Online Reputation for Chris Givens

To: Chris Givens

From: Hillary Searle

Date: 04/19/10

Subject: Your Online Reputation

To start my online stalking I just simply Googled your name, none of the results found were about you. There are many Chris Givens out there that have overpowered your online reputation ranging from college football players to doctors. In order to find anything that pertained to you I had to type in “Chris Givens Utah” and then I found your blog that we created for class. That is the only info I found on you other than what Facebook provided.

Since I am your friend on Facebook I had access to view your profile and see your pictures and friends. I was able to look at recent conversations you have had with your friends/family and find out a little bit about your life.

Here is some of the information I found:

Name: Chris Givens

Born: March 20, 1986
Lived: Utah and Virginia
High School: Holy Cross Regional Catholic School 04’

Hometown: Lynchburg, VA

Relationship Status: Single

Interested In: Women

Religious Views: Latter-day Saints

Majoring in Aviation
Likes: flying, outdoors, soccer, golf, mt. biking, skiing, hiking, going home to Virginia, In-N-Out Burger, Utah Jazz.

Information: Served an LDS mission to Los Angeles, California. Speaks Spanish. Currently attending Utah State University, majoring in aviation.

Phone number 435-757-2574
Email – c.d.givens@aggiemail.usu.edu

Information given on the internet is public and can be seen by anyone so you need to make sure that it is information that you would like other people to see. If you are comfortable sharing your phone number with anyone who has access to your Facebook page, then you should be sure you have the correct number available. According to your information section on Facebook your cell phone number is 434-401-8468. However, on a wall post it states that you recently got a new phone number. Once the information is online it is very important that it is updated and current.

Overall I didn’t find any dirt. I was a little disappointed that everything was pretty clean about you on the internet. The only advice I would give to you is to try to make yourself more prominent online by overtaking the domain chrisgivens.com or by separating yourself from the other Chris Givens’s out there.

RESUMES!

To start the off this discussion about the monotonous, yet important topic of a resume here is a little quote from Dwight K. Shrute when he was applying for a job at Staples: “For your convenience, I've broken it down into three parts: professional resume, athletic and special skills resume, and Dwight Schrute trivia.”

Sometimes I would prefer to take Dwight’s route because I feel like I could think of some good trivia questions and at times feel like a professional resume is bland. Nonetheless, in this hard-knock world we are told that if we do not have an outstanding resume we will never find a job. And after living in Cache Valley I am beginning to think that this just may be the case.

So over the past couple months I have attended a resume seminar given by the Career Center, then took my resume to be edited by the Career Center, and now we are discussing how to create a good resume in two of my classes. By now I have a pretty good idea of how to compose a resume and thought I would post a few tips on my blog. Enjoy!

1. Keep your resume to one page if possible.
2. Use action verbs to describe your qualities. (Ex. Managed a team of 7 team members or other words like: contributed, marketed, strengthened)
3. Always include a cover letter.
4. Use professional paper.
5. Your name should be the first and largest thing on the page.
6. Only include your GPA if its above a 3.2
7. Include an objective

Once you impress the potential employer with your outstanding cover letter and resume, you will most likely be called in for an interview. Here is a few tips for that.

1. Dress to impress!
2. Research the company and have questions for them.
3. Send a follow up letter thanking them for the opportunity and reminding them about your goals as a future employee.
4. Be confident! Own it!

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