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Resume Workshop

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What is a resume?

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A resume is...

First impression

Ticket to an interview

Always changing!

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What if I have never had a job?

Let’s Brainstorm!

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What if I have never had a job?

  • It is not necessary!
  • Include school and community activities
    • Example: Football, Theatre, Art club
  • Volunteer experience
    • Feed My Starving Children, Local park or library, classroom at school
  • Babysitting, lawn mowing, chores at home, etc.

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Resume Structure

Experience

  • Include significant volunteer commitments as well as jobs
  • Use action verbs to describe your duties and skills

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Activities & Interests

  • Where have you had a chance to shine?
  • Have you won competitions or recognition?
  • What do you do that challenges you to learn or grow?

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Skills

  • Have you led a team, organized an event, or built something? What skills did you need to accomplish it?
  • Include specialized skills like using computer programs, speaking a language, or operating equipment

Education

  • Identify your high school
  • List special academic accomplishments

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Resume Structure

Experience

  • Include significant volunteer commitments as well as jobs
  • Use action verbs to describe your duties and skills

​

Activities & Interests

  • Where have you had a chance to shine?
  • Have you won competitions or recognition?
  • What do you do that challenges you to learn or grow?

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Skills

  • Have you led a team, organized an event, or built something? What skills did you need to accomplish it?
  • Include specialized skills like using computer programs, speaking a language, or operating equipment

Education

  • Identify your high school
  • List special academic accomplishments

​

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Resume Structure

Experience

  • Include significant volunteer commitments as well as jobs
  • Use action verbs to describe your duties and skills

​

Activities & Interests

  • Where have you had a chance to shine?
  • Have you won competitions or recognition?
  • What do you do that challenges you to learn or grow?

​

Skills

  • Have you led a team, organized an event, or built something? What skills did you need to accomplish it?
  • Include specialized skills like using computer programs, speaking a language, or operating equipment

Education

  • Identify your high school
  • List special academic accomplishments

​

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Resume Structure

Experience

  • Include significant volunteer commitments as well as jobs
  • Use action verbs to describe your duties and skills

​

Activities & Interests

  • Where have you had a chance to shine?
  • Have you won competitions or recognition?
  • What do you do that challenges you to learn or grow?

​

Skills

  • Have you led a team, organized an event, or built something? What skills did you need to accomplish it?
  • Include specialized skills like using computer programs, speaking a language, or operating equipment

Education

  • Identify your high school
  • List special academic accomplishments

​

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Resume Structure

Experience

  • Include significant volunteer commitments as well as jobs
  • Use action verbs to describe your duties and skills

​

Activities & Interests

  • Where have you had a chance to shine?
  • Have you won competitions or recognition?
  • What do you do that challenges you to learn or grow?

​

Skills

  • Have you led a team, organized an event, or built something? What skills did you need to accomplish it?
  • Include specialized skills like using computer programs, speaking a language, or operating equipment

Education

  • Identify your high school
  • List special academic accomplishments

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Ways to Spice Up a Resume

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Use Power Words

  • Verbs that help describe the amazing work you have done.
  • Example:

Maintained a welcoming environment by cleaning and wiping down tables

Developed leadership skills by running plays and encouraging teammates to participate

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Use Numbers

  • Using numbers helps paint a better picture for the employer the amount of work you did
  • Example:

“Educated 35 students over six weeks in STEM based curriculum through magic and forensics themes”

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Spell Check!

  • It is important to make the best first impression and having an error free resume is a good space to start.
  • Example:

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  • Worked with a team of four to develop a new model of a toaster
  • Wrked with a team of 4 to build a new ToaSter

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Logging Into Xello

  1. Washburn website -> Students -> Clever -> login to MPS

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-> in Clever find Xello -> Xello ‘HOME”

2. For translating English -> Spanish

3. Click into “About Me” and scroll down to

“My Resume”

4. Click each Resume category to add 3 to 4 items in each category.

5. Download your resume and click Done.

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ACTIVITY: STARTING YOUR RESUME