Dr. Z's TR Resume Workshop

Last semester, Dr Z gave a workshop on resumes that are specific to the TR field. I learned a lot about how to tailor my resume to our field and already made my own to apply for my internship this winter. I know many of you are in the process of finding an internship and thought I would share this helpful information!

The two biggest things I learned was to make the resume longer than a page (based on the information I wanted to include) and be specific in my description of my related experience. Here are some more tips.


Do's:

• Related work experience (population - be specific {age, gender, diagnosis}, setting)
• College education (major, type of degree) (Ours in the fall will be Recreation Management with an option in Therapeutic Recreation)
• Professional involvement

Don't's:

• High School involvement
• salary history

Here is a link to the Powerpoint.
This is an article Dr. Z published about resumes in 2001.

Morning that Rocks PICTURE

Lauren on the rock and finger on top courtesy of Katie :) 

Morning that Rocks

We had a great turn out for our first summer adventure, MORNING THAT ROCKS!  Thanks to Alena and her brother for taking us up Rock Canyon and showing us how to use the ropes and harnesses.  We are hoping to go rock climbing again and have another adventure soon.

If you have any activities you would like to do just go ahead and comment them here.  We will try to do the adventures you all are interested in.

Enjoy your summer and remember to PLAY :D

Social Venture Competition

The end of the semester is always crazy, but eventually I'll update about the URTA Conference and Dr. Z's awesome resume lecture.

But I want to remind you about Warren's competition to get Freedom's Families more funding! Go to the Varsity Theater on Friday, April 6th at 11 a.m. and vote for Freedom's Families (bring your friends too!).

Don't forget about the Guest Lecturer from Maple Lake, Tim Johnson, tonight at 7 pm in rm W408!

4/2 Newsletter Out Today!

Look out for the Weekly TR Newsletter heading to your inbox later today!

Freedom's Families

Warren Price, a graduate student in the RMYL department, recently started a nonprofit organization called Freedom's Families. This past week one of their financial backers backed out on them and now they're short on funding for their next family retreat. If you know anyone who can help, please pass this information on. Just go to their home page and click the Donate button at the bottom of the page.

NCTRC & Utah Licensure Info Meeting

We discussed the recent changes to the NCTRC sitting requirements (the fifth TR class required after Jan 1, 2013), the fees related to the exam, and how to prepare for it. There are a lot of resources on the NCTRC website as well as elsewhere to study for the test. If you look through the website you should find exactly what is on the test and a few free practice questions. There is a lot of test prep the website offers (like practice tests) for a fee, but there are resources available elsewhere including the ATRA webinar that you can download.

We also discussed the Utah Licensure requirements. If you plan to practice as a CTRS in Utah you HAVE to take this test. Dr. Z reminded us that it's not a test on what you know about TR, but what you know about the laws. Doing a little research I found the recreation therapy licensure website which looks like it has the laws for TR and information on how to sign up for the exam.