CHARMAINE KERRIDGE
BIZ/TECH REPORTER

Humber’s Career Centre has launched a new online resume service in an attempt to meet the needs of a growing student population that is both tech savvy and time deficient.
Since the end of January, students have been able to log on to the centre’s website and submit their resumes for editing, bypassing the sometimes long wait in the centre’s office.
“We had students sitting around waiting for one-on-one edits,” said Karen Fast, centre manager.
The online alternative, one of the first of its kind among colleges, provides quick turnaround time for students. “We have a ‘review in 24 hours’ mandate. Resume tutors edit the resumes and email them back,” Fast said.
However, she cautions that the service is better suited to resumes that need “a great final edit. We don’t want it to be the first draft of a resume. We want it to be the final draft and we just tweak it.”
The online resume service received 80 resumes the first week of operation and so far it has been busy and active, said Fast.
Much effort has been made to make the site easy for students to navigate.
“Go to the careers website and log on with your student I.D., click ‘resume review’, post your resume and you’ll have a tutor working on it,” said Jerome Riel, resume tutor.
Humber has 18,600 full time students, a 29 per cent increase from the same semester last year, said Debbie Falconi, associate registrar, admissions and service initiatives.  With many of those students approaching graduation, there is a growing need for services like the resume check.
So far, feedback from students has been positive.
“It’s much easier for them,” said Riel. “All they have to do is post their resume and we do the work for them.”