Importance Of Résumé Essay

Being someone who likes to submit my work on a later date in an attempt to make my work better, I kept refreshing my mailbox hoping to receive an e-mail from the instructor saying the due date had been changed. It was three minutes past three and there was no notification signalling the change . So, I paced into the building to attend a class aptly titled " Technical Writing for Engineers" because it only involved writing that we would use in the real world. (Goodbye rhetoric!)

Although almost all the work assigned to us was vital to be an effective engineer in the industry, one of the assignments was more important than the others in improving our chances to even make our way into the industry. It was the work related to the résumé, specifically, skill set résumé. I chose this piece of technical writing over the rest because of its importance, especially in the modern world. A résumé is key to qualify for a wide range of opportunities including, but not limited to, jobs (including part-time jobs!), scholarships or even a highly-impacted club. A résumé acts as a personal marketing brochure and is typically, your first impression to an employer. Hence, a gripping résumé which is suitably formatted often acts as an evidence of …show more content…
Having chosen a job posting posted by the Boeing company, I realized that if I had chosen a chronological résumé, I would be interpreted as an inexperienced college kid. However, on choosing a skill set résumé, I would still be perceived as an inexperienced, yet ambitious college student with the right amount of soft skills that their job demands. Since people in the industry barely read the whole résumé, my skills placed closer to the top of the document would help catch the attention of the potential employer. Therefore, writing a skill set résumé was a valuable use of my time because I would be able to use it in my future