Welcome to CAREER JUMP START !

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RESUMES
An essential piece to your career puzzle.
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Employers are looking for you to validate your
academic achievements and work-based learning
experiences. This will be achieved by
developing a well-organized resume.
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• Your resume should be
• On 8-1/2 x 11inch white or off-white paper.
• Printed on one side of the paper.
• No more than ONE page for a HS student.
• Typed in a font size of 10 to 14 points.
• Completed in one style font (non-decorative).
• Free from italics, script, and underlined
  words.
• Never folded or stapled.

• If you are going to mail your resume,
• choose a large envelope.

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Design/Format
Action Plan
Career Skills
Resume Steps
What Skills Do Employers Want?

• Communication Verbal Written
• Creativity
• Critical Thinking
• Dependability
• Leadership
• Life Management
• Social Responsibility
• Teamwork

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Design/Format
Action Plan
Career Skills
Resume Steps
These skills (words) should appear in your
resume. Some employers will scan your resume into
a database.  The software is looking for these
skills as well as other skills necessary for the
job.
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What does a resume do for YOU?

• Your resume helps you get your foot in the door
  for that very special career opportunity.
• The employer makes a decision to interview you
  based upon your resume. 

• Creating your resume is comparable to drawing a
  picture of your life. 
• A good resume brings together your education,
  skills, personality traits, classroom
  experiences, and out-of-classroom experiences and
  offers them to an employer.  

You will find that you will continually be called
upon to produce a resume throughout your life
time.  It is not uncommon to be updating your
resume every six months.  
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Creating your resume is a simple six step
process. 
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Design/Format
Action Plan
Career Skills
Resume Steps

• Your résumé's heading should contain the
  following items
• Your full, complete name with middle initial. 
  Use at least 14 pt. for your name.  Avoid
  nicknames.
• Your full address.  Do not abbreviate words such
  as road, avenue, boulevard, etc. 

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• Your city, state and zip code.  The state may be
  abbreviated with two capital letters - no periods
  or spaces.
• Your telephone number with area code.  If you
  have an answering machine, record a neutral
  greeting.

• Add your e-mail address. Note Choose an e-mail
  address that sounds professional.

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"What do you have to offer an employer?" 
The new resume format has changed the former
bland job objective to a more dynamic
response What  I have to offer your corporation
for a(n) _________ position Answer this
question by summarizing your three most important
skills you have to offer a company.    Make sure
you offer some form of the following skills 
Computer knowledge, workplace terminology and
operation of equipment, and personal work
characteristics.  
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• Samples
• Marketable computer skills.
• Vocabulary and knowledge of business systems.
• Organizational and communication skills, which
  would be an asset to your company.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Computer skills to input data and handle
  correspondence.
• Honesty and Loyalty.

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In this section indicate the name of your school
from which you are graduating and the year of
graduation. Your most recent educational
information is listed first. Include your
degree (A.S., B.S., B.A., etc.), major,
institution attended, minor/concentration.
Mention academic honors.
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If you are a senior in the last quarter of your
school year, you should include your plans for
post graduation.  For example Will attend
Bucknell University, PA in the fall to major in
Business Management.  Would consider returning
to corporation during school breaks. Will attend
SUNY Stony Brook in the fall to major in
Science.  Would like to continue working
part-time while attending college. Seeking
full-time employment after graduation.
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All employers are looking for validation that you
have mastered the basic skills
of Reading Writing History Math Science
In addition, if you have taken the SAT's or the
ACT's,  you may include your final scores.
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• Your work experience can come in the form of
• Paid Job
• Non-paid Internship
• Shadowing Experience
• Volunteer Experience
• Childcare, babysitting,
• mothers helper
• Lawn maintenance,
• housekeeping, newspaper
• route

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• Briefly give the employer an overview of work
  that has taught
• you skills.
• Use action words to describe your job duties.
• Include your work experience in reverse
  chronological
• order. Include
• Title of position
• Name of organization
• Location of work (town, state)
• Dates of employment
• Describe your work responsibilities with
• emphasis on specific skills and achievements.

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Samples Research Detective Assistant, AAA
Business Information Network, Smithtown, NY.
10/01 to present. Duties include Faxing,
filing, phones and computers. Counter person,
Bagel Chalet, Commack, NY 1/99 to 10/00.
Duties included Helping customers, handling
money, and cleaning. Explored the field of
accounting through a fifty-hour internship at A
W Accounting, Smithtown, NY 11787.
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Resume Checkup

• Run a spell check on your computer
• before anyone sees your resume.
• Have a friend look at your resume.
• Ask another friend to proofread.
• Is it one page?
• Does it sell your abilities to an
• employer?

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Your Resume
Design/Format
Action Plan
Career Skills
Resume Steps

• What Should Your Resume Scream Out?
• This is what I can do for you Mr. Employer!
• This is how I am going to make you money!

• What is a Resume?
• A resume is a snapshot of your life. It
  includes
• Objective
• Education
• Work Experience
• Skills