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Creating a Resume with Impact!
Career Resource Center, 40 E Old Mill Rd, Lake Forest, IL | Get Directions »
FREE
Presented by: Melissa Jensen, CRC Advisor & former
Grainger Director of Employee Development
Getting noticed in today’s competitive job market requires a resume that markets your talents. While a resume will not get you a job, a well crafted one that articulates your accomplishments and capabilities can make an impact in setting you apart from the competition. Assessing your talents and skills is the essential first step to building a resume. Melissa will offer you a framework for unearthing your unique talents and accomplishments and then focus on the content and formats that work in
today’s competitive market. Today it is all about understanding, articulating, packaging, and branding your unique talents.
Melissa Jensen gained years of cross-functional management experience at Grainger, ultimately holding the position of Director, Employee Development.
So she can talk comfortably with clients from many careers. Melissa graduated with honors from the
University of Illinois with a BA in Industrial Psychology and obtained her MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management. Melissa is also a Master Gardener.
Currently she and her husband are in the real estate business.
Free for members; $10 for non-members
Event Details
| Where | Career Resource Center 40 E Old Mill Rd, Lake Forest, IL 60045 |
| Next on | This event is over. |
| Time | 10:15 am–11:45 am |
| Website | http://www.CareerResourceCenter.org |
| Phone | 847-295-5626 |
| info@CareerResourceCenter.org | |
| Price | Free for members; fee for non-members |
More About Career Resource Center
Located at the Grove Cultural Campus, a complex of serene, stately buildings on Old Mill Road, the Career Resource Center has aided more than 10,500 people over two decades. The center specializes in helping people find new employment and offers private advising sessions, interview preparation, educational programs, job search roundtables, software training and more. The Career Resource Center employs one full-time and three part-time employees and also has more than 100 volunteers. Members of the center have access to a reference library, consultation offices, a computer lab, a conference room, a work area for research and a break room.
Other events here
- YES YOU CAN NEGOTIATE A JOB OFFER! Wed, May 29, 10:15 am–11:45 am
- REINVENT YOURSELF – BE YOUR OWN BRAND Wed, Jun 5, 10:15 am–11:45 am
- ADVANCED LINKEDIN TOOLS – FAST TRACK YOUR SEARCH EFFORTS Mon, Jun 10, 1:30 pm–3:30 pm
- EXPAND YOUR CONNECTIONS – Building Your Network Tue, Jun 11, 7:00 pm–8:30 pm
- USE YOUR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE: LAND THE JOB Wed, Jun 12, 10:15 am–11:45 am
- PASSING THE PHONE SCREEN Mon, Jun 17, 10:15 am–11:45 am
- CREATING A RESUME WITH IMPACT! Mon, Jun 24, 10:15 am–11:45 am
