Volunteers

Alumni Volunteers

The résumé review workshop is conducted virtually through the help of volunteers able and willing to review résumés in Word or PDF formats. Joey and I are collecting the résumés and organizing by major for distribution to reviewers. Review priority will be given to students who indicate that they plan to use the reviewed résumé at the Career Fair. We would like to ask for your help to review résumés in your major, related disciplines or other fields if you have experience. The workshop is being advertised to all of our members so we need reviewers with all different backgrounds.

We are still accepting new alumni volunteers.

Registration for the workshop is now open. We will be monitoring the amount of submissions and will update volunteers on how many there are to review. We will have a soft closure on Monday Oct. 12th for review priority ahead of the Career Fair. Registration will close for résumé submittals on be Monday, Oct. 19th with reviews being completed no later than Dec. 1st.

The Review Process

Students will submit their résumé via the main page form and indicate their preferred method of contact (i.e. email, video conference such as Zoom, or a phone call) to discuss review comments. As the résumés are received, we will start distributing them out to our volunteers by matching majors and preferred contact methods.

When you receive the résumé, the student will be copied on the email so they have your contact information and will be notified that their résumé is in the queue. Please review the résumé and make notes for the student with your questions or comments. Then contact the student to setup a time to review the comments together. We recommend that you share the comments to the student so they can review ahead of the meeting.

Recommendations for Reviewing Résumés

We would like to share these general recommendations for reviewing the résumé(s) you receive.

  1. When you first look at the résumé, are you able to find information quickly that tells you what the person's major is, what type of position they might be applying for (i.e. entry level full time versus a part time internship), and if the person has relevant experience for the position? Could you find this information within 15 seconds if you were at an in-person career fair? We refer to this as the résumé's elevator speech.

  2. Focus on the content of the résumé. If there are suggestions for style, please provide them. There are many résumé formatting styles and everyone has their own, so use discretion when commenting on the style. That being said, if the style is especially polarizing, distracting, or difficult to navigate, please address it.

  3. Is the most important and relevant information listed towards the top of the résumé? For example, if the résumé is for a recent grad or a soon-to-be graduating senior, is the education listed towards the top? If the résumé has more career experience and the education is less recent, the order may be reversed to lead with career experience.

  4. Always recommend that students use their personal email address over the university or college provided email accounts. Some universities and colleges have a limited time for the account to remain active after graduation. Recruiters may keep a résumé for a period of time before contacting the student again and we don't want them to miss out on an opportunity.

  5. Are the listed skills or abilities generic such as "Excellent Mathematical Skills" or "Punctual"? We strongly recommend that the résumé lists skills or abilities that are unique to the individual, related to a position, and/or have supporting evidence. For example, "AutoCAD" as a skill with either work or education experience creating drawings in AutoCAD.

  6. Does the résumé explain experience or skills with verbs in the same tense?

  7. Most importantly, does the résumé list that they are a member of Tau Beta Pi?