A resume is a tailored marketing document designed to showcase your relevant education, experience and skills. Not sure where to start? Explore our Resume Writing Guidelines and Career Community-based Resume Examples.
A cover letter is a tailored marketing document designed to accompany your resume when applying for a position. It tells the employer why you want the position and what makes you the best candidate.
LinkedIn is a professional networking site that encompasses a digital version of your resume, promotes the sharing of knowledge and ideas, allows you to stay up-to-date with market trends and industry information. It can also generate new employment opportunities and connections with professionals.
The more you practice interviewing, the better you become at interviewing! Take the next step in preparing yourself for an internship, scholarship, job interview or continuing your education. We offer a few different ways for you to get practice and support with interviewing through our Interview Prep Program. There are opportunities for you to practice with coaches or industry professionals plus access to the Big Interview Platform that provides step-by-step interview training.
First impressions count and are often formed in a matter of seconds. The basic rule for a job interview is to dress one step above what you’d be wearing on the job. Additionally, think about your career field and research how professionals dress in various organizational environments. Some company cultures may be more traditional while others may be more relaxed.
A professional photo is a key piece of your professional brand that can be used for your LinkedIn page. We offer a professional photo service in our office in the form of a professional photobooth, Iris. It is easy and quick to use and offers studio quality photos right to your phone.
When approaching recruiters, you only have about 5 minutes to convince them to contact you for a future interview. With that in mind, the more prepared you are, the better you will be able to sell yourself. Preparing a 30 second “commercial” about yourself can help break the ice and get the interaction started in the right direction.
Getting A.I. to help you refine your brand
Did you know that A.I. can help you build and refine some of the most common aspects of your career brand? The technology has progressed into a tool that can review your resume's bullets, practice interviewing for an job or internship you are targeting, and even help you discover skills and experiences you need to be successful for a career path.
Always remember, A.I. hallucinates! In other words, it can just make stuff up. Please confirm the validity of anything produced with other sources. Double check what is produced with what you know about yourself and your career targets. The Career Team does not endorse any particular A.I. tool; remember to always do your homework and DO NOT put any personal information into any A.I. tool!
I want to know how I currently match a particular job
- Prompt: Using the content from my resume below and the job description, please let me know how I match the opportunity and what I might be missing to be a good candidate.
- Your Action: copy into A.I. your resume content and the job description you are targeting.
I want to better target my resume to the job description
- Prompt: Using the following bullets from my resume, can you help me adjust them to better align with the requirements of the following job description”
- Your Action: add your resume bullets and the job description
I want to learn more about a career path or industry
- Prompt: Please provide me with some information around the following career path or industry. Specifically, I would like to know the key skills, experience, and knowledge I need to gain in order to be a good candidate.
- Your Action: enter in the specific job function (not title!), industry, or sector.
I want sample questions from a particular job
- Prompt: from the following job description, can you provide me with some sample questions that I can practice with”
- Your Action: copy the job description into A.I.
I want to practice interviewing
- Prompt: using the following job description, I would like to practice interview questions with you.
- Your Action: the system will start to generate questions for you to respond to in written form and it will analyze your responses and give you feedback.
I want to know what is important from the job description
- Prompt: Please analyze the following job description and tell me what skills, experience, and knowledge I need to highlight to be a good candidate for the job.
- Your Action: copy the job description into A.I.
I want to get my cover letter reviewed
- Prompt: Please review and provide me with recommendations for the following cover letter content”
- Your Action: copy your cover letter into the system. Remember, you can ask it to review it to ensure it highlights whatever you need it to focus on.
I don’t have a cover letter and would like a starter
- Prompt: Please write me a baseline cover letter using the following skills, experience, and knowledge I have to market for x career path”.
- Your Action: add in all your skills, knowledge, and experience that you need it to include to make you a powerful starting document.
I need help creating bullets
- Prompt: I would like for you to build me 1-2 bullets for the following information on what I did on the job.
- Your Action: start typing in everything that you did on the job in any organization you prefer.
I have bullets, but want to confirm they sound good
- Prompt: Using the bullets below, please rewrite them to help me market myself better for a career.
- Your Action: enter in your current bullets and see what you get from A.I.