Draft Due: February 4

Final Version Due: March 22

Worth: 250 points
Create a professional-looking resume package as if you are applying for a specific position within a real company.
The draft of the package is due in GeorgiaVIEW on February 4 by midnight. Learn from the feedback you receive on the draft, make changes, and submit your final [...]

It’s now the start of fall, even though it doesn’t really feel like it here in the Savannah area, and many college seniors’ minds are turning to “how will I get a job when I graduate.” Over the last year or so, I’ve written several blog posts on the job search. Here are a few [...]

What’s the purpose of a resume? It’s not to get you a job. . . instead, it’s to provide a positive first impression that MAY garner an interview for you. The advice below comes from my years of being a hiring leaders – and listening to many more. If you’re lucky, hiring leaders may scan your resume [...]

Edelman Digital’s Phil Gomes offers three resume tips in this short video. He shares his advice on listing courses on a resume, listing all internships, and how long to make a resume.

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In these days of travel budgets being slashed to bare bones, many companies are doing more phone interviews than ever. One of my PRCA 2330 students was just invited to a phone interview for an internship. She asked for some tips specific to phone interviews. Here’s some of my best advice:

Know the details of the [...]

McCain’s “Viagra” Moment
The cat got his tongue, but not McCain’s hand. CNN’s Jeanne Moos on the awkward exchange turned anti-McCain ad.
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CNN.com – Podcasts
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Resume 2.0 « The Secret Diary of a Bonafide Marketing Genius
As a Genius who endeavors to practice what she preaches, I decided to do a little experimenting [...]

Have you tried Wordle yet? It’s fun, and it’s addictive. I took my resume and tweaked it slightly*, and then imported it into Wordle. Here you can see me, in about 99 words. Fun!

*To tweak my resume, this is what I did:

for words that I wanted to have joined together (like “public relations”), replace the [...]

Most Common Resume Lies – Forbes.com
From foolish fibs to full-on fraud, lying on your résumé is one of the most common ways that people stretch the truth. But think twice before you ship off your next half-baked job application. Even if your moral compass doesn’t keep you from deceit, the
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Lying on Your [...]

When resume inflation becomes bald-faced lying.
In the meantime, it’s only fair that any potential employer circulate a recruit’s resume around to people who can validate its contents. They might even consider looking that recruit in the eye and asking point blank, “Is everything in your resume
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Marketing. Millenials. Technology.
Welcome and hello! I’m a 21 [...]