Quick Tips: Grab bag resumes

Create a “grab bag” resume that lists ALL of your experience, paid and unpaid, in reverse chronological order. This grab bag resume is for your eyes only (and maybe the eyes of your career counselor); never share the grab bag resume with employers.

  • Your grab bag resume can be as long as you need it to be. 
  • Keep adding new experiences as you gain them. Even add different ways of describing your experiences. 
  • When you apply for specific positions, you can use your grab bag resume as a starting point from which you can begin creating a tailored, one-page resume. 
  • Just delete any information that is not relevant to the specific position to which you’re applying. Or, re-phrase information to make their relevance more obvious. 
  • Remember to re-save your newly tailored resume with a different file name – for example, naming it after the employer to which you are applying will make it easier to find later. 
  • If you come up with a brilliant new way of re-phrasing certain experiences, remember to copy and paste those new resume phrases back into your grab bag resume for future reference.



Quick Tips: Cultural Stereotypes – Awareness Matters

Cultural stereotypes aren’t always a bad thing. (If you’ve ever enjoyed reading a “You know you’re a ____ when…” email about your culture, you probably know what I mean.) It’s never a good idea, however, to become bound by stereotypes, to become pigeon-holed by them, or to pigeon-hole others with them. Cultural difference is a huge topic, and I won’t pretend to be able to address all the issues of culture, stereotyping, racism, and prejuidice in this single post.  However, I do want to offer a few brief suggestions for avoiding the pitfalls of stereotypes.  It helps to:

  • be aware of the cultural stereotypes you hold about others. 
  • recognize which stereotypes others may have about you.
  • know which of your own cultural stereotypes fit you and which ones don’t.
  • become comfortable educating others about your culture – be proud of the ways in which you are different than others, and value the ways you are the same.



Your College Degree is Worthless – Part 2

Your college degree is worthless…that is unless you learn to supplement it accordingly and market it effectively. In Part 1 of this two-part post, we examined ways to supplement your college degree. In Part 2, we discuss how to market your degree effectively.

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Resume Phrases – Psychology Majors

It can sometimes be challenging to come up with ways to describe your accomplishments, especially those from academic settings. Here are a handful of resume phrases that Psychology majors may find useful:

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