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resume is to stand out from your competition, and get past the professional screening process, whether that is a person (HR, hiring manager) or a software (<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applicant_tracking_system\">Applicant Tracking System – ATS</a>).</p>\n<p>Remember\u2026 the average employer only spends six (6) seconds, at best 20 seconds, to <i>briefly scan\u00a0</i>your resume.\u00a0 As such, your resume needs to be written for the ease of the reader.</p>\n<p>This includes using keywords to highlight your soft, technical, and/or transferable skills that also pertain to the position you\u2019re applying for.\u00a0 Also, limit your content to the most impressive items; adding additional items only distracts the employer from what you\u2019d really like them to see.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://mcs.ics.uci.edu/wp-content/mcs/uploads/2017/11/Resume-Sample-1-Software-Engineer.pdf\">Resume Sample 1 – Software Engineer</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://mcs.ics.uci.edu/wp-content/mcs/uploads/2017/11/Resume-Sample-2.pdf\">Resume Sample 2</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"http://mcs.ics.uci.edu/wp-content/mcs/uploads/2017/11/Resume-Sample-3.pdf\">Resume Sample 3</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>A tool that is extremely helpful is <a href=\"https://carmen.co/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carmen</a>, which uses ATS technologies to scan and score your resumes against job descriptions.</p>\n<p>For additional tools and resources, including sample resumes and popular keywords used in tech resumes, please visit <a href=\"http://bit.ly/uci_icscode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CODE Resource Library</a>.\u00a0</p>\n<h2><strong>Cover Letter</strong></h2>\n<p>The cover letter (CL) is another piece of your branding and marketing materials.\u00a0 Consider it your marketing brochure that advertises the background and skills you can offer to potential employers.\u00a0 It is the letter (or e-mail) that accompanies and supplements your resume.</p>\n<p>The goal of your cover letter is to cause the employer to want to turn the page to read your resume.\u00a0 It should be simple and short, yet powerful, customized to a position, and action oriented.</p>\n<p>The key to an effective cover letter is to be able to summarize your experience, list skills and accomplishments, and compel the employer to call or email you for an interview.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://mcs.ics.uci.edu/wp-content/mcs/uploads/2017/11/Cover-Letter-Template.docx\">Cover Letter Template</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h2><strong>LinkedIn</strong></h2>\n<p><a href=\"LinkedIn\">LinkedIn</a> is the world\u2019s largest business-focused social networking site and its main purpose is to help people network professionally.</p>\n<p>With over 500 million members, more than 3 million company pages, spread across 150 plus countries, LinkedIn will help you connect with your trusted contacts, develop a broader network, and allow you to exchange knowledge, ideas, and opportunities with a broad network of professionals.</p>\n<p>It is estimated that over 90% of employers use LinkedIn to research candidates, sometimes even before reading their resumes.\u00a0 Further, <a href=\"http://fortune.com/2019/03/28/job-applicants-with-a-comprehensive-linkedin-profile-71-more-likely-to-get-interviews-study-says/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study</a> shows that job applicants with a “comprehensive” LinkedIn profile is 71% more likely to get invited to interviews.\u00a0 As such, it is critical to have a professional brand presence on LinkedIn.\u00a0</p>\n<p>Through LinkedIn, you may discover job leads via their job search engine, and in specialized groups, that may not be posted anywhere else.\u00a0 You can also save your job searches and receive daily or weekly emails with the results.</p>\n<p>If you are a current student in the MCS program, join our very own LinkedIn <a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13558031\">UCI MCS group</a> today!</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://university.linkedin.com/content/dam/university/global/en_US/site/pdf/LinkedIn_Sample_Profile_onesheet-David.pdf\">LinkedIn Checklist</a> (by LinkedIn for University Students)</li>\n<li><a href=\"http://career.uci.edu/quick-tip-library/\">LinkedIn Checklist</a> (by UCI Division of Career Pathways)</li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.jobscan.co/linkedin-optimization\">Jobscan</a> (LinkedIn profile optimization)</li>\n</ul>\n<h2><strong>Networking</strong></h2>\n<p>Networking should be a critical part of your overall job search strategy and needs to be one of your primary job search methods.\u00a0\u00a0Active networking is also vital to your career growth. Often confused with selling, networking is actually about building long-term relationships and a good reputation or personal brand over time. It involves meeting and getting to know people who you can assist, and who can potentially help you in return.</p>\n<p>Your network includes everyone from friends and family to work colleagues, business connections, your social network and members of groups and organizations to which you belong.</p>\n<p>As you will see below, networking and online applications are two primary methods of how MCS students obtained their internship and full-time career opportunities, with networking producing a higher yield.\u00a0 As such, your job search strategy should be balanced between both methods, and should definitely include networking.\u00a0</p>\n<p><strong>MCS alumni obtained summer internship opportunities through:</strong></p>\n<table style=\"width: 563px; height: 86px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 481px;\">Online Application</td>\n<td style=\"width: 74px; text-align: center;\">47%</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 481px;\">Networking – including Referrals & Informational 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