
Jaime Villanueva, senior program coordinator for the UTRGV Career Center, informs students about the doโs and donโts of creating a rรฉsumรฉ during the Rรฉsumรฉ and Mock Interviews Seminar April 11 in Salรณn Cassia on the Brownsville campus. About a dozen students attended the event. Clarissa Martinez/The Rider
Bryan Ramosย and Rick R. Ramirez
THE RIDER
Rรฉsumรฉs and job interviews are two things that will send chills down a college studentโs spine. UTRGV is helping its students prepare.
The UTRGV Career Center hosted events in observance of National Student Employment Week at both campuses, aimed at helping students and student employees.
National Student Employment Week began at UTRGV on April 11 with a Rรฉsumรฉ and Mock Interviews Seminar, giving students a chance to practice essential skills that will help prepare them to land their dream job when the opportunity arises.
Mauro Uriegas, a student employment coordinator at UTRGV in Edinburg, explained how the seminar is designed to help students.
โThe importance of it is to highlight something the student might not think about right away. Students have a lot of worries about what organizations, what clubs and academics are going to be high priority. Some students are going to rush through all that just to get done,โ Uriegas said. โThe ultimate goal is, of course, to get a degree, but then itโs going to be to pursue a career. Weโre highlighting whatโs going to come afterwards once students finish their degree.โ
The same day on the Brownsville campus, Jaime Villanueva, senior program coordinator for the UTRGV Career Center, gave a tutorial on how to create a LinkedIn profile and approach employers using an online platform.
โAlways be professional,โ Villanuevaย said. โUse a professional headline to grab an employerโs attention.โ
LinkedIn is a popular website that companies use to communicate withย potential employees. The website has become the equivalent of an online rรฉsumรฉ and is a preferred method of recruiting by many employers.
The purpose of creating the online profile, Villanueva said, is to โbetter market yourself and create value for yourself.โ