Paul Prefectural Advisor^[a]

Nani-shi, Nani-nishi 1-11-5

Nani, Japan 400-8386

81-90-1234-5678

paul.pa@pamail.com

Objective

Question for PAs - if you were Paul, what kind of job or graduate degree would you seek?^[b]

Education

2003-2008 RICE UNIVERSITY HOUSTON, TX

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, magna cum laude (GPA: 3.9/4.0)

Choreographer & Officer, Dance Theatre; boosted membership by 30%^[c]

Experience

2009-present JAPAN EXCHANGE & TEACHING (JET) PROGRAMME GIFU, JAPAN

Prefectural Advisor, Gifu Prefecture Board of Education (2011 - present)

Youngest leader ever selected to spearhead team of 10 Regional Advisors

Serve 300+ schools and 20 Boards of Education that serve 2,000,000+ Prefectural residents

Train and support 80 JET participants from 8 countries
Utilize bilingual skills to resolve conflicts between English-speaking JET participants and Japanese colleagues
Provide work-related and personal counseling to 80 JET participants^[d]
Designed and conducted training conferences for up to 140 English teachers^[e]
Earned highest-ever feedback^[f] for seminars created and presented to 500+ JET participants

English Teacher, Takayama Technical High School (2009-2010) Gifu, Japan

Only non-Japanese English teacher at public senior high school

Taught 18 lessons per week to 450 students across 3 grade levels
Only non-Japanese member who team-taught with all 4 Japanese colleagues in English department
Increased test scores by 10% after introducing level-based classes
Initiated 150-student drawing and letter exchange w/ fashion high school in New York City
Coached first-place student in Takayama City’s High School English Speech Contest

Personal Languages: fluent Japanese (Level 1, highest, on official test); Mandarin Chinese (advanced speaking & listening, intermediate reading & writing)

Translation: Capable of handling up to 4,000 characters / day; responsible for 20,000-character annual report; Leadership: Soccer Team Captain for All-Japan Language Teachers’ Tournament

Sample résumés

ALT résumé sample ▸ http://bit.ly/JET_ALT
CIR résumé sample ▸ http://bit.ly/JET_CIR
PA résumé sample ▸ http://j.mp/PA_res

Additional resources

Vince résumé, cover letter, and interviews blog ▸ http://jetresumes.blogspot.com
After JET Resume Handbook ▸ http://j.mp/W6DFgr
Vince résumé, cover letter, and interview videos ▸ http://j.mp/4JETs_vid
Vince résumé bonsai video ▸ http://youtu.be/f9gyOmHJY5o
Best job interview videos ▸ http://bit.ly/Vids_4JETs
Vince best bookmarks and links ▸ http://bit.ly/4JETs

[a]Dear 2013 After JET Conference Participants:

Please watch these videos and post your questions for Vince in YouTube BEFORE 9am on Mon, 25 Feb.

Then, Vince can customize his presentation to cover your questions.

Thanks and looking forward to seeing you all in Yokohama!

Vince

—vinceprep

[b]I suggest cutting the objective from this resume since it can best be expressed in a cover letter targeted to each potential employer. —vinceprep

[c]Help hiring managers understand that you exceed the stereotypical image of someone with your academic or professional background

Clever hiring managers look for unusual combinations

"We like to hire engineers with people skills. And we like to hire poets who can do math."

—vinceprep

[d]What are the criteria that distinguish successful work-related and personal counseling for JET participants?

What is the benchmark? How did you improve upon the work of your predecessors? Did your colleagues support less than 80 JETs, or more?

If the number served is not impressive, try to show that your counseling was somehow more effective. What was your impact? Higher retention, or job satisfaction? —vinceprep

[e]Again, we don’t know why this is impressive. How did you improve these training conferences?

Remember MECE. We already know you have project management skills. Why does this activity represent one of your “greatest hits?” What new skills are you demonstrating here?—vinceprep

[f]Good use of qualifiers (remember FYOB). —vinceprep