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Three Reasons Why You Should Use a One-Page Resume

Citizen Schools Talent and Recruitment Team

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If you’re writing your resume and find your numerous skills, accomplishments and experiences are spilling over onto a second page, stop, drop and read:

Whether you are an aspiring member of the Teaching Fellowship’s class of 2012-2014 or a second year Teaching Fellow looking toward your next step, sit back with our National Recruitment Manager and hear why the Harvard resume format reigns supreme:

Three reasons to use Harvard resume format:

1)      It uses the space on the page effectively without overwhelming the reader.  There is plenty of space to share meaningful bullets about your job, but also requires you to only share the meaningful ones. Basically, 3-4 bullets per job keeps you honest and focused on the most significant accomplishments

2)      The format makes it really clear to the reader where you have worked, how long you were there, where you were educated, and what you studied in chronological order. This is really easy to follow.

3)      And lastly, the way in which this particular resume is crafted uses the format well because it notes specific, measurable achievements from each role he’s had. (E.g., how many direct reports he managed, how much money he generated/saved, etc). Second year Teaching Fellows can do the exact same thing by including quantifiable student results they delivered, specific improvements they made to campus operations/culture, and other notable achievements from their time in the Fellowship. The more specific about what you were expected to do and how well you met/exceeded those expectations, the better!

Sample Resume

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Advice for College Seniors on the Job-Hunt

Holly Trippett is the Public Relations Intern at Citizen Schools and is a senior at Emerson College studying Marketing Communications.

Finding a job can be tough... be sure to set yourself up for success.

I’m often asked, “What are you going to do next year?”. As a college senior, I’m supposed to know (or at least have an idea of) where I am going to be and what I am going to be doing the day after I graduate. I see my peers and friends stressing out about this question and asking themselves the same thing over and over again, hoping the repetition will bring them an answer. But the truth is that few of us know the answer. Ask your parents or any college graduate for that matter, and I doubt that they could fully answer that question.

I have ideas of where I will be and what I would like to do, but what it ultimately comes down to is, “how am I going to get there?”  I have an internship in the field I want to enter, but is that enough? With the small number of job openings in the market, I wonder if there will be anything for me by next May. Perhaps it is just my demeanor or positive outlook, but I am not worried. As my graduation date slowly approaches I am trying to keep a few things in mind to make sure I’m setting myself up to get to where I want to be after graduation.

Here are some things to consider:

-Is your resume up to date?

-Do you have a LinkedIn page?

-Have you worked in the field that you hope to enter as an intern? – If not, try finding an internship or meeting with someone in the field you want to be in. Internships are a great way to find out if your interests really lie in what you are majoring in.

-Do you have people lined up for letters of recommendation?

 

If you have any advice for college seniors or would like to share your own experience looking for jobs, please leave your thoughts in the comments section!

Five Ways Not to Get a Job – Resume Edition

Looking for a job?

As second-year Teaching Fellows begin to think about their next steps, and prospective applicants vie  for positions at Citizen Schools  our super-experienced recruitment team has some sage words of advice for all resume writers to consider:

  1. Watch your spelling:  For example, “Teach for American” is not an organization;  Teach for America is an organization.  And, although there are no points like the SAT test, spell your name correctly (mostly for your own sake).
  2. If you choose to have an objective, tailor it to the organization: If your career objective is to be like Steve Irwin, Animal Planet would be a better place to send your resume than an education reform organization. Things like Crocodile wrangling and Fortune Cookie Writing are specific skill-sets, not so easily transferable (although, on second thought, maybe crocodile wrangling is).
  3. Recruiters read your document title:  thisisawful.docx=#attachmentfail
  4. Recruiters read your email address: Captainmorgan84@someemail.com gives an….interesting impression.
  5. Put a correct number to reach you:  We’re not sure (but we’re pretty sure) you don’t want to put potential employers on par with people you’d just rather not speak to. 

    What’s the funniest thing that has ever happened to you at a job interview?

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