{"502051":{"#nid":"502051","#data":{"type":"news","title":"About Your Resume: GT Alum Matthew Clark Gives Perspective","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENorthrop Grumman recruiter Dr. Matthew Clark gave GT-AE students something of a six-second \u0022pop quiz\u0022 on resume basics Aug. 25.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs promised, Clark took just six seconds to accept or reject each of the more than two dozen resumes submitted to him during his hour-long resume workshop, sponsored by SAESAC. He also gave students an idea of how they can survive that six-second siege.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022You should all update your resume at least 30 times between now and the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.calendar.gatech.edu\/event\/432661\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Career Fair\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0022 said Clark, a Georgia Tech grad who was on campus to recruit masters and doctoral students for his company\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.northropgrumman.com\/Careers\/ftl\/Pages\/default.aspx\u0022\u003EFuture Technical Leaders\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022And think outside the box. Don\u0027t just tell me what classes you took. If I\u0027m an employer, I want to know what you can do for me.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat was just one of the pearls of wisdom that Clark passed on to the capacity crowd who joined him in Guggenheim 442 for an hour of straight talk about career goals. Other observations:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDon\u0027t depend on optical scanning technology to correctly upload your resume.\u003C\/strong\u003EWherever possible, upload your own version. \u0022You\u0027d be surprised what some of the scanning programs do with the technical terms,\u0022 said Clark. \u0022You really want to make sure your own version is the one that HR sees.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe goal of the resume is to get you the interview - not the job.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EWrite it with that in mind.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0022If I\u0027m a recruiter with10 resumes of people who all have similar skills, who am I going to call for the interview? The ones whose resumes pose the fewest questions, that\u0027s who. I want to interview someone who is the closest to what I\u0026nbsp;need.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EOvert skills are only half the battle. Intangible skills are just as important.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0022I want you to have the hard skills, but there are other skills I\u0027ll be looking for - things like project leadership and critical thinking. Those skills will change over the course of your career, but as a new college grad they\u0027re pretty straight-forward. If a job requisition says that you\u0027ll be working with a team of senior engineers, then the candidate who says he or she has experience working with leaders, taking directions, and working well in that scenario will be the one I\u0026nbsp;call.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHave several versions of your resume available.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EBecause each company will issue job descriptions that emphasize different skills and goals, savvy job hunters will create different resumes, each with different emphases. Clark told the group that his personal\u0026nbsp; \u0022resume file\u0022 is about 50 pages long.\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDon\u0027t be vague. Tailor your resume to the job requisition.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf a recruiter is looking for someone with experience in a particular area, highlight examples in your classwork, research, extra-curricular activites or co-ops.\u0026nbsp; \u0022If your resume is vague, then I\u0027m going to think, maybe, you are not willing to put the time and energy into presenting yourself. I may think you don\u0027t understand enough about your field to extract information to tell me. Or, even, that you are lying.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EYour resume might end up being more important to you than your dissertation.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;On this point, Clark, a GT doctoral graduate, winked. \u0022If you think about it, there\u0027s a good chance that no more than five people are going to read your dissertation. But your resume, if you do it right, will be read by a lot more.\u0022\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Northrop Grumman recruiter Dr. Matthew Clark gave GT-AE students something of a six-second \u0022pop quiz\u0022 on resume basics Aug. 25."}],"uid":"30502","created_gmt":"2016-02-17 14:16:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:46","author":"Sapna Mistry","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"502041":{"id":"502041","type":"image","title":"Matthew Clark","body":null,"created":"1455904800","gmt_created":"2016-02-19 18:00:00","changed":"1475895261","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:21","alt":"Matthew Clark","file":{"fid":"204737","name":"1_7.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/1_7_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/1_7_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1606559,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/1_7_0.jpg?itok=Hniv1_i8"}}},"media_ids":["502041"],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"126111","name":"GT-AE"},{"id":"169941","name":"Matthew Clark"},{"id":"8886","name":"Northrop Grumman"},{"id":"1803","name":"resume"},{"id":"169942","name":"SAESAC"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["kathleen.moore@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}