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Re: Volunteering is Good for Your Career! - and how it relates to FIRSTers
"elevator speeches" are also handy to know well when you're at an event and a reporter approaches you. Be prepared to give them a FIRST brochure AND your team brochure so they can get facts straight.
I just met with our VP for Human Resources (who came to watch my former team at a competition at my request) today about a Benefits question I had and we ended that conversation with a conversation about FIRST, FRC, FLL and JFLL, how the College could get involved, what my plans were for staying involved, how I've been impacted by the students I've had the honor to work with and how the FIRST program has impacted me, and the new skills I've learned which may end up coming into play at my job. And it all started with an elevator speech. |
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Re: Volunteering is Good for Your Career! - and how it relates to FIRSTers
So.. is anyone here in Human Resources that can suggest an effective way to positively communicate volunteerism on your resume'?
One agency I work with suggested I take the volunteering off of my resume completely. She said that was OK if I was just coming out of HS looking for a job, but not for a professional resume. I beg to differ, and will end up leaving it on, but I need to strengthen it. Any suggestions? |
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Re: Volunteering is Good for Your Career! - and how it relates to FIRSTers
Clearly, no professional would ever be interested in knowing that we sometimes do in six weeks what they take years to do.
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Re: Volunteering is Good for Your Career! - and how it relates to FIRSTers
FIRST is on my resume, and it isn't coming off.
Although it DOES say: Mentor and coach for a high school robotics team. I can always explain FIRST in the interview if asked... |
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Re: Volunteering is Good for Your Career! - and how it relates to FIRSTers
There are a lot of often conflicting opinions on what to put on a resume. Some will tell you, like the counsellor mentioned above, to keep it strictly professional, while others will say to beat your drum as much as possible.
I don't know if there is a "right" way to do it, but when I have interviewed candidates, I'd rather have too much info than too little, as long as it's clearly presented and relevant. I once hired a person because he told me his hobby was building and maintaining his salt-water aquarium. There were two other equally qualified candidates for the position, but the problem-solving skills and research he needed to do to make his aquarium work gave this guy the edge. For what it's worth, the last part of my resume reads: COMMUNITY SERVICE Cybersonics Technology Team, FIRST high school robotics competition, mentor for design group, assist robot manufacturing group and scouting at competitions. My design group won the 2005 Autodesk Inventor Award with their computer aided design submission. Girls Scouts of Freedom Valley, facilitator for “high ropes” team building aerial obstacle course. |
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Re: Volunteering is Good for Your Career! - and how it relates to FIRSTers
My advice is to have several different resumes that will highlight the skills for the particular job/company you are applying to. My last resume included a section on community activities including volunteer church work, because I was applying to a private Roman Catholic college and it fit their mission. Those things were mentioned in the interview. I might not include those activities on a resume going out to a large corporation, or I might word them differently. (As a side note, my boss did an Internet search on me before scheduling an interview and saw some of the things I was involved in... and I searched her on the Internet, too. I try and keep that in mind whenever posting something online - it can reflect on you years from now when trying to get a job - eeks, what will they read into me from my postings on CD!!!)
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Re: Volunteering is Good for Your Career! - and how it relates to FIRSTers
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When I went in to an interview, I was asked about my research a little, as well as classes about robotics. Then I was asked about FIRST because part of the job that I was interviewing would require me explaining to technicians the procedures that I come up with. Thus, FIRST was completely relevant because it has been one of my jobs as a mentor/coach. Worst advice I received from someone about my resume came two years ago when they said NOT to put down my English degree because I would pigeon-hole myself into a techical writing position. Everyone else I consulted about that has said to make sure I put it down. In the interview, all four people I met with loved the fact that I have an English degree, as they assume that it means I can write well. Anyway, if you want a copy of my resume to see how I set it all up, send me an email. (No PMs as I rarely log in here.) indieFan |
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