Sophomore Fall Lesson 7

Resumé 1 - First Day Out of four

Table of contents

PaICE Apps

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Resumé Intro

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Resumé Example

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Resumé Start

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Hand in any last-minute PaICE Applications

What is a resumé?

Let’s look at an example

Your turn! Let’s start!

Learning Target

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

PaICE Application

01

Get it in now!

PaICE Application

If you needed more time to complete your PaICE Application, hand it to your advisor now & submit it on Schoology

(or recommended: during today’s work time, whichever your advisor prefers)

Resumé Intro

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What is a resumé, anyway?!

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

Most recruiters don’t spend too long reading through resumés, so it’s important for you to make your best attributes POP

Resumé Example

03

Let’s take a peek at two student resumé examples on the next two slides

Click HERE for an example

Another Example

Click HERE for another

good example

Resumé Start

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Let’s get started on creating YOUR resumé

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

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

Careful!

The Google doc resumé templates you’re probably using mostly include EXPERIENCE first. As a student, you probably want to highlight your EDUCATION first instead.

Don't forget

Education before

Experience

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 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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Get working!

Pull up your doc resumé template (see slide 13) and get working. Use this slideshow and links to resources to guide your resumé writing.

Title the doc:

Resume_YourLastName FirstName

Tonight!

Tell your parents/guardians that you’re working on a resumé to go with your PaICE application, and see if they have good ideas as to what you should include.

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No Official HW, but it would be beneficial to work on your resumé

a bit.

Questions?

Please keep this slide for attribution

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