Recruiting 101 & Resume Workshop

Agenda

• Introductions
• Recruiting Timelines
• Consulting, Business
• Finance
• Software Engineering and Computer Science
• Resume Review Working Session
• Patina Network Happenings!

Introductions

• Mentors
• Name
• Pronouns
• Hometown
• Industry

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Recruiting Timelines

Recruiting: Business, Finance, Consulting, etc.

• BE PREPARED! Recruiting may start as early as September!
• Timelines will vary depending on company and industry, but the general timeline is below:

Consulting/Business Internships:

• Sept-Oct: Applications are due (resume drop, etc.)
• Oct-Nov: On-campus or remote interviewing
• Post Nov: Offers extended

Recruiting: Business, Finance, Consulting, etc.

Banking (Corporate and Investment) & Consulting Internships:

• Fall/Winter of Sophomore Year: Applications open for junior year internships
• Winter: First round interviews typically kick-off once students return to campus from winter break
• March: Superday interviews on company’s campus or virtually
• Junior Fall (uncommon): Interviews for any leftover intern positions not filled in the Spring

Recruiting: Business, Finance, Consulting, etc.

Full Time Recruiting (post-grad roles):

• Senior Fall: Companies will begin recruiting for positions not filled by their intern class
• BE PREPARED to network with the companies that visit your campus in the early Fall at career fairs, tabling, class visits or any other on-campus visits
• Applications may open as early as August
• Interview timelines will vary
• Offers are typically sent out before Thanksgiving

Recruiting: Computer Science, Software Engineering

Internships and new grad roles usually drops mid-late July

It used to move up ~2 weeks a year. This year it might be later due to the market.

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Be ready to start applying and interviewing by the end of the month.

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Career fairs occur around the end of August

The bulk of interviews are done by Oct.�There’s a second drop around January after Financials and the Spring Semester starts

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Resources: Ask the Audience

Post some lists or other resources to find internships/jobs

• Company websites
• Indeed
• Ripple match
• Tech recruiter dot com
• Linkedin
• Handshake
• Startups - ycombinator website, wellfound (formerly angels list)
• Career launch for CUNYs
• NYU - career fairs are good place to start, company specific events have recruiters
• Github repository (look at penns)
• Industry specific slack channels and communities in their jobs/opportunities channels
• City tutors posts networking events every month

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Resume Basics:

Layout and Formatting

Feel free to edit your resumes while we go through slides!

Resume: Formatting Basics

• Use a standard size font (10 to 12 point)
• Use standard margins (1 to .5)
• Keep the design simple & consistent.
• Utilize white space for breathing room
• Use line breaks or spacing in between sections.
• Avoid stock templates, graphics, text boxes, silly fonts (aka comic sans) or other unprofessional fonts
• Note: Not all applicant tracking systems can read decorative formatting like tables, shapes, graphics, images, etc.
• Always convert your resume to a PDF first and label the PDF file with your name (e.g. JaneDoe_Resume)
• LaTex is really good for the slightly more technically inclined

Resume: Laying out accomplishments and experience

• Header
• Name, Email, Address, Phone Number
• Don’t need to include full street address, but can include City, State
• Can consider adding LinkedIn, GitHub, or personal website
• Education
• List most recent degree first and move backwards in reverse chronological order
• Degree, Program, Expected Graduation Date
• Can include relevant courses, awards, GPA
• Work Experience & Leadership
• Include everything that’s relevant whether intern, volunteer, researcher, or team member
• Skills & Interests
• Include objective, measurable skills like languages, computer programs, programming languages, etc.
• Adding one line for interests is optional but can be a place to add other details or show some of your personality

Other Potential Sections

• Projects
• Usually for software engineering and computer science resumes
• Publications & Presentations
• Usually for research related positions
• Honors & Awards
• Can be combined under ‘Education’ or given separate section, depending on how major a qualification they are for a specific role
• For unfamiliar awards, you can stress the degree to which it was competitive
• “One of three selected from among 2000 applicants nationally”

How to make your accomplishments stand out:

Accomplished [X] as measured by [Y] by doing [Z]

General Formula for Resume Writing

• Start with an active verb
• Numerically measure what you accomplished
• Provide baseline for comparison
• Detail what you did to achieve your goal
• If measurable achievements are missing - you can estimate your impact through scale or calculated projections
• Examples:
• Created outreach program targeting 5 million customers
• Developed growth strategy for company with $5B in annual revenue
• Improved internal processes for 500-person company

Example

Studied financial performance of companies and made investment recommendations

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Improved portfolio performance by 12% ($1.2M) over one year by refining cost of capital calculations for information-poor markets and re-weighting portfolio based on resulting valuations

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Work Experience & Leadership

• Descriptions
• Describe each experience to give an overview of what you did, with an emphasis on what you were able to accomplish in this position
• Use verb phrases and make every word count
• Look up strong action verbs that reflects the part of the project that you worked on
• You want to show that you did [X] well with [Y] results!

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Examples

Assisted with program planning

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Planned and implemented 4 neighborhood outreach projects with a total attendance of 150 people, supporting program manager in all aspects of project development

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Examples

Waited tables and served food while handling customer demands

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Managed the largest serving section , received positive feedback for remaining calm and friendly while finding fast resolutions to challenging customer situations

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Could we improve this even further?

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Writing Bullet Points

• Each bullet point should tell a story about your abilities
• No need to say the same story over and over
• Don’t make your resume sound dishonest
• Numbers are good, but don’t BS too hard.

Questions to ask yourself

• What skills did I use?
• Are there any quantifiable details that could provide context, scope, or demonstrate impact
• What was I proud of or what were my accomplishments?
• Did I use specific programs, programming languages, or software?
• What were the outcomes related to what i did?
• Did I improve something? Create something new? Present information? Lead or manage a team? Problem solve? Analyze data? Take initiative?

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ALSO REMEMBER: Are these experiences and accomplishments a good reflection of how I can succeed for this specific role?

FAQs

• I have a preferred name, how can I include it?
• Resume is not a legal document, you can always use your preferred name! Eg. Jane ‘Sam’ Doe or J. Sam Doe, or just Sam Doe
• Should I add my GPA/SAT scores?
• GPA if it’s good (I’d say >3.0), SAT scores really only if requested by the employer
• How do I include a school I transferred from, or study abroad exchange?
• Add in education, instead of graduation date, include date range and brief description
• Do I need relevant experience to apply for an internship, and what if I don’t then what do i write?
• Most employers know you won’t have direct professional experience and will train you
• Pay attention to the kinds of soft skills & broader qualifications they’re looking for and highlight transferable skills from academics, extracurriculars, etc. that can translate into a different context.
• Do I need more than one version of my resume? (Depends)
• What’s the difference between a resume and a CV? (CVs are for academics)
• What if I’m not qualified for the role I’m applying to? (Speech)

Strong Action Verbs

• Leadership (assigned, coordinated, delegated, developed, increased, managed)
• Communication (addressed, collaborated, formulated, arranged, conveyed)
• Research (analyzed, collected, conducted, evaluated, experimented)
• Technical (adapted, assembled, built, calculated, coded, designed)
• Data (analyzed, allocated, assessed, estimated, measured)
• Organizing (cataloged, corresponded, executed, distributed, maintained)
• Helping (aided, demonstrated, guided, supplied, supported)

Let’s take some time to edit our own resumes and then regroup

Patina Happenings and Updates!

• Fall 2025 Mentorship Program!
• Patina Network Scholarship deadline extended to Aug 11th
• Leetcode // Codebloom

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