Resume Tips For Technical Grads
he hurdles facing today s which hiring managers scan the IT
new technology graduates resume.
are the same as with other
industries. One of the largest Lisa Lowe sought professional
hurdles for new grads in assistance on her resume,
preparing a first IT resume is realizing that she faced a
the no-experience fence. A significant problem by not having
hi-tech grad may not have any an internship in a technical
formal experience working with field under her belt before
technology in a real-world graduation. Additionally, she
situation. While this hurdle is realized the skills she had
best handled long before you gained in college were slightly
graduate by seeking part-time or behind the fast-paced demand of
full-time employment in today s market and she needed to
technology or an internship, the attain further training in some
fact remains that you may be of the more modern technologies.
coming out of college with These training goals were
literally no hands-on experience mentioned in both the lead
in your major. Summary and in the accompanying
cover letter.
Preparing an IT resume for a
target career field in which you By including a Skills category in
have no real experience can be the top half of the first page of
a challenge. It s important when her IT resume, Lisa s resume
outlining your IT resume to keep becomes much more user-friendly
in mind what the hiring managers to hiring managers. Lisa was
will be seeking when reading your fairly sure she didn t want to
resume. In the technical arena, start her career as a programmer,
Skills, Education, and Training but was interested in working
are high on the list of items for with database technology. To
emphasize this, her Education section in the top half
database-related skills were of the first page and gives some
listed first and a mention of her meat to her experience.
preference was made in the
Summary. By focusing on this The Employment History section of
direction with her career, she a new grad resume is often the
was also de-emphasizing her lack most difficult section to
of training in the more modern compose, especially if you do not
programming languages such as have an internship, cooperative,
Visual Basic and C. or related experience under your
belt. Rather than concentrating
Many times, resume books advise on what is not present in
new grads to list coursework in experience, try to concentrate on
the major to illustrate what the what is present. Look for skills
job seeker did in school. While that will be required by
this might give an idea of your employers that may not have been
academic record, it does not help taught in college. More and more
in making you or your IT resume companies are looking for
stand out as someone whom the well-rounded employees who not
company should interview. It also only can do the technical tasks
does not show how you have but who can work with the public,
assimilated and applied the work in a team, and generally get
formal education. A Project along in a positive manner.
Synopsis describing how you have Emphasize your team-spirit, your
applied the skills might better communication skills, and your
serve to distinguish your IT enthusiasm to work hard.
resume from the resumes of other
recent grads. For example, in We look for skills but we also
Lisa s resume, the Project look for someone who can get
Synopsis was included in the along in the work environment,
says Jeremy Hopwood, CEO of Tsaba trainable for the company s
Networks (www.tsaba.com) in specific needs.
Franklin, Tennessee. If you have
the right attitude to work in our If there is an internship or
team, we will provide you with cooperative learning experience,
the specialized training we need. be sure to include that in the
Experience category of your IT
resume. Detail project
Lisa had worked throughout her parameters, discuss skills
college career in a exercised, and outline context of
high-public-contact position the position in relation to the
providing Customer Service on overall organizational operation.
technical sales of retail Be sure to highlight what was
software and hardware. This achieved and what significant
experience demonstrated that she contributions were made. When
possessed the ability to work composing the content of the
well with people who needed resume, write descriptively to
technical assistance or who were fully cover the work done and the
in a contentious frame of mind. skills attained.
She had excellent communication
skills, good negotiation My internships and cooperatives
abilities, and a strong grasp of were my best selling point with
business operations. By bringing my education coming second,
into her IT resume past work states Robert Higgins, a civil
history that demonstrates engineer with Barge, Waggoner,
positive skills and work habits, Sumner, and Cannon in Nashville,
she is shown to be someone who is Tennessee. I had worked
accustomed to a high stress work full-time as an Engineering
environment, who can work with Technician throughout my entire
people, and who is probably very college career and it led
directly to permanent employment. gaining.
The experience was invaluable.
Developing an interview-winning
Other information that is helpful IT resume can be a challenge.
to have on a hi-tech grad resume Making the investment to market
includes grade point average (if your college education
above 3.5), membership in professionally might be a wise
professional organizations, decision. We write IT resumes
scholarships and honors, every day for some of the fastest
volunteer work, and civic movers in the IT industries. Give
involvement. Information of this us a call if you feel you are
type on an IT resume shows a ready to advance your high tech
well-rounded picture of what type career.
of employee the company would be
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Published in 25 career books, Alesia has been cited by Jist Publications as one of the "best resume writers in North America" and quoted as a Career Expert in the Wall Street Journal. Serving as the Resume Expert for over 50+ organizations, she has numerous media appearances to her credit and is a frequent keynote speaker. www.rezamaze.com
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