Center for Signal and Information Processing Seminar

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Monday August 26, 2013 - Tuesday August 27, 2013
      3:00 pm - 3:59 pm
  • Location: Centergy One Building, Room 5186 (CSIP Library)
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Contact

Ahmad Beirami

Center for Signal and Information Processing

beirami@ece.gatech.edu

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Join Dr. Matthew Clark, of Northrop Grumman, 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.

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 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.

Title: Resume Preparation Presentation

Abstract:
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. The presentation topics will include (but not be limited to):

  • Basic and advanced guidelines for resume creation.
  • How to make your personality and unique skills evident, making an impression in a world of cookie-cutter resumes.
  • What resume format should you use? Whichever tells the story best.
  • How to navigate the world of online resume submission portals.
  • A demonstration of the six-second glance. Dr. Clark will sort a pile of previously unseen student resumes.
  • Detailed discussion of actual student resumes, the good, bad, and the ugly.

So, what does it cost for this great advice? Just bring a paper copy of your resume with your name and address 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.

Speaker Bio:

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, Dr. Clark’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.

Dr. Clark 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.

 

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  • Created By: Jackie Nemeth
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Aug 20, 2013 - 12:25pm
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:04pm