Hello! My name is Lorena and I am the Operations Associate here at Testive. I recently got the opportunity to assist our sales team with recruiting our summer interns. After reviewing a number of Resumes and conducting various interviews with College students, I began to reflect on my own experience as a college student. I remember particularly how stressful the process of creating my first resume during my freshman year was.

During my Senior year at Umass Amherst, I worked at the School of Management’s career center. I typically only saw sophomores, juniors, and seniors come in for professional development help. Where were all the freshmen at? Then it occurred to me that creating a resume wasn’t even on most freshmen’s radar. And it should be!

I reached out to Kim Figueroa, Director of Internships at the Isenberg School of Management at Umass Amherst, to get her thoughts on why having a resume as a freshman in college matters.