At an event that one Career Services staffer likened to “speed dating,” dozens of student “suitors” received quick critiques of their résumés on Thursday. “Résumania!,” held in the courtyard area at UCSB’s Career Services Center, drew dozens of students hoping to whip their résumés into shape.
Representatives from companies that included Enterprise, Kollmorgen, Yardi and Citrix sat down one-on-one with students to go over their résumés and CVs, o
ffering advice and expertise.
Sharice Handa, pictured at right, was among the graduate students taking advantage of “Résumania!” The second-year Mechanical Engineering Master of Science student brought both her CV and résumé for critiquing.
Handa says she’s on a “different track” from some of her colleagues since she will be pursuing a career in industry rather than a post-doc opportunity. Handa told the GradPost that “Resumania!” gives her the chance to have her documents analyzed while also getting practice in speaking to potential employers.
Also waiting in the long line were Nikki Chang and Chiyang Chiu. Chang received her master’s degree in Economics in 2011. Because she is currently seeking a career position in banking and/or the financial industry, she wanted to get her resume examined. Chiu, a 5th-year Ph.D. student in Statistics, will be looking for an internship at a medical or pharmaceutical company this summer and hoped the critiques would give him an advantage.
Gary Fox, above, a 1st-year Electrical Engineering master’s student, said his goal is to obtain a summer internship in the field. Fox, who holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics, told the GradPost that he feels good about his résumé but thinks it still might need “technical help” now that he has shifted his direction toward engineering.
For more photos of the event, visit UCSB’s Career Services Center Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ucsbcareer and view its “Resumania 2012” album.
