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not really necessary, although it can ®
be used to update an application on 19
f ile, said Nancy Biggs, an administra- H
live assistant of personnel for Lincoln
Public Schools. a
The resume is good if it shows H
something that wasn’t on thcapplica- W
lion or something that stands out. m
Most of the information comes from
the application, credentials and tran
script, Biggs said.
To the opposite extreme, a resume
can mean the difference in getting
hired. For students interested in a
career in the business or financial
world, the resume is very important,
said Len McLain, personnel manager
of Foote and Davies Corporation of
Lincoln.
An applicant a few days ago, did
very well during the interview, but the
resume was not well organized and
contained various spelling and gram
mar errors which cost him the job,
McLain said.
The resume is very important, he
said. It reflects a person’s communi
cations skills. If a resume is poorly
organized, it suggests that memos and
other communcations, such as reports
would also be poorly organized, he
said.
A compromise between the ex
tremes can be found in the engineer
ing field, or other fields that arc very
grade point average competitive.
The resume is helpful for data
review and to give ideas in narrowing
down the number ofapplicantsduring
the screening process, but it’s the
student’s GPA that is a major factor,
said Jim Rudcbeck, employment
manager of Brunswick Corporation.
Asking the right questions during '
an interview can be as important as
the resume. Like the importance of
the resume, what questions can be
asked varies from field to field. 1
Interviewing is a two way street,
McLain said. Students should ask
questions they arc concerned about, !
even delicate areas such as salaries
and benefits. Questions in these areas
shows the student is interested in
long-term concerns.
Questions about sick leave, vaca
tions and holidays give the opposite
impression that the student is more
interested in time off, Rudcbeck said.
Biggs said questions like, “How
did Ido?” and “What can I do to
improve?” should be left to practice
interviews. At the end of an interview,
the interviewer only has an impres
sion, not a total picture, she said. It
lakes awhile to compare what was
said to what was written. If thev ask
those questions, they will get a vague
answer, she said.
A sometimes overlooked aspect of
interviewing is knowledge about the
company.
Background knowledge about a
company can be very advantageous in
an interview situation and should be a
major concern of the student, Rude
bcck said.
If students are interviewing with a
company they want to work for, they
should take the time to find out about
the company, said Rudebeck. It
shows that the student is that much
more interested, he said.
Information about companies is
available in the form of literature and
video tapes in the placement center’s
resource library, in Nebraska Union
225, Routh said.
The library also contains informa
tion on writing resumes, what to ask
and not to ask at interviews, and
constantly updated information on
average salaries being paid, he said.
Knowing how to look for job is
very important, Routh said.”Some
body once said, ‘What you don’t
know hurts you in seeking employ
ment,’” Routh said. “It’s really true,
and this is the place to come find out.”
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