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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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