The Right Way:Resume workshop

Southern University held a resume seminar sponsored by Public Relations Student Society of America and Career Services Wednesday October 23 in steward hall. The purpose of this seminar was to teach students the importance of presenting a good resume as an aspect to professionalism.
A resume is an organized structured paper summarizing why a person should be qualified to perform for a particular job. Discussed in the seminar were proper steps, Do’s and Dont’s, proper grammar and strategies for students to persuade and sell themselves as above average. SU alumni returned to speak on experiences and how current students can better themselves as professionals. Starting with the proper way on how students should present themselves as far as appearance as well as on paper.
“I think that it was a successful event. We are always excited about being invited into a classroom setting because we always want to go where the students are,” said Tamara Montgomery, director of career services “To visit the class room is always exciting for us interact with them and to bring our information to them that is going to be helpful to them as they succeed.”
Students in attendance were shown the different types of resumes that were displayed and broken down into the main parts such as the heading, objective, education experience and activities as well as how to write the description to emphasize skills. Subjects discussed were what interviewers look for in potential employers and what would a person’s resume stand out from the rest and how to increase a job opportunity as well as succeed after graduating Southern.
Students shared what they’ve experienced from this seminar. “This seminar have benefit me by teaching me what companies look for when they’re looking for students’” said Jasmine brown, a senior public relations major from central Louisiana. “It taught me how to format my resume. I feel like I am now confident when I go into an interview it feel like overall it has help me accomplish what’s necessary to get an awesome job after I graduate.”
Throughout the seminar the students grasped the concept and format to a better understanding of what they need to do to succeed beyond southern university.
Denice Washington, a senior Mass Communications major from Baker, Louisiana said “This seminar really helped understand the importance of having the right resume to grab the attention of the interviewer in such a short period of time. It was really an eye opener as far as creating the resume within itself and how important it is to have it done right the first time.” Washington went on to state how important it was for students to learn resume-building skills. “I really feel like this is important to students because we come to school so that we can go out into the field and I know a lot of people that are turned down and don’t know why. So I think we should look at our resume and how we present our selves. It was a lot of information that I did not know the school offered so I’m glad to get that information that could help anyone.”