Sophomore Fall Lesson 13

Resumé 2 - Day Two Out of Three

Table of contents

Resumé Review

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Resumé Work Time

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What’s a resumé again?!

Work hard!

Learning Target

Students will summarize and describe their skillset and background by developing a worthy resumé

Resumé Review

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A resumé is a brief account highlighting your education, qualifications, and previous experience.

Resumé: Why?

Strong 1st Impression

Highlight your best attributes

A resumé is your best chance to make a strong first impression with a potential employer

It’s important for you to make your best attributes POP

Resumé Work Time

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The rest of class is time to work on your resumé:

• Get writing! Focus on your highlights!
• Don’t think too hard :)
• The how-to slides are included below for you to reference as you develop your resumé

Tonight!

Work on your resumé at home

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Your resumé is due by the end of next advisory session (Hard copy and Unrulr)

Click HERE for a resumé example

Another Example

Click HERE for another

good example

Open Google Docs

STEP 1: Google docs: Resumé Template

Click on

“template gallery”

Resumé Gallery

• On your own Chromebook, open Google Docs

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• Locate the “template gallery” in the top-right of the Google Docs landing page
• Click on the gallery

• In the template gallery, scroll down to the “resumé” section
• Click on a resumé format you like

Careful!

These Google doc resumé templates mostly list EXPERIENCE first. As a student, you probably want to highlight your EDUCATION first instead.

Don't forget

Education before

Experience

What is it?

Why include one?

Start with a CAREER OBJECTIVE

• A career objective aligns your skills with your employment goals in a one or two sentence statement at the top of your resumé

• A career objective shows your employer why you’re applying for the position and how it would be beneficial for them to hire you

Education

You’re a professional student. You have a lot of educational experience. Prepare a more detailed education section

Include:

• Academic and non-academic educational experiences
• Good GPA? Include it!
• Any/all extracurricular activities, such as sports & clubs; these show that you are a well-rounded individual.
• Special projects

Experience

Though your work experience may be limited, you can include any/all experiences that highlight your work ethic and ability to work well with others.

Include:

• Any/all work experience
• Volunteer activities
• Leadership experience
• Special achievements, such as with 4H, or another organization
• Any/all specific skills

Awards & Accolades

Including your awards and special achievements helps you stand out and shows your employer that you can make a positive impact

Include:

• Academic and athletic awards
• Awards from other clubs
• Special recognition from any group, teacher, or organization
• A mention of something great you’ve had to overcome

Skills

Be sure to include both hard skills and soft skills.

• Hard skills are those that are specific to a certain job; they are learned skills.
• Soft skills are personal attributes that enable a person to interact effectively

Include:

• Hard (learned) skills, such as specific computer or language skills, CTE certifications, etc.
• Soft skills include strong verbal communication, problem-solving, interactive skills, etc.
• Are you organized? Mention this.

OPTIONAL:

Interests

Include a quick mention of your interests at the conclusion of your resumé to paint a bigger picture of who you are.

Keep this short, just one line!

• Do you like to play games, go for walks, or play a sport outside of school not mentioned above?
• What about reading, cooking, baking, photography, video editing, & spending time with family a/o friends?
• Choose the first few items that come to your mind for this section.

Need More Help?!

Do you want more guidance as to what you

should include in your resumé?

• Click on this excellent resource HERE

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• This is another good resource HERE

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Questions?

Please keep this slide for attribution

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