Conference Session

Recruitment and Retention

Collection

2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mary Anderson-Rowland, Arizona State University; Patti Culley, Arizona State University

Tagged Divisions

Minorities in Engineering

students are so limited, they end up listing soft skills, such as“Team Player” or Organizational Skills”, which are important to include on the resume, but arebetter demonstrated through examples and experience.We advocate an objective. It helps the student clarify the focus of the resume, which isextremely important for an effective resume. It also lets the employer know that the student isfocused. Even a freshman resume can give the objective (to obtain an internship where they willbe able to apply their skills to help a company). It is strongly recommended that students avoid Page 12.801.4stating what they want from a position such as “an