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Criteria on Choosing the best College

I wanted to share my thoughts on how to choose the Best College for you.  To start with, one first needs to determine what you want to gain from your education and then match that with the school that meets your criteria.  I have been able to narrow down my choice of the best college for me to 5 important criteria.  Everyone has different goals about what they want out of their education, so criteria will vary from person to person.  However, I think if anyone applies the five criteria I used listed below, you will be able to choose the best college for you like I did.  

Criterion #1    Reputation of the College:  Probably my most important criterion.  Best way to determine a college’s reputation is from ratings of colleges that are in many different publications.  Also speaking with past alumni and also reading student ratings of classes and faculty will give you a good idea of a college’s reputation.

Criterion #2    Cost of the College:  Cost of a college’s education is equally important to its reputation.  I always think like a businessman.  If reputation is high and cost is good, then you will get a good return on your investment by getting a great education at a great cost to get that education.  

Criterion #3    Variety of Majors Offered:  You want a college with a good variety of majors offered, but not too many that the college doesn’t have a good focus on what the college excels in best.  Some colleges are strong in agriculture, while other are stronger in business.

Criterion #4    Job Placement Statistics after Graduation:  Finding out the success a particular college has for job placement is very important in ones determination of which colleges is best for you.  Every college has these kinds of statistics, and I feel that if a college educates its students well, then they will have better job placement success.  

Criterion #5    Distance from Home: Probably not the most important criteria, however, if having a family support structure in place is important to you, then you must consider how far away the college is that you are considering going to.  

These are the criteria I chose to pick the college I will be attending in the fall.  Although my criteria is not an exhaustive list, I am sure that in utilizing these top five, you will have the success in choosing a college that I have had in choosing the best one for me. 

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Creating A Professional Resume

When preparing to write a resume, there are a few themes that run through most of the websites and sources I have come across.  First, a resume is not only a history of your life’s work, but more so an advertisement of you.  You are selling yourself to your prospective employer as someone he/she must have in his or her company.  Since employers see literally hundreds of resumes come across their desk, you have but a small window of opportunity to stand out over all of the other resumes.  It was stated on Resume Genius that 8 out of 10 resumes are discarded with only a 10 second glance and you have about 25 seconds to make a really good impression with your resume.

The second most important part of writing your resume is to make sure you have the right format.  Most websites state that you should keep the format simple and easy to follow and not have the resume too broken up with too many lines and breaks.  As stated on the Zip Recruiter website, the best length of a resume is between 600 and 700 words. They call this the goldilocks length, not too long, not too short. In fact, resumes should rarely if ever be longer than 2 pages.  

Thirdly, making sure you have some standard sections in your resume is very important.  As stated on the Ziprecruiter website, having these sections were very important to prospective employers:

• Objective
• References
• Work History
• Training
• Career Summary

Finally it is very important to have a great summary statement that is not too long, yet catches the prospective employer's attention.  It needs to be written in a professional manner and basically include who you are and what your skills are.  You need to be honest with your resume and do not exaggerate your skills or qualifications while at the same time you don’t want to sell yourself short and be too modest.

Citations:

1. Resume Companion LLC / RGO Technologies LLC.  Resume Genius, 2017. www.resumegenius.com Accessed 27APR2017.

2. How to write the perfect resume for any job by Scott Garner. www.ziprecruiter.com/blog/how-to-write-the-perfect-resume.  Accessed 27APR2017.

3. 6 tips for writing an effective resume. www.asme.org/career-education/articles/job-hunting/6-tips-for-writing-an-effective-resume. Accessed 27APR2017

Link to Example Resume :https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H5ln0xVwaeXRhpI2lqXuWUGoI3tpVAnf3PSzO1MeNqo/edit?usp=sharing

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