What if someone told you that the path you had always perceived to lead you to your ideal internship or career move wasn't a very realistic one? That just handing an employer a killer resume equipped with a higher than average GPA, impressive course load, and exemplary extracurriculars would be the best way to gain a position in your desired work field.

This may come as a shock to some of you, but a well-written cover letter and resume is not going to be your main selling point. Don't get me wrong, it won't hurt you in the slightest. It'll most likely get you to that next and very crucial step: an interview.

See, believe it or not, employers and representatives of a company receive a much better sense of the type of individual they could be hiring from a personal meeting, not from just an influx of thousands of digitally sent resumes.

You need to be memorable. In order to remain memorable to an employer, employees should focus on one thing and one thing only: their personalities.

Companies and businesses, most of the time, don't care about the courses you've taken and those "skills" you may have gained from them— honestly. When you are starting out as an employee at their place of business, they want you to learn from scratch about the way they handle day to day tasks. But, they want to make sure they're meeting an employee that is willing and able to do that.

In the instance of an employee sending in a very average resume, this personal confrontation is crucial. More often than not— approaching an employer at a career fair, their own place of business, or even on the street, and giving them a taste of who you are and the great qualities you possess will still push you just as far as that 4.0 GPA student.

Make them think, make them laugh, make them like you. Throw a conversation in there that isn't totally company-related, to make yourself relatable. It's very real that a good personality goes a long way, no matter how much you add to that resume.

Think about it this way— it's much easier to have a co-worker who is approachable, attentive, lively, and committed, rather than one that could be hard to get along with an easily dislikable. Employees are going to represent a company in some way, and this is why personalities hold such a high value.

So as a wrap-up, don't get the idea that a resume plays no purpose. What I'm trying to get across that most people don't know, is that a winning personality will take more precedent. So, if there's a position you're really gunning for, don't stick to sitting behind a computer, uploading a resume, and waiting for an email response back.

Go there. Meet the employers and totally physically immerse yourself in the company. It'll make all the difference, you'll see.