All three recruiters say they don t mind seeing a list of activities as long as the student can relate them to the job. A lot of people get carried away with awards, Calhoun says. Feit says he likes to see leadership experience, even if it doesn t seem related to the job. Having an office in a fraternity or a volunteer organization is good, he says. It shows an ability to balance.
Sports are nice, too.
Once you ve organized your information into categories, you ll need to make sure it can be read easily and can withstand the scrutiny of an electronic scanning system and, in some cases, a trip through cyberspace. If you re planning to send your resume by snail mail or hand it to a recruiter at a job fair, make sure it appears clean and pleasing to the eye. In most cases, it should be confined to one page of white or off-white paper, although some employers in some fields, such as education and counseling psychology, expect longer resumes. I ve seen some hot pinks, says Calhoun, who still receives about 80 percent of the resumes she reads on paper. That will not get your resume read faster.