Being here today and we are going to talk about resume
writing today. As you know, before we get started, I would
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OK, so for those of you who just join us, we're gonna be talking
about resume writing today. This will be a recorded session. So
if you would like to keep your camera closed just for privacy,
that's more than OK with me. We just want more students that
couldn't be here because of work or classes to have access to
the, you know, to the information as well. But going
back to the agenda of today, we are going to learn a little bit
about
what's a resume, what are the basic things that you need to
make sure are part of your resume, how to be relevant and
stand out, how to create effective statements. That's
very important piece of resume writing some dues and don'ts,
and we'll have some time for questions and answers at the end
as well.
So before we jump in
into the presentation, just some quick housekeeping items. Be
present, make the most out of this conversation. This is for
you.
So if I will be happy to share the PowerPoint at the end on
your through e-mail, but you know, maybe there are there are
things that I am mentioning that are not in the PowerPoint. So
make, make notes and be actively listening to make sure you're
really understanding. And if you have any questions, you can
clarify them at the end. If you can keep your
microphones closed throughout the conversation, that would be
great. Uh, whenever there's an opportunity to interact, I will
either ask you to unmute yourself and participate, or you
can participate through the chat chat or through reactions as
well.
OK so before we go deeper into the dues and don'ts and how to
write resume, I'm curious to hear how much time do you think
recruiters typically spend reading resumes?
And feel free to unmute yourself and give your best guess. Or if
you wanna write on the chat, that's fine as well.
OK, I see people typing
three to four minutes. OK, let's see what
what are the other guesses?
6 seconds
Ah any final thoughts?
OK, so actually
whoever so OHP, sorry.
Actually, yeah, Tic tac, Tic tac 6 seconds is very close. So
typically recruiters are gonna spend about 7 seconds reading
your resume. So that's the amount of time it takes them to
decide if they want to spend more time reading your resume or
if they're putting you on the notepad file or the maybe pile.
So you have to be aware that you know, the market is very
competitive.
Recruiters receive a very large amount of resume and they need
to make their time effective. So if they look at the resume and
maybe the formatting is off while they already know that,
that person doesn't have a lot of Microsoft Office gives. So
that person might be in the notepad file in two seconds or
maybe they call a
a typo or grammar error that is very significant on your resume
because you failed to prove read. And that's a position that
really requires good retain English as well. There you go.
Less than two seconds, you're in the no pile. So it's very
important to make sure you're doing all the steps to make your
resume stand out. So the recruiter is interest in keep
reading what you have to say about yourself.
Now to the best of your knowledge,
how would you describe what's a resume? And again, you can
either use the chat or you can unmute yourself and give your
answer.
OK, it's just somebody typing. Awesome.
If anyone else has a gas or there's, you know, we're here to
learn today. So whatever you think it might be a good
definition of a resume, we're open to to discuss it.
Oh, I see two people riding. Yay.
OK so tint mention that a resume helps to showcase the
achievements and skills that are relevant for the position.
Absolutely,
that is correct.
Let's see what she thinks about it.
OK, so according to Shivan resumes a personal profile
describing our skills and abilities similar to the job.
Yeah. So the resume
is both things that you gave me, you guys mentioned, right? So it
is first and foremost a document that summarizes your experience,
your education and your accomplishments as they are
relevant to the position, right. So a resume is not supposed to
be a list of everything you have ever done in your life. It's
about being a summary of the most relevant skills, education
and experience that you have.
They align to that particular job.
Here in Canada, there are different types of resume. Today
we're going to focus on the chronological resume, which is
more commonly used and aligns better with where you're at in
your career right now, which is early stages. So basically the
chronological resume, you list your experience from the most
recent education and most recent work experience and most recent
volunteer experience to the least recent, right? That's why
it's called reverse chronological order.
And always remember, as I mentioned earlier, you're always
gonna be customizing and tailoring your resume to be as
relevant as possible to the position that you're applying
for, which means that one size does not fit all. You have to
take the time to analyze the job description you are applying for
and seeing what are some of the small changes or big changes you
need to do on your resume so it's clearer to the person
reading that you are
a good fit for that job.
I, I always like to talk about the purpose of a resume because
I feel like sometimes people lose sight of the fact that it
is a marketing tool. So at the end of the day, the resume is a
marketing tool to help you get the interview. The interview
will be a marketing tool for you to get the job, right? So think
about it right. That's why you need to focus on not only
staying relating what is your experience
and what did you do in a job, at a education experience or at a
volunteer experience, but also highlighting what are the
accomplishments that you had, right? What was the impact that
you had? So it is a marketing tool. So you are not going to
exaggerate, you're not gonna lie.
Let's not do that because it doesn't help you. But you want
to highlight the achievements that you have to put you at a
good light, right? And again,
it's a competitive process. There are other people there
trying to get the same job as you are trying to get. So how
can you showcase your best skills and your best
achievements to show the employer that you are the best
candidate, right?
And always make sure that you are
prioritizing what you're relating the skills that you
have that are relevant to the job.
OK, so
that's a little bit of an introduction of
what the resume is about and how you should go about it. So now
we're gonna talk about the basics. So what are the basic
things that you gotta make sure your resume has?
So first and foremost, a clean layout. So there are beautiful
layouts out there on Canva and whatnot, but they can be
visually a little bit busy. So be careful when you're like when
you're choosing your layout. Preferably avoid layouts that
are split into two columns. It makes it really hard to read for
the person behind the computer, the recruiter or the hiring
manager.
So when you have a layout
that is one single column and there's a lot of blank space
between,
ah,
each section, it's easier
to the reader to go through your information and is more
esthetically pleasing. Make sure your header standard stands out.
So when we say Heather, the header is the combination of
your name, last name and your contact information, right? So
make sure your name is in bold larger font, and then your
contact information will be on smaller font.
The header will be the place where you're gonna use larger
font. However, for the reminder of your resume, stick to font
size 11:50
and phone types that are a bit more professional like Arial,
Calibri, Tahoma. You know, avoid and avoid mixing too many
phones. Sometimes I see resumes where there's like 3 different
phone styles. There's like bold, underline colour like it's too
much right? Try to make it less is more. Basically,
be concise. Your resume should not be over 2 pages because if
you go over 2 pages, probably you're talking about things that
are not relevant to the job, right? So really reflect what
makes sense to be on your resume.
Make good use of the space with relevant information
information. So there's no point in having a 2 pages resume
and those you know the the the information you're saying is
just fluff not relevant to the job, right? Doesn't help
anything doesn't doesn't help build a case that you are the
ideal candidate for that job.
Make sure your headings are labeling each section because
that will also drive the attention of the recruiter. So
if you're applying for a position where having an
associate degree is one of the requirements, the first thing
that they're gonna look for is an education section and then
they're going to see whether or not you have completed a
associate degree.
So that's super important. It keeps your resume very
organized. And as I was saying, really take the time to prove.
Read your resume. Make sure your spelling is right, that your
grammar is right, your punctuation is right. Later in
the conversation, I'm gonna talk about some AI tools. So today
you have the opportunity to ask for somebody to help you prove
read like you can prove yourself for sure.
But I feel like after you've seen the same document over and
over, at some point we get like, we don't see it anymore, right?
So you probably have gone through that with assignments,
right? So it if you need, if you've been with your husband
too long and you want somebody else's opinion, you can book an
appointment with me. You can drop in over there Courier
services to an assistant. You can ask a friend that you know
has good attention to detail to take a look and see if you
didn't miss anything. You can use an AI tool
to review and point out and give a prompt to review for any
spelling, grammar or typos and, you know, make sure you're
delivering the best product to the company you're applying for.
OK, so those are like some of the basic things you need to
make sure are in your resume. Now we're gonna go into the
exercise of reviewing each one of these sections and say and
seeing how can you write that session to stand out from the
crowd.
So first thing, like I mentioned, one size does not fit
all. So you really need to take the time to customize your
resume for each position that you're applying for. Does that
mean that you have to build a new resume from scratch every
time? Probably not unless you're applying for two things that are
very different from one another. I don't see that being the case.
So you know, you might be targeting customer service
positions, for example. So there will be things
from a job description to job description that will be
similar, but there's gonna be a lot of things that will be
different. And that's how you gotta watch for, right. So maybe
there's a Kashmir service service position where you're
also gonna be working as a cashier. So it will be important
to showcase if you have any cashiering experience. And if
So, what are you used to doing?
Whereas there are other customer service positions that you do
not have to do the cashier part, right? So if you don't have that
experience, that's fine. You know, you're not gonna it's not
an issue, right? And or you can focus. So maybe you don't need
to have the cashier experience, but you need to have stocking
experience. You need to be able to
do inventory management, making sure things are, uh,
you know, stock on the warehouse and maybe that's, you know,
something that you will need to, to highlight. So
things are very different from one another.
Or like, sorry, I'm gonna rephrase that. So things might
have a lot of overlap, but also some differences. So make sure
you're watching for those using the job description and doing
those small adjustments on your resume as needed.
So the job posting will always be your N. So there you will see
what are the requirements, what are the skills, what is the
education they need, And then you can start building your
resume from there, right? Again, you're not gonna lie, you're not
gonna exaggerate, but you're gonna see where you meet the
requirements, right? And where you do not meet the
requirements. Think a little deeper, right? Is there
something that you've done in high school
or back home or in college here or working here that would be
transferable?
That is not exactly the same, but it's transferable,
right? So think about that as well.
OK, so
another important thing is to keep the reader engaged. So in
this time and age, we are all a bit at fault to not have a lot
of patience to read through long tests. We're so used to social
media and having information really fast that it's hard to
focus in reading. So you need to make sure you're writing as with
as much appeal as you can and engaging the reader to keep
reading for more, right?
And
making sure that you're saying a lot would last right. So for
example, you don't need to like,
you know, like I say, have a resume with over 2 pages where
you're just like writing, writing, writing and things are
not as relevant to the job. But
you know, always try to be concise,
but making sure you're giving enough detail for the recruiter
to make to know what you've done and see the value of what you
did. So here are some words that can help you start a sentence,
especially when you're trying to
relay what's your background or talk about your ability. So
there here are some
things that you could use.
Now we're going to go into sections more in depth, right?
So the first section of your resume should always be your
summary of skills because the summary of skills it's a
snapshot. What of what are the most relevant skills that you
have for that job? So it's the first thing that recruiters
gonna read. If you highlight the things you have there that make
you the best fit for the position, then you're already
winning on the.
7 second race, right? Like you're ready kind of keeping the
person with you and with your resume. And that could be, you
can,
um, write your summary of skills on bullet points or you can do a
paragraph just saying a little bit about your skills, who you
are and what not. And you always want to think, what are some of
the keywords from the job description that I could
highlight there because I do have the experience or the
education or the transferable skill.
If you have some experience already under your belt,
I would always open them with how many years of experience you
have. Or if you don't have years of experience and you have
months, maybe say you know, experience in customer service.
And as you gain more time and tenure, you can add the year or
months
and you know, technical skills education, right? So you can,
you can say that you are, you know, a think about something
that defines yourself, but also would be interesting for the job
you're applying for. So like for example, for our customer
service position,
you know if you are outgoing that's not gonna be a positive.
So you can say something like outgoing individual currently
pursuing an associate degree of arts
experience, uh, dealing with other diverse group of
individuals through volunteering at college during orientation
and guiding new students. So you're gonna find your own
examples, right? But it's always important to not only say that
you have something, but highlight how did you get there,
right? So
show and tell, right? Like OHT, I'm a good communicator.
Why? Right, cause anyone can take a list of skills and throw
it on the paper, but what can you tell the recruiter to make
them understand how you got to that skill?
And of course, if you have technical skills like Microsoft
Office and, or language skills and you think will be relevant
to the job, yeah, you can use your summary of skills to
highlight it. I wouldn't go if you're doing bullet points,
stick to 3:00 to 5:00. If you're doing a paragraph form like
short paragraph, right? 3-4 sentences most.
OK, so after your summary of skills, you can either do your
education or your work experience. Up to you in this
example. We'll see education coming next and it's up to you
how much or how little you want to talk about in your education
section. So some people have more work experience that makes
them ideal for the job. So they can talk a little bit
class in their education because their work experience already
matches the job. But some people might not have as much work
experience or volunteer experience. So their education
is their best asset that they can show to the employer how
they have developed skills, right? So I have, I've seen
resumes where the person only puts, you know, their associate
degree and the dates, right? Like when they started, if they
are still
in the college, they can put here present like yourself. You
can just put, you know, the month you started the year and
present. So the reader understands that you're still in
the university, in the college.
If you have a strong GPA, 3.5 or higher, this is the time to
brag. You can create a bullet point saying that because it
shows that you have commitment, that you are academic savvy,
that you have the education, the education you know. So it's a
good thing to show. Maybe you're applying for a job that says
that they need someone with multi multi tasking skills, but
you don't have a lot of work experience
or don't have a lot of um volunteer experience. Well, at
least student. You do need to multitask because you're
usually,
you know, doing a taking at least three courses at the same
time and you need to manage three different courses, three
different schedules, three different deadlines of
assignments, finals, midterms, whatever it may be. So yes, you
do have to multitask so you can use your education to showcase
the skills that you might have developed. Maybe you're applying
for a position while working in a group setting in a team
setting is important. Well, if you don't have that,
like, experience,
probably you had a course at college or high school where you
had to do a group project. So how did your teamworking skills
show through when you're doing that? And how can you explain
that on your resume, right?
Something else that you can add if you feel like it's gonna help
you. It's your relevant coursework. So what courses have
you taken
so far at college that would be relevant to the job? So let's
say there's a job that says that you need to have good hand, you
know, good knowledge of Microsoft Office and technology.
Well if you take an introduction to computers and information
systems you can highlight that right?
One thing to note about education, do not add your high
school. You are in post secondary now, so it is implied
that you have completed your high school, so no need to add
that.
Now for additional courses you would create a separate section.
So if you've done a LinkedIn learning course or a certificate
or you gain a license, this is where this is gonna go. And you
don't need to put the month when you did it. If you if you want,
you can, that's not an issue, but at least you need to say
what year did you complete that?
OK, now I'm just gonna go back to the courses a little bit. So,
um,
for those of you who don't have a lot of work experience, um,
showing that you have the education in might be helpful to
get the job or to get that first opportunity. So maybe you don't
have a lot of data entry experience and you want to apply
for a data entry job, but let me try to gain that experience
through a course. So as part of Columbia College, you guys are
entitled to the LinkedIn learning subscription, which
I'll send the link for you guys to request the account later
when I send you the PowerPoint as well. Um, so you, you have
that for free at, while you are in the college. Take it because
it's very expensive when you're not in the college. I'll tell
you that. And you know, there's over 20,000 courses there. So
there's data entry, there's foundations to customer service,
there's foundations to Python, to data analytics. Whatever you
think about and whatever you want to focus your career on,
you can truly benefit from that. And it can be an asset when you
don't have a lot of work
experience.
No,
for the work experience and for the volunteer experience. The
formatting is very similar, right? So you're going to make
sure you write the name of the company you are working for or
you used to work for, the job title you had and the month,
any year you started,
if you're still working there, present, if you're not working
there anymore, the month and year that you left. And that is
super, super, super important. And I see a lot of students
losing opportunities because they don't put any dates or they
put just the year. And that is like a big red flag for
recruiters because either they feel like you're trying to hide
something. They might think OHP, this person probably only lasts
a month and they're trying to hide that
by not saying the the correct start and end dates. Or if you
just put 2022, how will the recruiter understand whether you
worked a month, two months or a whole year?
There's no way because you only put the year. It could be any of
that. It could be even a day. So
it's really important to clarify how long you've worked for that
company.
After you've done that, you're gonna focus on
writing What are your main responsibilities at the company
in a accomplishment statement form? OK, now what does that
mean?
You're not gonna just put a list of tests. You're gonna say what
did you do and how did that impact the company? And if you
have numbers to quantify what you did, go for it. Is there a
time to include those numbers here? So if you see the first
bullet here, she, she's not focusing only on the task.
Uh, if she was only for the sorry, if the resume was only
focusing on the test, it would be respond to customer
questions,
But that doesn't say much. That's very broad right? Now,
when the person transforms this into an accomplishment
statement, it becomes respond to customer's questions in a timely
and courteous manner. So now I know that she tried to respond
to customer questions as fast as she could and in a very
respectful, polite manner. How could this sentence be even
better numbers, right? She could say, you know, respond to an
average
of, uh, help. Like respond to an average of 80 customers
questions per shift in a timely and courteous manner,
right? So numbers are on your side, right? It doesn't have to
be perfect. Sometimes you don't remember, but as close as you
can and you're gonna apply the same
the same to your volunteer
experience. So you're gonna put the name of the company, You're
gonna put what was the job title that you had? If you didn't have
a particular job title, you can just say volunteer. And then
you're gonna add what are the most relevant things that you
did in that volunteer role that relate to the job you're
applying for. So besides doing courses like LinkedIn learning
the other way for you to
make your resume more competitive when you don't have
a lot of paid work experience, it's volunteering, right?
Because
it is very, very valuable value to here in Canada, just as
valued as work experience. And it shows that you give back to
your community, which is also something that is very
favorable to your application.
And you actually get to learn hands on
skills, which is amazing, right? So many people are a bit
reluctant in volunteering because I'm not gonna get paid
well. But you're gaining
experience, you're gaining networking because you're
meeting other people in Canada that can refer your job if
necessary be. And I don't know, maybe that could come become a
paid job. Maybe you're volunteering and that company
happens to have a paper position open up and they know you.
You've been reliable, you've been a great volunteer and say
you know what,
we have a position right now, would you be interested in
applying? So you never know how far this can help you, right? So
I think it's always a great way to you start building your
networking in your Canadian experience. There are different
ways to volunteer. You can volunteer on campus, you can
volunteer off campus. You can volunteer in an area that you
want to work for. You can volunteer in that area that
you're passionate for.
It's up to you.
Hmm. And then lastly, if you wish,
you can add an awards section if you have any particular awards
that you have that you're proud of, maybe at the college you got
like an academic
award or maybe in your high school, like whatever you think
it's in, it's an award you you're proud of and you want to
highlight. It shows also that you are a person that is Google
oriented, right? And there are a few other sections that people
might add. Some people like to put their extracurricular
activities. I'm good with that as long as it's relevant to the
job. Some people like to add their availability.
I'm not a big fan, but I get it that you know many of the retail
jobs want you to do that. If you're applying for the jobs on
campus, you don't need to do that, just FYI. But if you're
applying outside and you feel like you will be
better to have that, you can edit, just be truthful to the
information you are putting on paper. Because I've seen student
that put like, you know, availability
anytime, 24/7. Like that's not true. You're studying. There's
no way you're 24/7 available. So like make sure you're putting
information that is aligned with your availability.
OK, so I know there was a lot of information. We're gonna have a
moment to debrief a little bit later on. But I wanted to give
you some more insights for when you're applying outside the
college. So here are the college we reveal resume by resume. So
it's very manual, but the world out there isn't like that,
right? So most companies, especially large organizations,
because of the volume of resumes they receive,
they use a software called Applicant Tracking System to
screen through the applications they get. And the software will
try to pick
keywords that
are part of the job description that the candidate have included
on the resume. That's why it's so important to review the job
description and include the keywords that you know you have
that match the job, because otherwise your name, your resume
is not gonna be sorted by the ATS.
The other thing to be mindful of is some ATF.
They will interpret, um, colourful templates like an
image. So that's another thing to be careful
to maybe avoid template there have a lot of graphics because
the ATS might read that as an image and not peak on the
keywords even if they're there. Tables are also not something
that they typically are able to read as text, so be mindful of
that.
OK, so I'm gonna go through this part a little bit faster, but
I'll send you some information to review on your own time and
practice that.
So remember that when we were looking at work experience and
volunteer experience, I was highlighting that not you don't
need, you cannot focus just on the that task you are doing, but
you need to show what was the impact for the organization and
how did you do it right. So that makes you stand out from the
other applicants because you're telling a story, even if short,
you're telling a story of like, how did you, what
would you achieve? How many people did you help? In what
ways did you conduct yourself in that test? Right? So always make
sure you're highlighting the impact. And if you have
measurable results, that's the time to put them on paper.
We have a quick formula that you can follow when you're doing
that
and basically is using an action verb. I'll send you a list of
that later on
what you did. So what was the the doing? The action? The task
and what was the result? So on this first example, the action
verb is developed
while the port the task was. The person created a new program to
create community partnerships and the result is that they were
able to get over 50 organizations become partners.
OK,
now the second one, we are gonna follow action verb and what you
did, but instead of the result, we're gonna focus on how the
person did it. So this person took up to 80 take out orders
per shift, providing customers with accurate information and
wait times. So this is how they did it, right? So it's much
richer than if they were saying two quarters
and yarders. How many people, in what way?
And something that I missed
saying earlier is when you're talking about your work and
volunteer experience, if you're presently working or
volunteering at that company, the verb will always be in the
present. Now, if you're no longer working there or
volunteering there, your verb will go into past tense.
OK,
awesome. Now
something I am mindful of is that we are in a era where AI is
there and is there to stay. And many of you may already use AI
to help you with your resume building and I do not oppose to
that, but I do think you have to use it wisely, right? So, OK.
And about what do you mean
do not include any personal information
on the AI? So some people just upload, like don't upload your
whole resume that has no your e-mail information that has your
phone information that might have your address on the.
AI because you don't know, depending on the AI, you don't
know where the information is being stored. And if it gets
leaked, then your personal information went, you know,
public. So instead, you know, copy and paste sections of your
resume without your personal information. And you know, you
can give a prompt to the AI to review for any typos or grammar
errors. Or you can
the, I, please review this resume, uh, for a, for this
customer service position. And you can upload the job
description as well and see if there's a good match. So be
mindful of how much information and what kind of information
you're putting on the I
And I think one thing that is really important is elevate what
you created. Nobody knows your story better than yourself.
Nobody know nobody knows your skills better than yourself. So
instead of asking the,
hey, I to create a resume
for like from scratch,
do your resume and use the eye to elevate what you created,
right? And The thing is, when people use AI to create their
resume from scratch, it's very obvious. It's very obvious
because it's like, I don't know. You just look at it and you know
that it's I cause the words are very exaggerated. It's too
formal. Like you just see that that's not how
you know the person would typically write. So it's OK to
use it to elevate, but have some critical
**** analysis, be critical about the information that is given to
you to say no, this is too much like you know, that's I'm not
gonna use it this way, right? The other thing to be mindful of
is be careful to not sound like everyone else and miss the
opportunity to stand out. I think one thing that we've
noticed with AI being used so much is that some resume start
to all look the same. Some cover letters start to all look the
same
because people are mindlessly using the AI instead of using it
to elevate something they're using to create something. And
then the AI will create the same thing, like mass production, and
you will lose that opportunity to show what's
unique to you and grab the attention of the the reader. So
you I, you know, you can use it, but be critical about it.
So here are some AI that are Razmik especific, right? So of
course you can use ChatGPT. There's also one called job
scan. So both job scan and ChatGPT have a free version and
a pay version. So you can kind of explore the free version and
see how you feel about it. Enhance CV and kick resume were
recommended to me by a person
but I haven't had a chance to use it yet so I'm not too sure
how it looked like. But you know, I welcome you to play with
it and if you feel like it's something that you could get
benefit from for sure.
So I think that's kind of like the main things I wanted to
showcase to you. And I'm mindful of time. So I'm gonna keep a
little bit of the dos and donts. This is a game that you guys can
do back. I'll do the first one and then we're gonna skip two
questions because I want to give you guys space for that. But
here are some dudes. And also based on what we have discussed,
what do you think
is the, the, the yay summary of skills here versus the nay?
Do you think #1 or #2
is the is the yay?
You can just write it on the
on the chat.
Yep, absolutely 10 so #2 is the yay. So why do you guys think
this one is the correct one?
Yes, you have the date
you're talking about. You know, the years of experience. More
specific? Absolutely.
Yeah. More concise. OK.
Yeah,
you guys are right on,
right. So it's giving more information about who you are.
So
there are a few more here, but I'll let you play with it at
home as part of our,
um,
as part of the package I'll be sending to you. Besides this
PowerPoint, I'll send you some templates that you can use for
your own resume and you can pick the one you like the most. But
now I wanted to let you ask me questions. So is there anything
that you're curious about or something that I explained that
you didn't make a lot of sense?
No question. OK, There's no question coming.
Alright guys, S Tint OHP there you go. So Tint is writing a
curious Not having volunteering experience can affect the
chances of getting a job significantly.
If you have work experience, no. So like, if you have work
experience to show on your resume, but you don't have
volunteer experience, it won't necessarily impact your chances
of getting a job
outside the college. Inside the college, if you're applying and
you have volunteer experience, that will definitely give you a
bit more of a chance to get the job because most of the
departments at the college are, they value students that
volunteer on campus or give back to the community. So it's not
mandatory, but it's an asset. It makes you
stand out a little bit more, but on the real world,
you know, if you have good work experience and you don't have
volunteer,
you know, that's not gonna make you look bad.
I see Tint is writing, Um, one more question as she writes the
question. I just want to highlight that after this
workshop, if you're interested in following up with me or with
Risha, you absolutely can. So Risha is our career services
student assistant. So she's a student like herself that has
been trained to do resume and cover letter review.
So after today, if you wanna get going, get your resume ready,
your cover letter ready, but you want some feedback, you can drop
in. No, no booking needed. You can drop in with Risha Tuesdays
and Fridays from 12:00 to 3:00 at at student Services and
she'll be happy to help you out. Now, if that schedule doesn't
work for you, you can schedule an appointment with me on the
student portal. Unfortunately, I cannot take droppings at this
time, but you can schedule an appointment with me
from Tuesday to Friday from 9:00 to 5:00 or Saturdays from 9:00
to 4:30. There are specific blockers of time that I'm
available, so if you go on the student portal you will see my
availability. You can always e-mail me as well,
and that's kind of it.
Thank you so much guys and I will
stop the recording now.