have the opportunity
to get a glimpse of a real life career. Take advantage of it and get out to
those career fairs at an early phase in your college career to see what
employers are out there and what they have to offer.
3)
Involved
on a sports team? – speak to your experiences from being on a college
sports team. On a sports team you act as a unit and go through wins and losses,
just as you would in the real world. You also learn a lot about your team
members, so make sure to speak to what you learned from these experiences. Being
a member of a sports team demonstrates you are likely to accept coaching or
even be able to coach yourself to get better in your career.
4)
Head up a
community service project/fundraiser – Getting involved in community
service is something a lot of employers and even students are doing these days.
To make yourself stand out, find out if this is something an employer values. If
so, make sure you are able to speak to how you’ve been involved in an organization
that you are passionate about!
Once you have done one or all of these things jot down some
notes to relate it to the real world! If it is on your resume and you don’t
speak to it then it will not help you. Use your experiences to your advantage
by taking credit for what you did and showing what you learned from each
experience. Enjoy your summer and start
building that resume as soon as you get back in the fall!
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