Getting ready for graduation can be an overwhelming experience. With resumes to be edited and sent out, cover letters to be written, and what can sometimes seem like a never ending job search this time of year can seem down right dismal to grad students like myself approaching the end of their program in December.I personally re-vamped and revised my resume mid – September. It was a fairly painless process that took only about twenty minutes in the Office Career Services and Cooperative Education (a shameless plug I know), and not to brag but my resume is probably better looking than yours now : )Just teasing…but really if yours is looking rough you may as well do yourself the favor now and make an appointment to get it looked at, your future self will thank you later.

Cover letters are another thing to start thinking about. Knowing how to write a good one will help you later on when you find jobs you want to apply to. A good cover letter may even help you get the job you want, making you part of the (gasp) working adult population, a scary thought I know…

Anyhow, first things first, get your work done and get it done well. Do not get so caught up in your future, aka that cap and gown at the end of the tunnel, that you lose track of what you are doing in the present. Your resume and job search are important and definitely need to be considered, but they can most likely wait until you finish that paper or project that has been nagging on your mind, because in the end that nice looking resume won’t be able to make up for that 1.5 last semester GPA you let slip in.