 Hello everyone, so we're back today with another video and today we're going to be reviewing a co-op students resume, so this person is a UBC mining engineering student and He sent this resume to me Just to get some feedback on how he can improve it So some things about this resume first of all, I change out some of the personal information Just so it can help him remain anonymous And so with that said let's get started So at the top here, we have to personal information. So as you can see I changed the names out So you have the first name and last name person included the address. So which is good Email and phone. So you always want to have these contact information. That's good And as well if you have a LinkedIn account Include that as well. So he has that and now the last part here is he included What discipline he is in? Typically, you don't really need to add that so I Think you could it might be brought out better off to just take this out All right, so moving on the next section or rather rather the first section of the resume It's the technical skills So because I went through the UBC co-op program, I noticed this is how they lay out their resume so that's fine, but I Think because this person is actually just first year entering into second year Where are the technical skills? While he does have as you can see at least five bullet points for each section. So software and programming tools slash tools and hardware The thing is for at least for a mining engineering position You typically don't really need any of these You for sure need to use Microsoft Office Visual Studio probably not so much Solid works not so much, but it may help The interviewers understand that you have a good understanding of how CAD programs work C and MATLAB typically don't need to use those in mining engineering co-op positions As for tools soldering iron drill press bandsaw press or break grinder I don't think you use any of these at a co-op position But these would show that you're a handy handy person So in case you do work in the laboring position, it may help As for hardware to oscilloscope breadboard signal generator a multimeter Arduino Highly unlikely that you need any of these skills here. And so It's a debatable point, but actually don't like how UBC engineering Requires people to have this section specifically So if you're not in the co-op program where you're required to have a specific resume layout I will actually recommend that you take this off so you can shorten your resume Unless you have skills that you know for sure are relevant to the position that you're applying for And as you can see this resume is two pages Typically resumes are one page, but then again UBC co-op Their format is a standard two page, but otherwise for any other scenarios I would recommend that you keep it to one page and just make it as short as possible a short end as Concise as possible But so for this person specifically You can keep this on the technical skills section on Mix up we have education so we're up to school we have the degree and if you're a student you can add at this section here where he says How long you're available and starting when so this is always good to have because interviewers don't know when you're available to start or how long you're available for and This will help them determine if will be a good fit for their student postings and Here we have the graduation dates Some additional certifications that are good to show so we have the driver license free-toddling and standard first aid so I should recommend put the latest certification first So just flip the orders here and you'll be good Otherwise education if you have a high GPA then it'll be good to list that here as well Next section up we have technical projects So again as I mentioned because this is a student that's just entering into second year of his degree Therefore he didn't sit and have work experience. So if you're in a similar situation then It'll be ideal for you to replace that section with just any technical projects that you have worked on So first we have the virtual rainwater harvest any harvesting system So the project name is bolded, which is good I guess going back here, you probably don't need to bold everything probably just maybe the first two And the rest can leave unbolded just a small preference thing, but Typically you only want to just reserve the bolded Fonts for anything. That's that you want to highlight So jumping back here, we have the virtual rainwater harvesting system And it's done so included the location, which is good. So we know that this is a school project and The date that it took place. So took place over a month First bullet point use Microsoft Excel to simulate this harvesting system for a remote community Which plays second for second in our class for satisfaction all right, so Use Microsoft Excel to simulate and so for these bullet points, I would Always use action verbs. So You did use used but in this case, I would use a another word that would sort of capture the core achievement of this Project and which would be to simulate so instead of use Microsoft Excel I would say sim I would start with simulated This Using Microsoft Excel and I would Leave up for satisfaction, because I'm not sure what that exactly refers to I Included which place second in their class. So that's good But if you could if it's a like Second in your class out of like a high number of people then I would include that as well so again Start with a action verb that captures the highlight of your achievement So in this case, it would be the word simulate. So start with Simulated a virtual ring or water our visiting system for a remote community using Microsoft Excel Next one. We have this Import a topic a topic go graphic site data into MATLAB to determine optimal placement for physical components so again here at the so because importing is not exactly a technically Difficult thing to do I would start this sentence with Not even determined, but I would say I Would actually delete this word and just say optimize the placement for physical components By importing topical Topical graphic site data into MATLAB if I interpret this sentence correctly Or optimize placement for physical components Yeah, by importing topical graphic site data into MATLAB and here We have did some data analysis And let's see this one here. So while you have to word applied I would Probably put something like analyze quantitative data and Yeah, start with the word Analyze because analysis is One of the highly sought-after traits of candidates for any engineering positions So if you put the word analyze first, it would just help shorten up the sentence so analyze quantitative data to factor a criteria such as all this to Select the most satisfying solution. So I guess the word satisfying I understand what you mean by that, but This sort of touches more on the emotional side. You want to talk a little bit more about the logical side So I see you have a cause aspect to it Some Environmental aspect to it some Efficiency aspect to it. So perhaps you would just say like the most cost-efficient environmental friendly and Optimized or sorry most efficient solution depending on which depending on if you actually use all of these criteria criteria to Determine the best choice. So again to summarize just change up mainly just change up some of the action verbs To use words that capture the highlight of your achievements So here we'll work with four other students to design an autonomous high-density retrieval device call They're ranked in the top 40% of the class So again, I will put the word design at the first at the front so design and Design and then this But with four other students and that ranked in the top 40% of the class this Because it's not that high up. I would actually leave out develop program to test our dream of functions I'm assuming by a program. You mean you wrote a script. So Developed. Yeah, okay. I guess this this would be fine Maybe just specify. This is like a programming script or something Trusted orthographic engineering drawings of the claw and solid works. Yep. So this is good this Captures the most important thing that you've done Which is drafting Both physical components using hand tools. Yeah, that's fine And perhaps If you do decide to say like take these ones out This is where you would say using hand tools such as and you would list the hand tools that you'd use Conduct that experiment and test runs aim to reduce Risk during operation this wouldn't say it's necessary because It doesn't really I Showcase any specific skills that you've used because they're all mainly done through in these first four bullet points and it doesn't specify what sort of risk you're looking at whether it's like a safety risk or or Maybe cost or risk, but I'm assuming it's probably related to safety risk So yeah, this I would say probably not necessary or if you do want to include it Be a little bit more specific about what risk you're aiming to reduce scrolling message Okay, so let's see what this is program a scrolling message on a seven-second display to Improve pro improve proficiency and see and gain experimental data acquisition modules So maybe here I would just include the words a scrolling message program So I think this could work if you just said like Program a scrolling message on a seven-segment display in C I'll take you need to add these three words in I Guess mainly the point I'm trying to get across is that You don't need to show the purpose of this project is is to Improve for a skills, but rather you want to show it as you use these skills to achieve something So you could in that sense you could leave with the improving proficiency and gaining experience but rather just incorporate How you you see and how you use data acquisition modules Into your achievement itself So that's something I would revise Electromagnetic motor Sino motor that consists of a rotating metal down cold or it's all powered by a battery Okay, so that's good. You said design something which is a Definitely a skill that you want to highlight Construction metal components and electric wire with the use of hand powered the use of power tools and soldering iron So that's good. Do you construct it is the key? skill that you want to highlight So that's good, and you do have all these Project listed in chronological orders starting from the most recent to the earliest so that's good other work experience Okay, so this section here is for anything that's not engineering or mining related So we have a personal care home so served meals playing a close attention to food handling instructions as well as the residents diet analogies So I guess for this point There's multiple a multiple ways you could go about it And one is whether you want to highlight Serving meals or cooperating with nurses as sort of remain achievement, but I do think cooperating with nurses is Probably the more important skill it shows teamwork and probably communication skills So I do think that this is probably the right order to word this sentence escorted residents to safety during a fire and gas leak and Diligently followed emergency protocols for both instances to ensure the well-being of all parties involved So I really like this point that included here because it showed Leadership skills and definitely a safety mindset By following emergency protocols. So for a mining and drilling position. This is definitely something that You do want to touch on Whether it's through your cover letter or through your interview for sure This is probably yeah, definitely something that you do want to bring up in the future Otherwise, this is all pretty good volunteer experiences UBC buying So I'm not sure what this is. So for sure you want us in Your bullet points At least incorporate something that will allow me to understand what this is So I see you are a BB executive external info 2022 present So my initial assumption is that this is going to be a club of some sort at UBC So yeah, connect it potential club sponsors and Negotiate towards the acquisition of club sponsorships Including these businesses promoted club events through social media in contact to protect prospective Participants served as a host for our clubs icebreaker events We were placed in charge of entertaining Around 30 participants through the organization of meaningful discussions concerning campus life. Okay So in general I would place For your bullet points, whether it's for here in the technical projects or a voluntary experience or anywhere in general I would place the most important one up front first and then Highest who lowest basically so But some people do like to sandwich their weaker points in the middle But I think in this point this is okay if you just have three If you have maybe four or five I would do best or Rather most important and to lease important, but if you have three then The standard method is okay as well. So this would probably be The lowest highlight Just because it didn't require the most complex skill set but here This point would definitely showcase communication skills in this point here would showcase communication or leadership skills or both and Just thinking my head right now. This may even be your first point because it does so this point here Definitely showcases leadership skills This here is leadership and communication skills, and I'm just thinking if there is a way you can shorten this Ideally yeah in general just want to keep bullet points as short as possible, but overall this is a pretty good message Next one is association of Southeast Asian clubs Looks like just here Perhaps you got the wrong province Don't manage bank account Where you also let the collection of money raise some individual events organized by six other cultural clubs Partnered with our association. So and then you listed all the other clothes or raise Overthought the collection of money raised from individual events. So I'm not sure if this is intended intended to sort of Bring up two events or two achievements where one is overseeing the collection of money and the second part is fundraising Fundraising in through events in partnership of these six other cultural clubs But if it is I would recommend it splitting it into two bullet points Okay, and the next one here you have actively budgeted expenses and Purchases involving club funds So I'm not sure if this would sort of duplicate with this because I'm assuming the money that you raise would go into your club funds and By managing bank account. This is a More detailed description of what you are doing up here Responsibly balancing at them between donations made towards disaster Relief foundations prices for club events and annual savings. Okay, so I like this sentence here I also don't know if you need to list all six clubs here Because it just adds a lot of length to your resume and yeah, do you consider to see if you can somehow combine or perhaps Just yeah, just know on this and this seems to you represent the same thing right here And perhaps this is a separate bullet point. So maybe this can be a come this part here can become a Sorry Sorry This part here can become a separate bullet point itself so next section we have the award so we have I see a fellow tour fellow Victorians. So that's good to include for sure and Student-assisted scholarship award Yep, so that's good interest in activities So jazz band Honor band member. Yep, that's good Has to go varsity in club level basketball team captain. So definitely good for sure and Team captain so definitely it will show some signs of leadership here and if you guys have won any championships Do include it here as well just to show Some high-level achievement Lastly, we have fitness or and weight lifting and so In general for people That includes fitness or weightlifting If you do Say do a specific form of fitness or weightlifting. Let's just say if you do Olympic weightlifting or maybe CrossFit do sort of being more descriptive in that area because when people bring up a resume and they look at it and Sort of just look for talking points with you during an interview These points could help bridge the gap Just for and just form sort of a closer more personal connection between you and the interviewer and The point of including these interests and activities. It's just to sort of help you Distinguish yourself from other candidates and sort of bring you into life As to more than just what you have on your resume and just your hard achievements and By forming that personal bond with that interviewer It can really help sort of elevate their experiences with you and as a potential candidate that They may want to work with in the future. And so overall And you you also want to look at the formatting of the resume Overall formatting looks pretty good. So we want to look for one consistency and two Just everything is formatted in place So the margins all look pretty sharp and we do have the footed here from UBC co-op But we do have to include if you are in part of the co-op program so all the bullet points are in place All in one line The margins are all the same for both pages Fonds are all the same. Nothing's Too big or too small The use of building is overall pretty consistent So let's use for the name the headers the titles But I think this may be like a UBC co-op resume formatting thing, but these I personally wouldn't bold and same as these ones here and Overall length of resume again, so UBC co-op Typically their standard is two pages. So that's fine. But otherwise I would try to aim for one Grammar overall, I think it's okay Grammar's not my song strong suit, but I Seems to read fine and In general just to summarize place the strongest action verb that captures the highlight of the achievements in the front and Overall looks pretty good So that's it for this video If you guys have other resumes you want to review or other topics that you want me to cover for mining engineering Just feel free to leave a comment below and I'll consider making them in the future