Careers and Resumes

Just about every person I’ve known that is in college or has gone to college previously had changed their major because of uncertainty. The troublesome part is when you’ve already narrowed down your degree choice but still have uncertainty with what your actual career path will be/is once you’ve graduated.

You’ve worked hard and now it’s time to find a job that you’ll use your education for and actually enjoy going to everyday. When looking for a job there’s one thing you’ll need, a resume. If you don’t know what your career path you are wanting to go in to, it can change some of how you put your resume together.

Your resume is a tool that you can use to open doors to prospective employers where you can highlight some of your strengths and skills, as well as previous experience and achievements. All of these things can and should be part of your resume whether you know what you want to be doing in 5-10 years or not.

Maybe you’re like I was a few months ago. I knew that I was not going to find a position in my desired career area, I have too little experience and too much time before I graduate. I used chapter 13 in our textbook Business Communication Essentials, by Courtland Bovee and John Thill, to write my resume. Basically I included everything that I talked about in the last paragraph. I put my previous jobs, my education (in progress) and made sure to list my skills, even though I didn’t have a target position. I was able to get a job, and was even complimented on my resume, and when the day comes that I do have my actual career path picked out, I will use these guidelines again.