take advantage of your college opportunities
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College offers you many opportunities while pursuing your education/career goal including: part-time employment, internships, financial aid, scholarships, grants, study abroad, graduate school, and full time job upon graduation What is the best way to be ready to capitalize on those opportunities?TRANSCRIPT
Leverage your education, experience,
qualifications, and skills with a web resume
• Part-time employment
• Internships
• Financial aid
• Scholarships
• Grants
• Study abroad
• Graduate school
• Full time job upon graduation
Official Transcript
Part time job Internship Financial aid Scholarships Graduate
School
Application Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Interview Yes Yes Maybe Maybe Maybe
Resume Yes Yes No No but would
help
Really should
have
Essay No Not normally Maybe In most cases Most likely
References Yes Yes Yes Yes Most likely
Standardized
tests
No No Most likely Yes Yes
Are you ready to respond?
Part-time employment
Internships
Financial aid
Scholarships Grants
Study abroad
Graduate school
You don’t want this when
you need to get out a copy
of your resume tomorrow
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End of Fall
Semester
End of
Spring
Semester
End of
Summer
High School Academic Record
Work Experience
Community Service
Standardized Test Scores
Sports
Extracurricular Activities
Summer Educational Pursuits
Hobbies / Interests
Letters of Recommendation
Essay(s)
Has your contact information changed now that
you are in college?
Update academic section to include your college
• GPA
• Progress (i.e., Second semester Junior)
Build College resume
Deemphasize High School
Work experience
• New employer?
• Internships?
• New accomplishments, experience, skills, etc.
• Focus on transferable skills
Update each section / add any new sections
• Volunteer / community service
• Extracurricular activities
• Professional / social organization memberships
• Awards / recognition
Standardized Test Scores
Academic Record
Letters of Recommendation
Essay(s)
Community Service
Work Experience
Internships
Sports
Extracurricular Activities
Summer Educational Pursuits
Hobbies / Interests
Awards / Recognition
A complete online resume / portfolio
of your background, experience,
qualifications, and skills
My Web Resume
www.mywebresume.com
Your resume and/or portfolio segmented into
hyperlinked web pages
Possibly with links to other appropriate evidence
of your experience, skills, and qualifications
Paper
resumes
are linear
top-to-
bottom
Where are the
highlights
and key
words?
80-90 % of your
resume can fade
into the
background
Demographics
Academic Record
Standardized Test Scores
Letters of Recommendation
Essay(s)
Community Service
Work Experience / Internships
Sports Extracurricular
Activities
Summer Educational Pursuits
Hobbies / Interests
Grab the readers
attention with
keywords and a
powerful summary
or objective Themes and unique
color palettes can
be used
Each page is a section
of your resume
Each page scrolls
based on it’s content
Networked
and flexible
View by choice
or need
Higher priority
info can be
reviewed first
Links to employers, schools,
clubs, organizations, and
other web sites
Social media
profiles (with
caution)
Video and
photo
sharing
sites
Blog sites
Scanned or electronic
copies of essays,
term papers,
research reports,
references, and more
Digital copies of
audio recordings of
your musical
performances
Digital copies of
video of sports or
artistic performances
Digital copies of art
or design portfolio
content
Web resumes are a tool
for marketing and self-promotion
But like any tool,
it is only as effective as it is used
• Include your site address on all
correspondence, e-mail, thank you
notes, etc.
Thank you! www.yoursite.com
• Include your site address on all
applications for jobs, admission,
financial aid, scholarships,
internships, etc.
• Hand out business cards with your
web site address
• Include your site address on
correspondence Include your
web resume
site address
• Link to your web resume from any
other sites you have
Your Web Resume
Sport Specific
Sites
Flickr
LinkedIn Portfolio
Sites
Blogs
Others ?
• Tell EVERYONE about it
• Show people
• Give the link to anyone
writing you a reference
letter
• Efficient and fast
• Leverages technology
• Promotional tool
• Highly organized and accessible
• Tool for financial aid submissions
• Investment in your future
Efficient and fast
*Quickly get your resume to any decision maker
for job searches, financial aid applications,
and other educational and professional
development opportunities
*As easy as sending a link
Leverages technology
*Take advantage of the internet to market
yourself
*Demonstrate that you are technologically
aware and competent
Promotional tool
*Add your site address to your e-mail signature
*Print business cards with your site address for
networking and professional events
*Include the site address on all of your
applications and correspondence
Highly organized and accessible
*Targeted for decision makers who review your
applications
*Relevant information is easily accessible
Tool for financial aid submissions
*Include your personal website on scholarship
and financial aid applications
Investment in your future
*Use your site in the future for a professional
resume site after college
*The site is yours to keep
Stand out from
the crowd
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