Creating a “Right” Resume

Background: No hiring manager for a company has ever turned anyone down for failing to list their objective. Résumés have one goal: summarize relevant information to convince someone you’re worth further investigation. Employers receive stacks of résumé. When I listed a position for an intern at my last company, I received over 300 applications. A page requires 3–5 minutes to read, so to read all 300 would take 20 hours!

What employers do is skim first, then read promising ones in full. It’s not unusual to reject 90% of résumés within a few seconds of seeing them. Burying the relevant information is a great way to make sure you don’t make the cut.

Purpose: This assignment is designed to make sure that you are not losing opportunities by not properly showcasing your experience through different formats.

Assignment: For this assignment, you will curate your experience and achievements, then select the correct format to showcase your filtered/relevant information

• Portfolio of projects and competitions with your code. Github.com - Great place to place your work Journalist Past work and where have you gotten publish it at all. Artist (Including Filmmakers & Musicians) Portfolio, not only outlining your final products but showing the process in which you took to get there. Business Requirements: Must make 7 trades with 7 different people. Must document each trade in trading journal. Each journal entry must include the following information: trade number, date and time, location of trade, person(s) you traded with, why you traded with this person(s), item traded, new item received, reason you traded for new item, illustration of item. 2-minute presentation on your trading experience, showing us your final possession.

Rules of Trading: You can only trade with a person once. You must trade for items that you genuinely like/want/need (i.e. you must be able to explain why you made this trade). The items you trade and receive must be appropriate (i.e. nothing illegal, dangerous, flammable, poisonous, inappropriate). When trading, be SAFE at all times: trade with people you know (e.g. classmates, family, friends, etc.). Do NOT trade with strangers.