Due Wed. Jan. 25. A 200-word typed biography, stating who you are, what you do, and your interests. This text "resume" will become part of the senior show's website, where your biography text tells readers who you are. See past class websites for examples.
Due Mon. Jan. 30.
Students must have a 1-page print out of their resume prepared for
class. This will be a "content only" resume review and the
resume does
not need to be designed with an identity, aesthetic, nor
look & feel to promote you. This is just the resume text.
- Include your name
- Run spell check
- Include relevant work experience
- Your email address and phone number
- Mailing address not needed
- Logos, icons, or other "personal id" not needed for this review
- Names of references not needed
All reading assignments below include content you must take into account
and put into practice when crafting your resume. If your resume needs
edits, revisions, or additions to get it up to the standards of these
articles, make adjustments to it.
Read from the book
Talent Is Not Enough:
- Cover letter and its length: pages 27-32
- Personalizing your application with good writing: pages 120-128
And
read these tems too:
As you build your
own resume, remember:
- include a header with pertinent contact information: your name,
email, maybe a phone number too, mailing address isn't needed;
references aren't needed
- then list:
- university degrees earned (or to be earned); GPA is optional
- relevant work experience; in other words, your stint as a
telemarketer may not apply here; but consider what freelance work you
can include and any other "actually produced" projects, internships,
etc.
- if you've done work in a class that has been used on campus, such as a poster for Winthrop, this is considered either "in-house design" work, and can be couched as such, provided you mention that this was for a class, and you had client interaction; VCOM 444 for VCOM students is also usable here, and can be titled Studio 351 on your resume
- honors, awards related to your work; scholarships apply here too
- organizations, be they student or professional
- also consider, especially if you're an illustrator
- exhibitions
- commissions
- self-published works
- use spelling/grammar check
- be concise - keep it to 1 page, a one-sheet with everything on one side
- be yourself
- be succinct
- use spelling/grammar check
- do not exaggerate
- remember that any/all social media that you put out there (across
the Internet) is also subject to being reviewed, scrutinized, and
assessed when it comes to people hiring you or just plain old looking at
you; so be yourself there, whether it means being creative, tasteful,
humorous, or having no taste; as one of our former graduates put
it to me years ago, "if they can't handle the shit I put on Twitter,
then I don't want to work for them anyway..." That's one way to look at it, but it may limit your options.
- use spelling/grammar check
- use spelling/grammar check a second time
Final and overall
Resume Assessment will be based on:
- hierarchy of information; layout
- spelling & grammar
- relevance and appropriateness of content
- application of assigned reading information to student's resume content
- meeting the 1-page length
- handing material in on time
- following directions
The Jan. 25 and Jan. 30 reviews are the first of many milestones for your contribution to the senior show and also the resume portion of your own professional materials.
