WBL Workshop #4

     The fourth WBL workshop dealt with effectively building our resumes. A resume is how you advertise your personal brand, or value as an employee to your potential employers. It is a way for an employer to get the gist of the skills and abilities an applying candidate retains and whether that candidate is suitable for the position. A good resume includes information valuable to the employer such as contact info, an objective, education, experience, and extracurriculars. Having an objective on your resume enables you to express your interests and the type of job you want which helps employers know what you want to do at their company. Education and experience helps the employer know how qualified you are. Degrees, attendance at certain universities, roles at jobs, and obligations at job help indicate to an employer your skill levels and your value as a candidate. Extracurriculars are additional desirable components but are not the main event of your resume.  They're a nice bonus to include and inch you forward towards employment but only work if they're included on top of a solid resume.
     A good resume also has concise language and clean formatting. Employers have many resumes to go through so you need to be able to communicate your skills clearly in a short read time. Verbs such as administered, directed, founded, and organized are words that you want to utilize when it comes to describing your experience since they are straightforward and convey a duty coherently in a sophisticated manner. Additionally, the format of a resume should be simple yet usable. Employers go through a resume to know your who you are and what your bring to a table; not to glance at fancy writing and extravagant color usage for a while. A black and white resume color scheme is the standard. The font is simple, such as Times or Arial. Headings are bolded accordingly and the spacing is enough so the employer can differentiate sections yet not too spaced out so that the content doesn't look nice. Overall, a resume is a cut to the chase method of branding yourself to your employer and making known your value as a candidate.