English 12 Agenda for 9/10-English 12 Agenda for 9/10-9/11/20149/11/2014

1.) 1.) Warm- UpWarm- Up: What is a Resume?: What is a Resume?

Word Splash, your thoughtsWord Splash, your thoughts

2.) Self- reflection2.) Self- reflectionStep 1:List your academic honors and achievementsStep 1:List your academic honors and achievementsStep 2: List your extracurricular activities.Step 2: List your extracurricular activities.

3.) What should you include on a resume?3.) What should you include on a resume?What are your skills and attributes?What are your skills and attributes?

4.) Writing your Resume in the library 45 minutes4.) Writing your Resume in the library 45 minutes

Content Obj:Content Obj: SWBAT to demonstrate their understanding of writing a SWBAT to demonstrate their understanding of writing a resume. resume.

Closing StatementClosing Statement: SWBAT write a resume that is free of spelling and : SWBAT write a resume that is free of spelling and grammatical errors.grammatical errors.

Homework: Finish your Resume for homework if you did not complete in Homework: Finish your Resume for homework if you did not complete in class.class.

Word Splash: What is a Word Splash: What is a

Resume?Resume?

Advertisement selling a product….YOU!

Specifically your skills, experiences, and attributes.

First meeting between you and the employer

Overall it’s your FIRST STEP towards employment.

How long do you think an How long do you think an employer looks at each employer looks at each resume?resume?

The average employer looks at a resume

between 10-15 seconds. This is the time

they decide to either KEEP IT or TOSS IT.

OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE

To provide the skills and tools for creating and preparing your own resume

Step 1 in your packetStep 1 in your packet

Step 1: Write a list of the biggest Step 1: Write a list of the biggest academic honors you’ve earned, academic honors you’ve earned, starting with ninth grade. These starting with ninth grade. These include things like honor-roll include things like honor-roll recognition, essay-writing awards, recognition, essay-writing awards, freshman awards, science freshman awards, science competitions, and the like. competitions, and the like.

Step 2 in your packetStep 2 in your packet Step 2: List your extracurricular activities. Step 2: List your extracurricular activities.

This category includes clubs you've This category includes clubs you've belonged to, class offices you've held, belonged to, class offices you've held, sports, band, yearbook, and all the other sports, band, yearbook, and all the other nonacademic activities you've done. Don't nonacademic activities you've done. Don't forget non-school-related items such as forget non-school-related items such as volunteering at a nursing home and jobs volunteering at a nursing home and jobs you've worked. Include special interests you've worked. Include special interests like photography, hiking, writing, and so like photography, hiking, writing, and so forth. If you speak more than one language, forth. If you speak more than one language, mention it. Detail your uniqueness. You're mention it. Detail your uniqueness. You're trying to paint a portrait of yourself; create trying to paint a portrait of yourself; create an action inventory.an action inventory.

Why do you need a resume? A marketing tool

To obtain an interview, not a job

Requirement of many organizations

DOES YOUR RESUME PASS THE TEST?

Resume- hidden Resume- hidden messagesmessages

Resume You

Neat

Well-organized

Error free

Professional appearance

Neat

Well-organized

Attention to detail

Careful & Competent

The Header

What should be included? NamePermanent and present addressE-mail address Telephone number

Where should contact information go? Top of the page

Objective Statement Purpose

Communicate the type of position you are interested in

Examples Management trainee position with a specialty

retailer.Technical sales with an energy related

industry in the Southwest. Long range goals of regional sales management.

To obtain a position as field service representative with XYZ Software Corporation.

Education Date or expected date of graduation

Graduation Date: May 2014Expected Graduation Date: May 2015

GPA Major or overall at least 3.0 Round down to the nearest tenth

3.0 not 3.062 GPA: 4.0, Summa Cum Laude If under a 2.5 do not add

ActivitiesActivities Everything you’re involved in -- clubs,

sports, programs, activities like band, art, drama, journalism in school and out of school. You can put them in order of significance or most recent.

Underneath each activity, write at least one brief description tells what you did. Start with a strong action verb and follow it with specifics.

Volunteer (Community) Experience

Include events you have participated either in or out of school. Describe what you did. Start with strong verbs. Be as specific as you can.

ExperienceExperience Use the term "experience"

What is considered experience? Full and part-time jobs Self-employment Volunteer work Practicum, field, and cooperative education, field, and cooperative education

Information to include Job Title Dates of employment Company name City & State

Work Experience: Don't forget non-traditional work, such as babysitting or helping out with the family business. For each item, include the job title, name of organization, location, dates, and description of responsibilities.

Listing Responsibilities

Use bullet points Start of each line with an action verb

Present tense if currently employed Past tense if no longer employed Vary your choice of verbs

Tailor skills and experiences to the position for which you are applying

Be concise while providing enough detail

Achievements & Awards

Don’t limit yourself here. This can be a laundry list or a detailed description. Order by date

Reverse chronological Rank order by importance to the career objective Do not say Member of … Emphasize your leadership roles Spell out the organization’s name:

Do not use abbreviations or acronyms

Resume Dos

Use action verbs

Use short, concise sentences

Use #, %, $ amounts

Keep resume easy to read

Keep resume about one page

Resume Don’ts

Do not use the pronouns such as I, me, my, etc. Do not include references Do not clutter your resume with nonessential

information Do not make any misrepresentations Do not include personal information

SSN, age, sex, height, weight, marital status, photograph, etc.

Use Strong Action VerbsUse Strong Action VerbsAccomplished, achieved, acquired, adapted, addressed, administered, advised, allocated, analyzed, applied, appointed, appraised,

approved, arbitrated, assembled, assessed, assigned, assumed, assured, audited, authored, awardedBriefed, broadened, budgeted, built

Calculated, chaired, changed ,charted, coached, combined, communicated, compiled, completed, composed, computed, conceived, conceptualized, concluded, conducted, consolidated, constructed, consulted, contracted, controlled, converted, convinced,

coordinated, corrected, counseled, created, cultivated, cutDebugged, decreased, defined, delegated, delivered, demonstrated, designated, designed, detected, determined, developed,

devised, diagnosed, directed, discovered, dispatched, distributed, doubled, draftedEarned, edited, effected, elicited, eliminated, empowered, endorsed, engineered, enhanced, enlarged, enlisted, ensured, entered,

established, estimated, evaluated, examined, exceeded, executed, expanded, expedited, explained, explored, expressed, extended

Filed, filled, financed, flagged, focused, forecast, formulated, found, foundedGathered, generated, granted, guided

Halved, handled, headed, helped, hiredIdentified, ignited, implemented, improved, incorporated, increased, indexed, influenced, initiated, innovated, inspected, installed,

instituted, instructed, insured, interpreted, interviewed, introduced, invented, inventoried, invested, investigated, issuedJoined, justified

KeptLaunched, learned, leased, lectured, led, licensed, lobbied

Maintained, managed, manufactured, matched, measured, mediated, met, modified, monitored, motivated, movedNamed, navigated, negotiated

Obtained, opened, operated, ordered, organized, overhauled, oversawParticipated, patented, perceived, performed, persuaded, placed, planned, posted, prepared, presented, presided, processed,

procured, produced, proficient, programmed, prohibited, projected, promoted, proposed, provided, published, purchased, pursued

Qualified, quantified, questionedRaised, ranked, rated, received, recognized, recommended, reconciled, recorded, recruited, redesigned, reduced, referred,

regulated, rehabilitated, reorganized, repaired, replaced, replied, reported, represented, rescued, researched, resolved, responded, restored, revamped, reviewed, revised

Saved, scheduled, screened, selected, served, serviced, shaped, shared, showed, simplified, sold, solved, sorted, sought, sparked, spoke, staffed, started, steered, streamlined, strengthened, stressed, stretched, structured, studied, submitted,

substituted ,succeeded, suggested, summarized, superseded, supervised, supplied, surveyed, systematizedTackled, targeted, taught, terminated, tested, toured, traced, tracked, traded, trained, transcribed, transferred, transformed,

translated, transported, traveled, treated, trimmed, tripled, turned, tutoredUncovered, understood, understudied, unified, unraveled, updated, upgraded, utilized

Vended, verbalized, verified, visitedWaged, weighed, widened, won, worked, wrote

Any Questions???Any Questions???

Content Obj:Content Obj: SWBAT to demonstrate their SWBAT to demonstrate their understanding of writing a resume. understanding of writing a resume. Closing StatementClosing Statement: SWBAT write a resume : SWBAT write a resume that is free of spelling and grammatical errors.that is free of spelling and grammatical errors.