On Friday I was only able to make it to one session because
I had class during the other sessions but the one session that I made it too
was from ten to ten-fifty. I attended this event where the speaker was Roger
Bentley, an engineering career services program coordinator. During his
presentation he talked about how to properly write your peer mentoring
experience on your resume. To do this properly he told us to use words that
explained and described ourselves with certain unique sets of words that make us
stand out against other qualifying candidates. Roger said to also make sure to
expand on the experience and make sure to include more than just a single line
about our entire mentoring experience. He also expressed the importance of
explaining your active parts or experiences instead of your past awards and
honors. They are still important but should be a minimal part of your resume
because they do not explain you very well but explain your past.
On Saturday I made it to sessions two and three. For session
two I went to the event in the cardinal room hosted by Kyle Holtman relating to
team building. During this event I learned about a couple of different
activities that I can do to help build a stronger relationship with my mentees.
I can also use these different activities to help me to get to know them better
without making it super awkward!
I attended the third session, again in the cardinal room, by
Mary Horton who is currently a senior in biology and the former president of
the sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta. During Mary’s presentation she discussed the
steps of “challenging the process” which include three steps: evaluation,
innovation and action. Through these steps I learned that for a new idea to be
successful you should make sure to evaluate the process first, make sure it can
set into place and then put it into action.
I really thought that these different leadership events
helped me to obtain more ideas for building better relationships with my
mentees. These events also allowed me to listen to former peer mentors and
leader’s ideas and experiences to help me figure out what I can do to make my
peer mentoring experience better!
That is interesting that Roger told you guys to use more than one line for active experiences. I have never heard that applied to resumes before. What activities did Kyle give you guys to get to know people better without being super awkward? I love picking up new get to know you games! I like the idea of doing evaluation, first to think about what you have done so far. I think we so often make mistakes that could have been avoided it we had done a little evaluating before the event.
ReplyDeleteMatt, as a student in the college of engineering, I have been to a couple of his workshops and I think he really knows what he is talking about. I agree with him that employers are looking for more active involvement at Iowa State rather than just honors and awards. This is something that I could improve on. Hopefully this session will come in handy for you when you do get to put Hixson Peer mentor on your resume.
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