Posts Tagged ‘extra curricular activities’

There is a great read over at The Wisdom Journal on career preparation before you get to college. Geared at students who are just entering high school, it’s year-by-year guide for what you need to do in order to be successful in landing a great Entry Level Job. It includes some of my favorite advice for students including getting involved in extra curricular activities, constantly updating your resume, and getting a part time job.

This is great advice for anyone who wants a blueprint for success leading into college. Click here to check it out.

Once you have found a job that you are interested in, it’s time to start marketing yourself. For 99% of all of the jobs you will apply for, you will be expected to submit a resume and cover letter. This is the fourth step in the process of finding your first “real” job after school.

So what is a cover letter? A cover letter is an introduction to you as an applicant. It is designed to give a brief overview of who are are and what you can bring to the table. It rarely goes into detail about your actual experience or education, but will showcase some of your skills (particularly if they match the job description). This cover letter is often used to screen candidates before the employer even looks at the resume.

That leaves us with the resume itself. Your resume (or CV in some situations) is a list of your education, experience, references, extra curricular activities, skills and abilities, and so on. By this point, your resume is likely to be more heavily weighted towards the “education” side of things instead of “experience”, but employers will expect that.

One of the main focuses of this site will be to help new graduates craft effective resumes and cover letters which will stand out from the crowd. If you are interested in having either one of yours publicly reviewed on Gradversity.com, please drop us a line on our contact page and we will provide more details from there.

Once you have your cover letter and resume ready to go, the next step in is to go through the interview process. This will be covered in the next post.

Please feel free to drop us a line with any questions or comments that you may have!