A college education alone doesn’t guarantee a job.
Texas Wesleyan Career Services will host a resume clinic to help students tweak their resume to better their chances of gaining interviews and employment.
“It’s the most important thing they can do to get a job interview,” said Sherri Mata, director of career services. “No interview means no job.”
Mata said changes are seldom not made to a resume a student brings in. Issues include formatting and qualification development.
“Sometimes students don’t pat themselves on the back enough,” she said. “They don’t recognize what skills they have that may transfer from one job to the next. If those skills aren’t effectively listed on there, they don’t market themselves.”
Students who plan on writing their resume for the first time are encouraged to attend the clinic alongside students who need their resume revised.
Robyn Fisk, college and career counselor, said career services’ strong relationship with potential employers is the clinic’s most important factor.
“We know what they’re looking for in a resume,” she said. “If students come in and utilize our services, they’re getting the foot in the door that the employers are looking for. If they don’t come in, they don’t have that knowledge of what the employers are looking for in resumes.”
Career services has opened doors for past students with their critiques.
“I wrote my resume and they critiqued it to the job type and did a mock interview,” said Justin Doby, Wesleyan graduate. “That helped me to know what my answers would be.”
Doby’s resume landed him a job with AAA Texas as an auto-claims adjuster in March of 2009 even though the company wasn’t hiring until summer.
Career services staff said they encourage students to take advantage of the clinic before attending Wesleyan’s career fair after spring break.
The clinic runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 8 to 12 in the career services office in the SUB.
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