Students had the opportunity to work with Michele Plante for the day, Career Services Coordinator, and go through individual resumes and portfolios. Michele provided valuable feedback to each student, who could then use this information to prepare for the career fair and their own job interviews.
One of the most valuable things I learned from Michele this week was the value of simplicity in both a resume and a portfolio. Although we as creative majors love to make things graphically interesting, it is important to utilize the white space of a layout – OP
Having the opportunity to view and discuss a range of student resumes and portfolios WITH the students present was very interesting and helpful– much more so than the typical approach of lecturing on templates and generic ‘best practices – AO
