Don't Go It Alone! How to build your resume
by Susan Miller, M.A.
Face it. Your resume is your calling card when it comes to finding a job or career position; it’s generally the first thing an employer will see and if they don’t like this initial view, you may not get any further. Sounds dire, we know. It doesn’t have to be. For optimum results from your resume, spend some time ensuring the best presentation possible. Your future, literally, depends on it. But you don’t have to go it alone.
A new tool on campus can help you create a professional, high-quality resume online, thanks to the UA Library and Career Services. "UA Resume Builder," powered by Optimal Resume, has been made possible only through the UA Library’s generous support. This major advance in writing a winning resume can save students time and frustration. It will help you create and maintain a top-rate document that highlights the information recruiters are most interested in.
It’s no easy task to distill all the experience and skills you have honed through part-time jobs and ongoing academic pursuits into a succinct, compelling marketing tool that will convince employers you are the candidate they’ve been looking for. One of the features of UA Resume Builder is an interactive process that helps you every step of the way, prompting and encouraging with examples and templates.
Some features of this new system include:
- The ability to build, manage and control multiple resumes online.
- Examples and templates tuned to specific fields.
- Resumes offered as Microsoft Word documents or as web pages.
- The option to create up to seven unique resumes for different purposes.
- An interactive system that increases your marketability by enabling you to create an online marketing presentation of your skills and abilities.
