Resume Extravaganza

Posted 09/25/2008 - 16:52 by Cat

Resume Extravaganza Directions

This is the resume extravaganza activity. Open the file below, which includes several resume drafts, and read through all the resumes in no more than 5 minutes. As you read, pay attention to where you are looking on the resumes and how you are evaluating them. Choose 5 people--based SOLELY on their resume--that you would call for an interview at a hypothetical company.

In a blog entry tagged Resume extravaganza, list those five and discuss the activity/process, addressing, at the least, the following

What aspects of the resumes stood out?
Why did you choose the 5 you did?
How will this activity inform your own resume revision?
As you post, see which resumes are chosen repeatedly.
Do the same ones emerge as favorites? Why or why not?