I I put it in a story. I probably probably use stories for stuff like. That's because. I don't really want. It to be the main set of photos I'm sharing but it is cool and it will be on hers. If it's not already. Whatever it is so we'll have hers in the show notes as well. One thing I will tell. That you may not know about is with your stories. They by default disappear in 24 hours yeah. You can create. These highlights. I didn't know how. That and I was like. I don't know what this button does and I don't want to mess. You just go to your portfolio or your your profile and you hit a little plus button for highlight. You can just choose. Any story you've done recently and it will just save. It forever so I've got like. Several little highlight things built - oh. I was like I thought. I had to like type. Something I don't know nope that's together multiple stories so like. I do like an occasional guitar story but it's few and far between so I've just taken.
All of them and stitched them together into. One like guitar highlights yeah I'll have to look at that I just. I don't want to like mess. Something up or do. Something when Facebook started the first thing I did will was showing me and we were. We were in class and I set. It up and I was filling in the information and then. It and then. I heard the little status. That said Martin is single and I was just like. I clicked like. He couldn't take. Because I was like. I don't know what this is oh man. It was a great start. I love gay that's the way to you know look right there so I'm traumatized okay. All right okay I'm moving on that little bit quicker with the next.
One a couple weeks ago. I just mentioned. That I did a video with Neil deGrasse Tyson yeah. That is on line. Now it's on the star talk channel so. We will have a link to that in the show notes but you can also go over to the star talk YouTube channel and look for the thumbnail. That has a graduation cap on planet Earth and you'll find us cool there's also footage. That they cut and sent to me. That didn't make. It to that video and I'm trying to figure out. Where to share. It just like. Me and you have like. All like your exercise stuff stuff. I do yeah I have director's cut material see. I just don't know. I want to put. Yet or or how. I want to work into a video so. We will figure.
That out but today. We are going to talk about resumes and cover letters so for anybody out there looking for an internship or for your first time job. This is gonna be a nice little overview of how to tailor your resume. How to make. It optimized and how to do the same for your cover letters. I will note. That we have very good articles on. Both of these topics on college info geek so we'll have. These linked up in the show notes. I highly recommend reading them. You need to create a resume or cover letter. Because they'll probably be. More detailed. This episode and they're gonna have examples yeah it's easier to show.
You like we could show visual examples but then the audio feed wouldn't have. It wouldn't make sense yes much. You know unfortunately for the audio feed. They don't get to see your amazing example. This one yep yeah that's a big key elusive right there yeah. I also have a copy of my resume here but this is just it's a boring resume or do. I know who I'm hiring yeah yours just says. It right there it's very clear it's yes. It states who you are and why they should hire. You okay so let's get in to this topic by starting with resumes specifically and I guess.
I wanted to ask. You like what do. You think the point of a resume is I think the point of a resume is to basically get. You an interview that's a pretty good answer yeah. I think that maybe. You were super incredible. It would get. You a job but I think for the most part the most you should hope for is that you're going to get your foot in the door. Because you can't prove yourself in person or you know over Skype or something mm-hmm then. It doesn't really matter what's on it that's the next step. You have to prove yeah so really it's a distillation of your professional experience and your skills and your education and everything that would basically pique the interest of a hiring manager to the degree. That they would want to interview.
Because they're probably only going to interview. You know anywhere from 10 percent to 1 percent or even less of the candidates. That they get resumes for depending on the size of the company yeah so the point of the resume is not to tell your entire life story. It is not to say every single thing you've ever done. It is just to put exactly. What is needed to convince a hiring manager. That they should bring you in and see. You are worth hiring yeah that's basically. I guess the first point. That I would make here is that you do not want your resume to be SuperDuper long. Because you have to think about this from the perspective of the hiring manager who's going through resumes they're not just going through yours they're not going over.
It with like a you know a tiny little magnifying glass or monocle and just lovingly considering every single word you've crafted here they've got like a stack of hundreds or more likely a folder full of PDFs and they're just clicking through them looking for keywords looking for oh. This person went to the school or this person has experience in Django and react CJ is perfect. I want to bring this person in here so it's really about making it concise and making it compact as possible and also putting the most relevant things at the top so.
I guess the first question is do. You need an objective statement. Because this is often like the first things right below your contact. Even have one that's a question. That I will. Now find out. I don't have. One I don't. It looks like. I don't have. One so the reason. I want to bring x2 out to get a job yes the reason. I wanted to bring this up is because. I do not think the objective statement is nearly as important as people think. It is from either side of the argument a lot of people will be like no. You should never have an objective statement. Because a waste space on your resume and it's just. You know it's useless and then. Some people will say well. You should have an objective statement. Because it instantly tells the hiring manager.
What you're looking for and what you can do. I think it doesn't matter. I think you have. One as long as. It doesn't take away from the really important information being on that one page it's fine to be there and if the hiring manager doesn't care their eyes are just going to move right past. It to it I doubt they're gonna be like wow trihard yeah oh actually. This company doesn't accept it's just like. You have a good objective statement yeah.
You you know feel free but if exactly. You do literally like to get like a job get paid like. That you see the Parks and Rec episode really. They were looking for new candidates for Leslie's position. I don't think she's controller on and or no it's for Tom's position cuz Tom left and there's just. One guy you know he's just he's like. This wiry dude with with curly hair and glasses and Ron Swanson's like. What are you hoping to get out of this job son just like um money like like two weeks worth of money would be perfect.
All of them and stitched them together into. One like guitar highlights yeah I'll have to look at that I just. I don't want to like mess. Something up or do. Something when Facebook started the first thing I did will was showing me and we were. We were in class and I set. It up and I was filling in the information and then. It and then. I heard the little status. That said Martin is single and I was just like. I clicked like. He couldn't take. Because I was like. I don't know what this is oh man. It was a great start. I love gay that's the way to you know look right there so I'm traumatized okay. All right okay I'm moving on that little bit quicker with the next.
One a couple weeks ago. I just mentioned. That I did a video with Neil deGrasse Tyson yeah. That is on line. Now it's on the star talk channel so. We will have a link to that in the show notes but you can also go over to the star talk YouTube channel and look for the thumbnail. That has a graduation cap on planet Earth and you'll find us cool there's also footage. That they cut and sent to me. That didn't make. It to that video and I'm trying to figure out. Where to share. It just like. Me and you have like. All like your exercise stuff stuff. I do yeah I have director's cut material see. I just don't know. I want to put. Yet or or how. I want to work into a video so. We will figure.
That out but today. We are going to talk about resumes and cover letters so for anybody out there looking for an internship or for your first time job. This is gonna be a nice little overview of how to tailor your resume. How to make. It optimized and how to do the same for your cover letters. I will note. That we have very good articles on. Both of these topics on college info geek so we'll have. These linked up in the show notes. I highly recommend reading them. You need to create a resume or cover letter. Because they'll probably be. More detailed. This episode and they're gonna have examples yeah it's easier to show.
You like we could show visual examples but then the audio feed wouldn't have. It wouldn't make sense yes much. You know unfortunately for the audio feed. They don't get to see your amazing example. This one yep yeah that's a big key elusive right there yeah. I also have a copy of my resume here but this is just it's a boring resume or do. I know who I'm hiring yeah yours just says. It right there it's very clear it's yes. It states who you are and why they should hire. You okay so let's get in to this topic by starting with resumes specifically and I guess.
I wanted to ask. You like what do. You think the point of a resume is I think the point of a resume is to basically get. You an interview that's a pretty good answer yeah. I think that maybe. You were super incredible. It would get. You a job but I think for the most part the most you should hope for is that you're going to get your foot in the door. Because you can't prove yourself in person or you know over Skype or something mm-hmm then. It doesn't really matter what's on it that's the next step. You have to prove yeah so really it's a distillation of your professional experience and your skills and your education and everything that would basically pique the interest of a hiring manager to the degree. That they would want to interview.
Because they're probably only going to interview. You know anywhere from 10 percent to 1 percent or even less of the candidates. That they get resumes for depending on the size of the company yeah so the point of the resume is not to tell your entire life story. It is not to say every single thing you've ever done. It is just to put exactly. What is needed to convince a hiring manager. That they should bring you in and see. You are worth hiring yeah that's basically. I guess the first point. That I would make here is that you do not want your resume to be SuperDuper long. Because you have to think about this from the perspective of the hiring manager who's going through resumes they're not just going through yours they're not going over.
It with like a you know a tiny little magnifying glass or monocle and just lovingly considering every single word you've crafted here they've got like a stack of hundreds or more likely a folder full of PDFs and they're just clicking through them looking for keywords looking for oh. This person went to the school or this person has experience in Django and react CJ is perfect. I want to bring this person in here so it's really about making it concise and making it compact as possible and also putting the most relevant things at the top so.
I guess the first question is do. You need an objective statement. Because this is often like the first things right below your contact. Even have one that's a question. That I will. Now find out. I don't have. One I don't. It looks like. I don't have. One so the reason. I want to bring x2 out to get a job yes the reason. I wanted to bring this up is because. I do not think the objective statement is nearly as important as people think. It is from either side of the argument a lot of people will be like no. You should never have an objective statement. Because a waste space on your resume and it's just. You know it's useless and then. Some people will say well. You should have an objective statement. Because it instantly tells the hiring manager.
What you're looking for and what you can do. I think it doesn't matter. I think you have. One as long as. It doesn't take away from the really important information being on that one page it's fine to be there and if the hiring manager doesn't care their eyes are just going to move right past. It to it I doubt they're gonna be like wow trihard yeah oh actually. This company doesn't accept it's just like. You have a good objective statement yeah.
You you know feel free but if exactly. You do literally like to get like a job get paid like. That you see the Parks and Rec episode really. They were looking for new candidates for Leslie's position. I don't think she's controller on and or no it's for Tom's position cuz Tom left and there's just. One guy you know he's just he's like. This wiry dude with with curly hair and glasses and Ron Swanson's like. What are you hoping to get out of this job son just like um money like like two weeks worth of money would be perfect.
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