By Mary Taylor

The Buffalo State College Career Development Center is offering free resume workshops for any Buffalo State student or alumni throughout the end of the semester.

Career counselor Jessie Stack tells attendees, “There are definite guidelines you should follow when writing your resume.”

Those guidelines include rules for content and layout. Topics that are covered include how to attract attention to your abilities, how to demonstrate your value to an employer and how to create a document that is well organized and visually attractive.

Sample resumes are viewed and discussed throughout the workshop. CDC counselors bring sample resumes to the workshop that cover every major offered at Buffalo State and encourage attendees to look through the collection.

Casey Eschberger, Buffalo State junior, attended the resume workshop: “I thought the workshop was helpful. I learned different ways to incorporate my volunteer experience into my resume. I also learned about other services available at the CDC. It was great.”

The workshops last about an hour and cover information on content and format.

At the conclusion of the workshop each attendee is given a resume critique card that can be used to have their resume reviewed by a professional career counselor at the CDC.
A counselor will review the resume and provide written feedback on the strengths and weaknesses and offer suggestions on ways to improve the resume.

Resume workshops are scheduled for the following days.

• May 1 12:15 - 1:30 pm Ketchum Hall 200

Other services and workshops are available at the CDC. Information is available at the office at Cleveland Hall Room 306, or by browsing their Web site at: http://www.buffalostate.edu/offices/cdc