Résumés 101

Senior Seminar

What is a résumé? It is a one-two page document that

includes important information about your qualifications for a job, program or college.

It includes general contact information (name, phone number, etc.) and also information regarding your education, work/volunteer experience, extracurricular involvement, skills and awards.

You tailor your résumé each time based on the job, program or college you are applying to as these share their ideal candidates on their descriptions.

Why is a résumé important? It allows potential

employers/colleges/programs get a quick glance at your experience and qualifications.

It helps potential employers/colleges/programs understand if you have the qualifications needed to join them.

You are essentially “selling” or marketing yourself as a valuable addition to the team/program.

Formatting a Résumé? It is a one-two page document (one-sided), however everyone’s

résumé looks different.

It should look professional including black ink and white/ivory paper.

The College Center has formats you may use, as do Microsoft Word and different websites.

You want your résumé to be easy to read and follow, have just enough detail and look presentable. Individuals typically spend only a few seconds reviewing your

résumé so you want to use key terms, fonts and format that will appeal to the eye fairly quick.

Building my Résumé You want to start with your basic information as included below:

Full Name Phone Number Address Email Address

Education should typically be the next thing you include. If you are in high school, only include your high school

information. If you are in college, only include your college information.

Work experience is typically next when you are applying to a job. As high school students, you can eliminate this section and focus on your involvement.

Building my Résumé Your volunteer experience can include service learning trips and

can be listed as follows: Camino Nuevo High School Service Learning

Volunteer in a variety of activities and events including…(list some of the activities/events in which you volunteered with your iConnect)

Your extracurricular activities can include sports.

Skills are important to also include as these can relate to the job/program you are applying to and make you a stronger candidate. Skills can include languages, computers, software, musical talents, etc.

Languages As high school students, you always take a foreign language thus

include it.

Some “buzz” words to use… A - Accomplished, achieved, acquired, adapted, addressed, administered, advised, allocated,

analyzed, applied, appointed, appraised, approved, arbitrated, assembled, assessed, assigned, assumed, assured, audited, authored, awarded

B - Briefed, broadened, budgeted, built

C - 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, cut

D - Debugged, decreased, defined, delegated, delivered, demonstrated, designated, designed, detected, determined, developed, devised, diagnosed, directed, discovered, dispatched, distributed, doubled, drafted

E - Earned, edited, effected, elicited, eliminated, empowered, endorsed, engineered, enhanced, enlarged, enlisted, ensured, entered, established, estimated, evaluated, examined, exceeded, executed, expanded, expedited, explained, explored, expressed, extended

F - Filed, filled, financed, flagged, focused, forecast, formulated, found, founded

G - Gathered, generated, granted, guided

H - Halved, handled, headed, helped, hired

I - Identified, ignited, implemented, improved, incorporated, increased, indexed, influenced, initiated, innovated, inspected, installed, instituted, instructed, insured, interpreted, interviewed, introduced, invented, inventoried, invested, investigated, issued

J - Joined, justified; K – Kept; L - Launched, learned, leased, lectured, led, licensed, lobbied

M - Maintained, managed, manufactured, matched, measured, mediated, met, modified, monitored, motivated, moved

N - Named, navigated, negotiated

O - Obtained, opened, operated, ordered, organized, overhauled, oversaw

P - Participated, patented, perceived, performed, persuaded, placed, planned, posted, prepared, presented, presided, processed, procured, produced, proficient, programmed, prohibited, projected, promoted, proposed, provided, published, purchased, pursued

Some “buzz” words to use cont.

Q - Qualified, quantified, questioned

R - Raised, 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

S - 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, systematized

T - Tackled, targeted, taught, terminated, tested, toured, traced, tracked, traded, trained, transcribed, transferred, transformed, translated, transported, traveled, treated, trimmed, tripled, turned, tutored

U - Uncovered, understood, understudied, unified, unraveled, updated, upgraded, utilized

V - Vended, verbalized, verified, visited; W - Waged, weighed, widened, won, worked, wrote

Some “buzz” words to use cont.

Sample Résumés

NOW You will review your own résumé and

add the required parts.

You will submit a printed copy by the end of the period to your Senior Seminar teacher.

Sections to Include on your Résumé

Mandatory: EducationVolunteer Experience (this includes Service Learning)

Extracurricular Activities

SkillsLanguages

OptionalAwardsWork ExperienceReferences

Questions