This week’s News and Tips
Make your resume something an employer wants to read! I find myself offering similar resume tips to iSchool job-seekers. Most of them center on updating traditional beliefs and formats on the typical resume:
1. Consider a functional resume rather than the traditional chronological format. If you don’t have a lot of experience, or you’re a career changer and your lots of experience isn’t especially relevant, consider a functional format to your resume. Customize the headings and skill/experience areas for each job you apply for to make sure that you’re highlighting key skill areas. Here’s a decent functional resume example. If you do have a lot of relevant experience, you’ll be well-suited to a traditional chronological format, and it’ll be less work to maintain that than to restructure.
2. Replace the “Objective” Statement. An objective focuses on what you want, and it’s more powerful to focus on what you provide to the employer. So replace that Objective statement with a “Summary” or “Profile” statement oriented to what the employer needs. An example: “Information Management professional with skills in user experience analysis and development.” Or, “Current UW Masters’ student passionate about metadata with XML and Java skills.” Pick the words you use based on the job you’re applying for, or pull this from your elevator pitch I wrote about last week.
3. Focus on achievements, not job duties. Talk about what you accomplished in the position, or why what you did was important, and not just what the (possibly mundane) duty was. If you spent a summer shelving books or filing papers, talk about the importance of organization and the contribution you made to office/library/company/customer efficiency. Use numbers wherever possible. Here’s some more advice on resume language that I find helpful.
4. Finally, avoid all the “don’ts” here: Why I Tossed Your Resume.
Career Events This Week
Mon., May 7 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Meet The Employer – Atkins Aerospace
Tue., May 8 | 2 – 3 pm
Tue., May 8 | 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Resumes & Cover Letters workshop
Wed., May 9 | 7 – 8 pm
UW Young Democrats Internship Fair
Thu., May 10 | 2 – 3 pm
iSchool Job and Internship Search Drop-in Hour: MGH 310-D
Thu., May 10 | 2 – 3 pm
Networking for Shy People (& Everyone!) workshop
Tue., May 15 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Meet The Employer – Revel Consulting
Professional Jobs
Altius Development Corporation
Web Developer (on Husky Jobs)
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Tibbals Digital Collections Manager Keyword: Ringling
Black Metropolis Research Consortium
Valve Software
SirsiDynix
University of Puget Sound Library
Washington Dental Service
Jefferson County Library
University of Michigan – Alfred Taubman Health Sciences Library
HistoryMakers
Video Oral History Archivist
Contact dj@thehistorymakers.com for more information (also listed on iprojobs)
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Photo Archive
Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University
UX Design Expert
Contact Elliot Turrini, CEO for more information at 201 572-4957
Tualatin Public Library
Amazon.com
Contact Bridget Doyle bridgetd@amazon.com for more information.
Rocky Mountain Research Station – US Forest Service, Ogden, UT
Administrative Specialist
Email mjwilson@fs.fed.us for more information (also listed in iprojobs)
Serials Solutions
Email Shari.fox@serialssolutions.com for more information.
University of Mississippi
Electronic Resources Librarian & Assistant Professor
Contact tharry@OLEMISS.EDU for more information.
Marvell Semiconductor
Publication Tools Developer, Technical Writers
Contact yunju@marvell.com for more information.
Villanova University
Liaison Librarian for Philosophy & Theology
Contact Joseph Lucia joseph.lucia@villanova.edu for more information.
SUNY Buffalo
Nordstrom
Taxonomy Specialist
Contact lara.modisette@nordstrom.com for more information.
Blaab Lab, Inc
Web Site Developer (on HuskyJobs)
BusinessFusion, Inc.
Holland America
Manager, Onboard Revenue Technical Development (on HuskyJobs)
Amherst College
Missouri History Museum
Digital Assets Manager
Contact hradmin@mohistory.org for more information (also listed in iprojobs).
Contra Costa County Library
North Carolina State University Libraries
Academic Technology and Rich Media Librarian
For more information contact Jenny Jensen at 919-513-3394
Internships and Student Jobs
UW – Husky Union Building
Student Web Developer (on Husky Jobs)
Callison Architects
Contact Faith Nolan faith.nolan@callison.com for more information.
UW – IT
Graduate Staff Assistant – User Experience Design
Contact Jason Civjan jcivjan@u.washington.edu for more information.
Logic2020
Various positions – Internship, web developer, project management, data analyst, etc
Contact ChasityD@logic2020.com for more information.
City of Olympia Community Planning and Development Dept.
Library Organization (paid temporary position)
Contact jkenny@ci.olympia.wa.us for more information (also listed on istujobs)
UW – Graduate Funding Information Services (GFIS)
Graduate Staff Assistant – Graduate Funding Information Manager
Contact Lauren Ray olray@uw.edu for more information.
Sterling C. Evans Library – Texas A&M University – College Station
Learning and Outreach Intern
Contact psmith@library.tamu.edu for more information (also listed on istujobs)
NC LIVE
UW Bothell/Cascadia Community College Library
Directed Fieldwork Opportunity: Online Learning Assistant
Contact rbliquez@uwb.edu for more information.
Center for Dependable Strengths
Database Management and Application Development Specialist
Contact vsnyder@uw.edu for more information and to apply (also listed through istujobs)
University of Puget Sound
Directed Fieldwork: Archives Assistant
Contact jcarlin@ups.edu for more information (also listed through istujobs)
Sage Library System of Oregon
UW – iSchool
Knowledge As Power
Contact jenny@knowledgeaspower.org for more information
UW iSchool
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant – INFO 343 & 344
Email crystaly@uw.edu for more information
Reach Network, Inc.
Web Design Intern (on HuskyJobs)
EMC
EMC Internship (on HuskyJobs)
