Over the summer I met with Maryjo Zunk to talk about the internship opportunities that had been offered to me. At the time I received offers from the Girl Scouts of Arizona, Social Security, and the City of Chandler Parks and Recreation department. What was initially just a meeting to sign papers to make one official turned into an hour and a half long discussion about my future career. I was a little lost on which one to pick so we discussed the different options. Whatever option I chose she recommended that I still continue to network with he various career events. I ended up going to a career fair that month. We also talked about what led me to choose the current degree program I am in and what I wanted to do with it. She continued to stress the importance of going to career events and making as many connections as I could while still in school, especially since I had an idea of what I wanted to do but no specific direction. She also spoke to me about the new Public Service Academy that the College of Public Service and Community Solutions was just starting. She said they were always looking for passionate people such as myself to participate; it really made me feel proud and thankful to be in the School of Public Affairs.
Just recently, though, I visited another Career Coach on the Tempe campus who helped me review my resume and cover letter. I had a good foundation, but it was definitely time to update them. My biggest mistake was not going into detail about my experiences. I wrote vague statements that alluded to the things I had accomplished, but nothing of substance that would grab a potential employers eye.
I also discovered that using your LinkedIn on your resume was a smart move, and not something that would be inappropriate. Additionally she told me that it would behoove me to say that I have mastery of certain social media sites; all of which I had no idea! If you want to check me out:
It was so good to see you today at the WP Carey School of Business - business center. I, myself went to see Maryjo Zunk for my internship and came today to visit my very first counselor who helped me out tremendously to whom I really owe my success here at the Arizona State University. I also have two parts to my career service where I recollected all the efforts and wonderful help that Maryjo Zunk did for me but I also wanted an extra counsel from Ashley Gale, and that is why I visited today and was very surprised to see you at the business center of my first college here at ASU. I am sorry to follow your blog, but I have known you from two other classes and thought to leave a comment from time to time. Thanks for sharing yours.
ReplyDeleteIt was good to see you too! And no worries about following my blog; that's what its here for! I look forward to and enjoy reading your comments.
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ReplyDeleteI recently just started updating my resume and realized that I was making the same mistake. Rather than fully explaining what I had achieved at each of my jobs, I was basically stating my task. I've since improved my resume by describing skills I have used to achieve each of tasks.
I am a former Girl Scout and it is nice to see the organization reaching out to students to provide great internship opportunity. I have had very many meetings with the career service adviser and my academic adviser as well, as the reality is that is what they are here for. Along with your linkedin profile you can create your own portfolio for professional reasons to boost yourself for job ability. Look forward to reading more.
ReplyDeleteI did the same thing and that is also how I found my internship. Using linkedin is so smart. I never thought of attaching my linkedin profile to my resume but it definitely can't hurt. I am definatly going to need to update my resume after my internship is over and this is one of the best ideas I have heard in a while!! Thanks for sharing!!!
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