The Professional Résumé Résumés are what people use to get jobs,
right? Wrong! In most cases, a résumé is a one-page summary of
your education, work experience, skills, and accomplishments.
The main purpose of a résumé is to get your foot in the door of
a potential employer by uniquely marketing yourself. The best
way to do so is to outline your experience and promote your
qualities geared towards the employer’s needs. A résumé does its
job successfully if it does not exclude you from consideration
for the desired position, internship, or cooperative education.
However, a résumé is not just for employment, but for the entire
career development process! Students need a résumé for
scholarship applications, admittance into a degree-seeking
program, graduate school applications, etc. Also, many alumni
and career mentors ask to view a résumé if they are offering
informational interviewing or job shadowing opportunities.
Employers use résumés to quickly evaluate all potential new
hires. Hiring managers or even comp