After receiving 20 questions after our Society of Women Engineers, Evening With Industry Event I decided to make a post about my professional development recommendations. Resumes- I know I talked about resumes in a different post, but this event opened up a brand new can of worms. I looked through a couple of resumes and was amazed how many people had what looked like their high school emails on there ie- sledkid@... , Angelgirl12@... etc. Major Key #1- have a professional email listed. I know our school gives us personal emails so mine is [email protected]. If I were a recruiter I will admit, I would be embarrassed to email someone with a silly email. It seems really nitpicky, but it just polishes your resume! Major Key #2- Have a slightly unique looking resume. It will stick with the recruiter as well as bolding certain info so it is easier to find. I have attached my resume below so you can use it as an example. As you can see I have my school experience bolded as well as my work experience. If a recruiter only has 3 seconds to look at your resume this is your chance to make certain information stand out. The last courtesy for Resumes is to send it in a .PDF format that way it doesn't loose the formatting and to save the file as your name. I can't tell you how many resumes I have seen titled My Resume ( I used to do this, don't worry!) The next major section I have for Professional development is the follow up. I personally LOVE writing thank you notes, shoutout to my mom for teaching me young, however a brief email will suffice or the third option is to add them on Linkedin and include a little message. It is important to jog the memory of who you are contacting that way they can recall all of their thoughts and conversations with you. Here is a little example( it is not real)- Hi Bob, It was so nice to meet you at the Weber State Evening With Industry event last night. I really enjoyed talking to you about Northrop Grumman. They sound like an incredible company that I think my Manufacturing Engineering skills would be able to contribute to many of your projects. I am thrilled that you love the Giants as much as they do, let's hope they beat the A's again and win the championship. Please let me know if I can provide you with any information regarding my job experience or degree. Sincerely, Elaine Cope [email protected] As you can see above, I talked about something more personal we talked about, what my degree is and that I could really contribute to the company with it being short!! I can tell you that hand written notes are the creme de la creme. I wrote my current manager a thank you note for taking the time to interview me and still to this day it is on her desk. People love to feel appreciated, so use that to your advantage!! I have updated and edited many resumes so if you ever have any questions please feel free to get in contact with me! The final topic for the day is- Dress Code. The best thing I did my freshman year in college was purchase myself a pair of slacks, a skirt and a blazer. It is always best to dress to impress. If you are talking to some big wig from a company you bet you want to be wearing the best outfit in your closet. My recommendation is to always overdress than underdress. I would far rather be wearing my suit in comparison to jeans and a polo when interviewing. So the tip here is to have suit that fits nicely and you have it all planned out just in case. I hope you enjoyed this post and gained information from it!
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Irene
2/16/2017 10:23:24 am
Your resume is awesome and your advice is spot on! As an HR Generalist I've seen my share of poorly written resume's and yes, I only spend about 3 seconds to decide if I want to continue reading.
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AuthorMy name is Elaine Cope, I am studying Manufacturing Engineering. I decided to make this blog with hopes to inspire other young female engineers to pursue their dreams. Archives
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