Star Student Contests Announced for Top Students Looking for Internships and Recognition

March 4, 2009 - PRLog -- Pleasanton, Calif., -- nuResume, the first free career network for college students to market themselves online and network with recruiters for internships and jobs, announced today its next two Star Student contests. Think American Idol but for top college students competing on their professional profile to win prizes such as guaranteed internship interviews, digital camera, Flip video and more. Students must complete their nuResume profile and enter the contests by 5pm PST on April 30th, 2009 to qualify.

"The Star Student Contest has really helped me build a professional online identity and stand out from the crowd in this tough economy," said David Liang, winner of the 2008 Energy contest. nuResume is the competitive edge for students in this tough economy and helps students network with employers and get targeted internship and job alerts.

Contest Criteria: To qualify, college students must be on the Dean's list or in an Honor society or nominated by faculty. Contests are open nationwide to all enrolled college students in an accredited educational institution. There is no cost to enter the contests. For specific restrictions on a contest please see contest details at www.nuresume.com/contests

How to Enter: Students can go to www.nuresume.com to create their free online professional profile which is multi-media, personalized, and Google optimized. Students can choose to add a video resume, a portfolio using video, audio or photo album, testimonials, student blog, post position wanted and more. Then go to www.nuresume.com/contests and select a contest to enter their nuResume page. Students may enter both contests if they are qualified.

Judging Criteria: Judges from top companies will evaluate the contestants on their nuResume profiles for academic excellence, work experience, community impact and presentation skills. Each contest is limited to 25 contestants who stand out by showcasing their strengths, talents and testimonials. Students can see previous winners and their nuResume pages at www.nuresume.com.

Prizes: There will be one winner and two runner-ups selected for each contest. The winner will receive a trophy along with specific prizes offered by each company. To see prizes offered, you can see contest details at www.nuresume.com/contests

Contact:
Reena Jadhav
Founder, CEO
Ph: 650.346.2500
reena@nuresume.com
www.nuresume.com

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nuResume is the first free career network for college students to create a professional profile to market themselves online and network with recruiters for internships and jobs. Several thousand top students are already on nuResume along with hundreds of career networks created by career centers, honor societies and student clubs. Hundreds of companies have created a career network to build their online brand with top college students, send out alerts to targeted students and recruit more cost effectively in this tough economy. Career centers, honor societies and student clubs are creating free career networks on nuResume to help their students market themselves better and reach more employers through virtual job fairs.