By admin, on March 20th, 2014  You work so hard to tailor your resume for each specific position. You word-smith and tweak, re-size and fuss until it is absolutely perfect. You submit the resume for the job and follow up with the employer a few days later, only to receive awful news. The file got corrupted somehow and they couldn’t read your resume!! You tell them it’s not a problem and that you’ll re-submit right away, but quickly discover that your resume file is completely corrupted on your hard drive!
To avoid the scenario above, here are some tips to ensure you always have backups of your resume. Some of these tips may seem over the top, but if you ever find yourself in a situation where your computer has failed or your file has been corrupted and you need to re-send your resume to an employer, you will appreciate having extra copies available. Many of these tips can also be applied to your cover letters, and to any other important documents.
- Don’t just save over older versions of your resume whenever you tailor a new version for a new job. Save a brand new document, naming it lastname_resume_jobtitle_company.docx
- Save the final copy (the one you submitted for the job) in a few different locations, such as:
- on your hard drive,
- on a USB key or other portable drive,
- in a cloud service (such as Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, iCloud, etc.), and
- email it to yourself and save the email in a folder called “Application Materials.”
- Keep your LinkedIn profile up-to-date. This is a good idea for any job seeker, but if you find you’ve lost your resume file, you can pull information from your profile as a last resort.
- If your school has a career management tool, take advantage of the option to upload different versions of your resume to your account.
- Finally, for a low-tech back-up solution, keep printouts of your tailored resumes with the name of the company to which it had been sent, written in pencil, in a corner on the back.
Recovering your file
If you find you’ve already lost your resume and are desperate to get it back, there are a couple of options:
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By admin, on December 10th, 2013  For many, retail jobs are the first opportunity to gain work experience, but many college students and recent grads are unsure of how to incorporate this valuable experience onto the résumé, especially if retail is not their long term career goal. Here are some sample résumé phrases that may help:
- Learned full range of ______ product line in order to provide effective assistance to customers
- Oversaw store opening and closing, including till float reconciliation
- Consistently surpassed monthly sales goals by providing friendly, professional customer service to wide range of patrons
- Trained new employees and acted as mentor to new staff
- Offered suggestions for re-arranging checkout areas and stock room, resulting in increased efficiency and safer work environment
- Managed customer complaints and concerns discreetly and professionally
- Coordinated all visual displays, signage positioning and stocking merchandise
- Assisted customers with returns and exchanges
- Answered questions about different sporting goods; assisted customers in selecting merchandise that best suited their needs
- Familiar with various cash registers, scanners and POS systems
- Traveled to weekly flea and craft markets; developed strong rapport with organizers and regular customers to successfully brand eco-candle
- Worked effectively with non-native English speakers
Keep in mind that the phrases above are just examples and are provided to remind you of your many accomplishments as a student. Revise, edit and tailor the phrases as your needs require.
It’s not uncommon for college students to work in jobs that are completely unrelated to their long-term career goals. Yet these experiences are often valuable additions to a résumé. The Resume Phrases by Common Off-campus Jobs series offers sample résumé phrases for experiences often gained through common off-campus student jobs. These sample phrases are intended to inspire students and recent grads to describe their college experience more thoroughly. Image source: Ultimate Security
By admin, on October 29th, 2013  As a finance major, it’s likely that you have, or will develop, an understanding of commercial and investment banking, perhaps you have an interest in forecasting and budgeting, or have studied the financial markets. But how do you explain all of your classroom experience on your resume? Here are a few sample resume phrases to get you started:
- Analyzed company’s financial needs and developed short and long term plans with 4 group members for case study
- Explored conceptual relationship between expected return and relevant risk of individual assets and portfolios of assets
- Familiar with basic time value methodology to general valuation and integrated cash flow applications
- Developed and analyzed clients’ financial statements (balance sheet, profit and loss) for various case studies; presented analysis and approach to class
- Assessed clients’ financial goals and utilized portfolio allocation models to create (mock) investment portfolios
- Monitored fluctuations of the ________ to study impact on stock pricing
- Used MS Excel and Minitab to _____________
- Developed business plan which was selected by local non-profit organization out of 17 submissions, as part of Innovations class
- Performed statistical analysis of financial data of 20 HMOs in order to __________
- Examined economic stability of four Southeast Asian countries and posited two approaches for investors interested in this geographic area
- Familiar with how to calculate a bond’s periodic interest payment and market value when market rates are different than coupon rate
- Explain capital budgeting, identify the costs and returns of capital budgeting projects, to fellow students as Classroom Assistant/Finance Tutor
Keep in mind that the phrases above are just examples and are provided to remind you of your many accomplishments as a student. Revise, edit and tailor the phrases as your needs require.
As a college student or recent grad, your college degree is often the most marketable thing about you. But how do you translate your academic experience onto your resume? The Resume Phrases by Major series provides sample resume phrases for activities commonly gained in different majors. These sample phrases are intended to inspire students and recent grads to describe their academic experience more thoroughly.
By admin, on October 9th, 2013  Whether it’s working at a restaurant, a pub, at the campus cafeteria, or on the catering staff, working in food service is a solid employment option either on or off-campus. If you’re not sure how to translate your Food Service experience on your résumé, here are some sample résumé phrases that may help:
- Worked professionally with diverse range of patrons, including faculty, donors, board members, alumni, students and general public
- One of only 2 student workers requested by name to cater high-stakes donor events
- Communicated regularly with supervisors and co-workers to ensure timely and efficient set-up of large-scale events
- Conducted regular detailed inventory of stock to ensure accurate documentation for purchasing manager
- Assisted in training new staff; edited and updated training manual to include time-saving tips
- Promoted twice within same academic year
- Managed customer complaints professionally and promptly
- Organized and cleaned work station regularly to ensure safe, efficient work environment
- Assisted in other workstations as needed; floated between stations whenever necessary
- Adapted easily to new equipment and procedures; assisted other staff in making transition
- Collaborated with supervisors and co-workers to resolve staffing coverage concerns
Keep in mind that the phrases above are just examples and are provided to remind you of your many accomplishments as a student. Revise, edit and tailor the phrases as your needs require.
It’s not uncommon for college students to work in jobs that are completely unrelated to their long-term career goals. Yet these experiences are often valuable additions to a résumé. The Resume Phrases by Common Off-campus Jobs series offers sample résumé phrases for experiences often gained through common off-campus student jobs. These sample phrases are intended to inspire students and recent grads to describe their college experience more thoroughly. Image source: University of Maryland
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You work so hard to tailor your resume for each specific position. You word-smith and tweak, re-size and fuss until it is absolutely perfect. You submit the resume for the job and follow up with the employer a few days later, only to receive awful news. The file got corrupted somehow and they couldn’t read your resume!! You tell them it’s not a problem and that you’ll re-submit right away, but quickly discover that your resume file is completely corrupted on your hard drive!
