Marketing Your Other Experience
Marketing Your Other Experience
Below are additional ideas of experiences you can include on your resume. Remember, employers and graduate schools like to see what you are doing outside of the classroom. Notice that the bullet points still focus on specific skills as well as tasks and responsibilities. A section like this can also be a great way for you to highlight your UGA experiential learning!
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- Collaborated with 3 peers to develop a marketing campaign for a hypothetical company.
- Contributed to the research and writing of a 15-page paper to accompany the pitch.
- Presented the finished project to a class of 100+, including 3 professors from the Marketing Department.
- Successfully earned the top level of “A.”
- Train 20 hours/week while maintaining a full course load.
- Represent interests of other athletes on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
- Improve time management, goal-setting, leadership, and teamwork skills.
- Competed with SEC Conference Championship Team: 2018, 2019, 2020.
- Participated in the UGA Mentor Program as a mentee to grow personally and professionally.
- Initiated and drove mentoring relationship through effective communication, setting expectations, and establishing goals.
- Observed day-to-day processes of a business analyst at a large food and beverage corporation.
- Shadowed an insurance services professional for 2 days.
- Conducted 4 informational interviews with various staff members to gain valuable insight into the industry.
- Accompanied a broker on a site visit and observed daily protocol, professional etiquette, and client-company confidentiality.
- Attended a weekly staff meeting to learn about current projects involving the expansion of the division.
- Planned and led weekly meetings of 85 student members.
- Co-managed a $30,000 yearly budget and appropriately allocated funds for philanthropic engagements, social events, and professional development.
- Ensured all members completed 15+ community service hours each semester.
- Upheld all members to UGA academic standards and honor code requirements.
- Collaborated with a team of 7 to ensure shelves were fully stocked at all times in order to maintain the professional appearance of the store.
- Demonstrated a wide range of product knowledge by assisting customers in merchandise selection.
- Operated a fork lift to transport goods.
- Reconciled invoices with products received.
- Attended 5 workshops during 1 semester with topics including interview preparation, social media and LinkedIn, and business etiquette.
- Learned to effectively communicate with employers by participating in networking panels.
- Completed an online assessment to provide helpful feedback to the UGA Career Center regarding the programming series.
- Conducted research for 3 months with the goal of _____.
- Regulated control elements for ___ by taking daily measurements of ___.
- Recorded results utilizing Excel spreadsheets.
- Presented analysis and results in poster format at the annual regional conference.
- Facilitated 3 additional experimentation to verify initial findings.
- Earned 6 academic credit hours by completing 2 cultural linguistics courses.
- Developed a global perspective on international issues through discussions with local students.
- Improved written and verbal communication skills by conducting oral presentations and writing research reports in Spanish.
- Traveled independently to France and Italy to become fully immersed in European culture.
- Accurately entered patient information by utilizing Excel spreadsheets.
- Exhibited excellent communication skills by managing multiple phone lines and promptly greeting customers in a cheerful manner.
- Maintained an organized office by quickly filing and sorting documents.
- Scheduled individual appointments with office personnel.