I'm 24 years old and have been at my current paper, a 45,000-circulation daily, for a little more than two years. I'm considering applying for other reporting positions and have begun assembling a portfolio and updating my résumé.
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The question is, for how long after graduation should I continue to include my college experience on my résumé?
I worked at my college paper for three years and held multiple writing and editing positions. I would like to include my management experience to show that I have leadership skills, but I also wonder whether any of that experience is relevant at this point.
While I don't plan to include any college paper clips in my portfolio, I know that my experience at the paper was vital to my development as a journalist.
Thanks,
Curious
You are on the right track.
Your college degree should always stay on your résumé, but collegiate experience should get whittled down as professional experience grows.
Including leadership experience — which you had in college but have not yet had professionally — still has a place on your résumé. If you move into newsroom leadership, that may push off the college editing.
It sounds as though you are following the one-page rule, hence the limit on what you can include. I do not growl at resumes that grow longer than a single page, but know that some editors do, so I limit mine to a single page for them.
Coming Monday: She is ready to go to a new job, and one of her hallmarks is a sound, professional relationship with sources. She asks whether she can use sources on her résumé as she tries to get a new job.
