resume...its french!!!

so today in class we were talking about different things related to resumes. if you think you knew it all about resumes, professor beaufort will assure you you're wrong. i knew something he didnt though, and thats where the word resume comes from. its french! resume' is a french word meaning short story or brief overview. today we live up to that definition. our resumes are a brief overview of our educational and professional history.

in about 10 minutes we learned about how to assemble a resume properly to avoid getting it chucked. according to professor beaufort a resume should only be about a page unless you are submitting it to a highly skilled job/career. on your resume, objective should be first following contact info, education experience, skills, volunteer work, and certifications or licenses. these are the five main points for a resume. within the main points we were told to be brief unless it was essential. one section that we were warned could easily be filled with useless info is skills. there are so many skills (like typing speed) we include that professor beaufort explained are useless in this age.

overall there wasnt much i learned being someone who made their first reusme at 17 now 21, but anything i was skeptical about adding professor beaufort confirmed if it was crucial or not.i think todays class was very informative being that there may not have been many who really knew how to create a compelling resume. we will see if beaufort is really the resume guru at the end of this semester with how many people found a new job after his resume' lesson.