Resume

What:
You will write a resume that will give potential employers a quick idea of your skills and abilities.  The resume may include such headings as:

  • Career Objective
  • Work History
  • Academics
  • Awards & Achievements
  • Clubs & Extracurricular
  • Hobbies
  • References

Do not type a heading if it doesn't apply to you.  The above listed headings are just suggestions.

Why:
To continue giving you practice in MS Word.  This document might be something that will help get you a job. Working on this assignment should help you begin to think about career issues and your level of employability.

How:
I want you to use either a table or columns to lay out the resume. You may use one of Word's resume templates.

Worth:
15 points - 10 points for content, 5 points for look.

 

Here's some example resumes.  I don't think any of them look particularly nice, but they do represent how to list some different kinds of information on a resume. 

Sample 1    Sample 2    Sample 3  
Sample 4     Sample 5    Sample 6

 

  

A table that looks about like this will work well for most resumes.  You can center your name, address and phone number in the top cell.

Along the left side you can type in your Headings.

Down the right side you can type in your details.

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 

 

Student resume entry Comment

Various awards and achievements

 Which awards and achievements?  The resume is the time to be specific.
Work History:  McDonalds on West Saginaw When did you work there? What were your duties?  If you left, why did you leave?
Resume:  Billy Bartlett You don't need to say the word resume on your resume.
Name: Billy Barlettt Address: 102 McPherson The reader will be able to figure out that that's your name and address on the top of the resume.

Billy Bartlett
102 McPherson

 Your name should be big & bold.
Education: Attend J.W. Sexton High  If you are a junior or senior, you should have had some interesting classes that your can mention.  Maybe you've had photography, accounting, cosmetology or auto body at Hill, computer classes, Spanish, or some other class that might make you more attractive to an employer.
Activities: Member of the Key Club What is the Key Club?
Hobbies:  Shopping, cleaning, talking on the phone... An employer doesn't want to hear how you like to talk on the phone.