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How High School or College Students Can Write a Resume that Rocks!
Whether you’re in high school, college or a recent college graduate, writing a killer resume is an important skill. After all, employers read mountains of resumes from motivated high school students, eager college students, and desperately looking for a job college graduates. How will you make your resume stand apart from all the others?
Skipping Breakfast offers up some words of wisdom to students looking to make their resumes pop:
• Find a template that works for you! There’s an office on your high school or college campus that has some example resumes. Use those as a starting point! If you can’t find one, just go to Google.
• Don’t go beyond a page. As a general rule, one page on a resume represents five years of work experience. If you have a lot of experience, pick and choose what you feel best represents you. And, you can always add/remove experiences later to make your resume targeted towards a specific job.
Five New Fall and Winter Scholarship Winners Announced
Cappex.com announces five new scholarship winners from Fall and Winter 2009-2010.
Congrats to all our winners!
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$1,000 Cappex “I Don’t Want To Pay For College” Scholarship – December 2009 Winner: Jacob R., from Saint Helens, OR, is a current college freshman who plans on studying psychology and heath related sciences. In high school, Jacob held a 4.0 GPA, played golf, soccer and swimming and also participated in the band and drama programs. He was also the National Honor Society President, Key Club Secretary and member of his high school’s student council. Jacob also spent time volunteering with organizations such as the Kiwanis club, UNICEF and March of Dimes. |
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$1,000 “#1 Cappex Facebook Fan” Scholarship – Winner: Juliana P., from Chandler, AZ, is a current high school senior. She is the founder and President of the Doctors Without Borders club, Science Research Club President and Key Club Secretary. She also plays golf and tennis. Outside of school, Juliana is a section leader of the Phoenix Youth Symphony and tutors nine Korean immigrant students in English. |
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$1,000 Cappex Business Careers Scholarship – Fall 2009 Winner: Patrick C., from Port Huron, MI, is a current high school senior and honor roll student. He is a Key Club Division 6 Lieutenant Governor, overseeing nine key clubs around Michigan, and is President of his high school senior class. Patrick is also a volunteer for the Youth Advisory Council, his local soup kitchen and church. He intends on studying business, management or marketing and would like to major in business administration and management. |
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$1,000 Cappex Psychology Scholarship – Fall 2009 Winner: Cassandra B., from Samson, AL, is a current college freshman. She plans on majoring in psychology, pre-medicine or pre-medical studies. During high school she held a 4.0 GPA and was valedictorian of her class. She was also President of the National Junior Honor Society, Spanish Club President, Band President and Student Government Treasurer. Cassandra is currently part of her college’s Medical Careers Club and Student Sociological Association. |
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$1,000 Cappex Health Careers & Nursing Scholarship – Winner: Cynthia U., from Reseda, CA, is pursuing her Master’s degree in public health. She held a 4.0 GPA while at California State University, Northridge. Cynthia is bilingual, and serves as an interpreter for Hispanic patients. She is interested in furthering her education to help the Hispanic community. When she is not working at her hospital, Cynthia also volunteers at the Braille Institute in Los Angeles. |
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Where’s My Application?
You know what happens to your college application before you drop it in the mailbox. What happens next is less clear. Here, professionals from schools big and small share some insight. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at the college admissions process at places like the University of Illinois-Chicago.
Tom Glenn, UIC’s director of admissions, says the school gets 50,000 applications each year. But the video’s real gem is Glenn walking you through the path of an application. Knowing each step will help you make sure your app doesn’t get lost in the 500,000 pieces of paper that come across the college admissions desk.
He also gives great insight into the competitiveness of the process. “We have more qualified applicants than space,” he says.
This means you need any edge you can get. I’m not saying you need to take notes during the video, but you might want to stick around to the end.
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