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Christina Bourgeois
Coordinator, Undergraduate Professional Communications Program
School of Electrical & Computer Engineering
christina.bourgeois@ece.gatech.edu
404-894-9597
Summary Sentence: Resume Workshop with ECE alumnus Matthew Clark
Full Summary: Dr. Matthew Clark has supported college recruiting efforts for a variety of large corporations and is a master at sorting resumes in six seconds or under. Join him for a discussion of how most industry companies handle resumes, what types of follow up activities are worthwhile, and how to improve your chances of having your resume pass the six-second glance. Dr. Clark is the alumni recruiter (Georgia Tech) for Northrop Grumman’s Future Technical Leaders Program.
Northrop Grumman LogoHave you heard the urban legend that an experienced college recruiter can make an initial decision on whether or not to read your resume in less than six seconds?
ECE alumni Dr. Matthew Clark has supported college recruiting efforts for a variety of large corporations and is a master at sorting resumes in six seconds or under. Join us for a discussion of how most industry companies handle resumes, what types of follow up activities are worthwhile, and how to improve your chances of having your resume pass the six second glance.
So, what does it cost for this great advice? Just bring a paper copy of your resume with your name and addressed replaced with “Georgia Tech Student.” The paper copies will be used as a demonstration tool, and will be destroyed at the end of the demonstration.
Matthew Clark, Ph.D.
Matthew Clark’s day job is as a signal and image processing engineer at Northrop Grumman Information Systems in Raleigh, N.C., where he fuses signal processing and digital design techniques to create small intelligent sensors. Dr. Clark is also the alumni recruiter (Georgia Tech) for Northrop Grumman’s Future Technical Leaders Program. He has been recruiting at Georgia Tech for over 15 years for both commercial and defense companies.
At various points in his career, Matthew’s title has included the terms software, hardware, ASIC, signal processing, and program manager for TRW, GTRI, Hughes/Raytheon Missile Systems, Nortel Networks, Intel Americas, TASC, and Northrop Grumman.
Matthew earned a bachelor’s degree from St. Andrews Presbyterian College. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, a master’s in electrical engineering and a doctorate from Georgia Tech.
