1. Look ahead to your future… Create a tool to market yourself!
RESUMES
Look ahead to your future…
Create a tool to market yourself!

2. Resume Writing Lesson: 11th Grade
Objective:
All students will understand the uses of a resume, and create a resume for your future use.
This PowerPoint presentation contains the following:
Resume Lesson
Instructions on how to start your own resume.

3. What is a resume? It’s a well organized report of your accomplishments
It’s like a movie trailer… if it catches your interest, you want to see the movie.
The same holds true for your audience – if your resume piques their interest, they will want to learn more about you!

4. Why create a resume? Senior Capstone requirement at SHS
Scholarship Applications
College Admissions
Employment
Honors
Community Service
Letter of Recommendation

5. What does your resume say about you?
Name, address, phone
Objective
Education
Work Experience
Skills
Extracurricular Activities
Clubs
Sports
Volunteer Activities
Honors and Awards
References
YOUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL

6. Objective Statement
An Objective Statement is a short statement that describes what you want.
While your overarching goal, for example, may be to get a job, your resume statement may state that you want a job in customer service.
Example Objective Statement:
To obtain a full-time job working in customer service.

7. Entering Information
Enter only information that happened while in high school: 9th – 11th
Enter information starting with activities you’ve done most recently ending with things you have done in 9th grade.
Make sure you include any leadership positions you’ve held or activities you helped organize.
Use parallel structure as you list your skills and qualifications.

8. For Example… Work Experience YMCA Summer Youth Camp Leader (Job Title)
May 2012 – August 2012 (Dates)
Responsibilities: (Notice parallel structure: all past tense verbs)
Led arts, crafts, sports, games, camping and hobby workshops for groups of 8-10 year olds
Monitored groups of up to seven children on weekly field trips to the zoo, water parks and on walking tours
Made sure campers were dropped off and picked up safely

9. Skills and Interests Here are some examples: Skills
Again, notice parallel structure in bulleted lists: (all present progressive verbs in the first list, nouns in the second list)
Skills
Working effectively and enthusiastically with children
Creating attractive posters and flyers using graphic software
Following written instructions
Building documents and presentations with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Certifications
Lifeguard certificate
CPR Certificate

10. Create your resume!
Close this Power Point and return to our class website.
Click on a resume template, save it in your Google Drive folder, and begin to fill in your information. You may use previously made resumes to assist the process.
Remember to use
Consistent formatting: consistent, professional font, capitalization of headings, parallel lists (i.e., bulleted lists begin with same part of speech, such as verbs)
Edit well: check grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc., and capitalize proper nouns