{"id":26043,"date":"2015-10-27T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T16:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=26043"},"modified":"2015-10-28T16:28:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T20:28:33","slug":"working-the-resume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2015\/10\/27\/working-the-resume\/","title":{"rendered":"Working the Resume"},"content":{"rendered":"If you have ever had a job or wanted one \u2014<\/span> chances are that you have probably written a resume or a cover letter at some point throughout your adolescence. I remember sitting in Careers and Civics<\/em> class in grade ten \u2014<\/span> learning about \"Relevant Experience\" and what fonts are most appropriate for your cover letter \u2014<\/span> and thinking to myself that the class was pretty useless. I already had a job and my resume-writing skills had been good enough to land myself <\/span>two<\/span><\/i> jobs since I was old enough to have one! My 15-year-old<\/span> brain had decided that I had mastered the art of getting a job, no need to pay attention... Ha. I couldn\u2019t have been more wrong. <\/span>\r\n\r\nMy approach to writing cover letters had a simple and successful algorithm; \u201cHello, Sir\/Ms, I am Madeline. I want to work for you because... You should want me to work for you because... Hope to hear from you.\u201d\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\nBut when I started university, it came as a shock to me when three job opportunities came \u2014 <\/span>and went \u2014<\/span> in the first two months of first year. <\/span>\r\n\r\nI needed a job and so using my old resume tricks, I was able to land a position at an espresso bar near campus. Sure, I had<\/span><\/i> lots of food industry experience, heck \u2014<\/span> I could make a double shot, no foam, skinny, extra hot latte with my eyes closed \u2014<\/span> but being a barista for another year wasn\u2019t what I wanted.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n
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Ah, the joys of customer service.
- Taken from Giphy.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n What I wanted was a job at the university to expand my job experience, but it was becoming clear to me that my resume and cover letter were simply not cutting it. <\/span>\r\n\r\nThis is how I landed myself at a resume workshop put on by the Career Centre<\/a> on a Wednesday night of last year. There was a summer job being offered at my residence building that I was determined to get and I was not going to let my resume hold me back. <\/span>\r\n\r\nI cannot stress how helpful the workshop was. As a group, we were guided through the differences between a good and an excellent resume, how we could showcase our own skills and previous work experience, what made a work or volunteer experience relevant and how we could strategically write a cover letter that <\/span>won\u2019t<\/span><\/i> be tossed to the side. <\/span>\r\n\r\nI learned that it\u2019s okay to have a two page resume (but only two!), that it isn\u2019t childish to include high-school experience if it is truly applicable to the job you're applying for and that it is crucial to write an all-new cover letter for each position you're interested in. We were given a lot of free resources on resume building and even examples to use as a template. It was probably one of the best uses of a Wednesday evening I can think of to date. Best part? I got the job.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n
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- Taken from Giphy.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nIf you are struggling with writing a resume\/cover letter or just need some guidance in updating your job-getting strategies the Career Centre is an amazing resource that you can take advantage of for free.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nIf you don\u2019t have the time to go to a workshop, the Career Centre website has a lot of great tips and resources<\/a> that you can easily access, including a printable resume toolkit, online guides and pointers on how to land a job while in university and once you\u2019re out in the workforce.<\/span>\r\n\r\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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