How the Career Center Can Help You Find a Job
By Jodie Rettinhouse, Career Center Advisor
We’re the Career Center. Simply put, we help students and alumni get career positions and internships. Here are a few reasons to check us out:
We do resume and cover letter reviews. Writing a quality resume is the first step in a successful job search. Our friendly career advisers will help you edit and format your resume and cover letters.
We do mock interviews—and coordinate real ones. You can practice your interview skills by doing a pretend interview with us. And did you know that real employers come to the Career Center and conduct real interviews for real career positions and real internships? It’s true. Really ! You can find out how to sign up for these interviews at the Career Center.
We’re connected. We have an exclusive (just for Chico State students/alumni) job database we call JOBCAT, and we stay connected with students via Facebook, Twitter, and Linked-In. And next time you’re on campus, be on the lookout for the Job Mob — it’s another way we stay connected with our peeps.
We host fun, educational events. From career fairs and workshops to our very popular etiquette dinner, we host multiple events each year. And yes, students DO tell us our events are educational and fun!
We know how to help those who don’t know. Are you confused about what major and/or career path to choose? We can help! As a starting point, we may suggest our new, online career assessment , FOCUS2. It’s free!
We help with grad school applications. We know the ins and outs of the sometimes-confusing grad school app process. We can help you set a timeline and review your application materials.
We welcome students of all majors, seeking all types of occupations. If you’ve checked out our services and don’t see programs that seem to fit your needs, stop by or give us a call. We’d love to help you with your specific career plans.
We’re easy to find. Stop by SSC 270, call us at 898-5253, e-mail us at [email protected] or check out our website: www.csuchico.edu/careers .
See you soon in the Career Center!
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Writing Your Resume
A resume is a summary of your educational and professional experience. The resume and the letter of inquiry or cover letter complement each other. The resume is your work data; the letter that accompanies it is a sales pitch telling the prospective employer how and why your experiences will be useful.
The content and the order in which a resume is arranged depend on you and your experiences. Employers scan rapidly, therefore, you should put the most important, impressive, eye-catching information first, in an easy-to-read format.
Your resume should also be grammatically correct and perfectly spelled; do not rely on spell check!
You should limit your resume to one page unless you have significant experience. Avoid using resume templates because they are very difficult to change.
- If you have a great deal of experience aiding, camp counseling, tutoring, etc., get it all on paper. No experience is too small if it shows your ability to work with children. Additionally, if you are a person who has had a previous career, you may also want to include it and show the transferable value of the experience; skills and talents from other careers can be assets, not something to hide.
Check out the Career Center Resumes page for more information.
Teaching Resume Examples
Remember these are only examples. There are many ways to create a resume. For more examples and help, see an advisor in the Career Center.
K-12 Bilingual Teaching Resume (PDF)
K-12 Multiple Subjects Resume (PDF)
Concurrent Resume (PDF)
Single Subject - English Resume (PDF)
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Resumes. A resume is a marketing tool designed to highlight your strengths. While this page provides helpful advice and guidelines regarding resume preparation, we all have unique backgrounds and are looking for unique experiences so no two resumes are the same.
Join us in the Career Center Lab to either CREATE, UPDATE or PERFECT your resume. Get the help you need to make your resume ready for any upcoming jobs/internship searches. Bring your laptop or use one of our computers to WORKSHOP your resume with us!
Career Center Team. Departmental Annual Report. Students & Alumni. Student & Alumni. Investigate Majors and Careers. Investigate Majors & Careers. Career Assessment. Career Descriptions. Get a Job or Internship.
A CV is a summary of your educational and academic background as well as teaching, research, and service/engagement experience, publications, presentations, honors and awards, affiliations, and other details. Include the categories below which best highlight your experience.
Writing a quality resume is the first step in a successful job search. Our friendly career advisers will help you edit and format your resume and cover letters. We do mock interviews—and coordinate real ones. You can practice your interview skills by doing a pretend interview with us.
Self-Managed File/Ed-Join Resumes Cover Letters Recommendation Letters Writing Your Resume A resume is a summary of your educational and professional experience. The resume and the letter of inquiry or cover letter complement each other.