527: At The Jellyfish Conference

527: At The Jellyfish Conference

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June 12, 2026 · 1h 9m · Episode 527

About this episode

Chris and Elecia discuss resume building, networking, and interview techniques, focusing on the STAR method and action verbs.

Chris and Elecia talk about pushing out of their comfort zone, networking advice, adding STARs and action verbs to resumes, using rust, thermo forming plastics, soldering together audio gear, and winning awards. If you are looking for an update to your resume or are interviewing for a new job and you haven't heard of the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result), it is a good way to formulate what you've done in a way that helps people see your impact. The Rutgers College Career Development Center has a STAR description that includes how to take your current, boring "did the task" resume bullet point and move it into STAR format and then into resume format to say "got great things done". There are lots of examples of STAR in practice ( ex 1 , ex 2 ). We mainly talked about resumes but it is very useful for having coherent stories during interviews. (Search "STAR resume", "STAR interview", "STAR engineering" to find a presentation that works for you. The college career sites are probably the best ones I've found.) On the topic of resumes, if you don't know about resume action verbs, let us share some lists that will make writing your resume 25% less painful. Again, college…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris, Elecia

Topics covered

  • resumes
  • networking
  • interviewing
  • STAR method
  • action verbs
  • career development

Keywords

  • resume
  • STAR method
  • networking
  • interview
  • action verbs
  • career development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rutgers College Career Development Center, Harvard Business School, Penn State, University of Houston

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