Your Road to Success in Creating an Effective Resume

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Resume

• Your Road to Success in Creating an Effective
  Resume

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Why should it be good?

• Your goal is to get an interview
• A resume is a window
• Its a brochure about you
• The 8 second test
• Brevity and readability

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Parts of a Resume
Objective

• Heading

Education
References
Related Skills
Activities
Experience
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The Heading

• Preferably at the top in the center or right
  side
• Name, address and phone number
• Email
• accessible after graduation or in summer
• Professional address
• Not slacker_35_at_zetzero.com
• Not needz_da_muney_at_zetzero.com

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Heading Examples
DO
DONT

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Objective

• Always include an objective
• Apply to a specific position if possible
• Stay off the soap box
• Be concise

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Objective examples
Dont write a novel
I smell Fear!
Too brief!
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Education

• Include the following
• Institution of study(s)
• Degree(s) and Major(s)
• Honors
• Do I have to include my GPA?
• If absent, employers will assume GPA lt 2.8
• If present, designate a scale i.e. 3.2/4.0
  

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Experience

• List all work experiencewithin reason
• Include accomplishments not just
  responsibilities
• Have you been in the working world?
• Hands up if you have work experience

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Related Skills

• Maximize this field!!!
• Include relevant courses
• List computer skills here
• Connect the dots for the employer

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Activities

• List them all and have a balance
• Student groups (FBLA, DECA, FCCLA)
• Professional affiliations (Microsoft)
• Athletic groups
• Hobbies

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References

• Keep it to three
• One personal, scholastic and professional
• Be sure theyre still there and reachable
• Are they a good reference?

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Style

• Free of Grammatical and Spelling Errors
• Easy to read font 12 or 14 pt.
• Categorize information
• Read down
• One page for a high school student

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Ready?

• Research a company that you would like to work
  for in the summer of 2014 or upon graduation from
  high school
• Be ready to back up anything on the resume
• Have at least two friends proofread and critique

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Reference

• Jackman, K. (n.d.). Retrieved July 17, 2013 from
  the West Virginia University PowerPoint
  http//www.geo.wvu.edu/wilson/resumebuilding.ppt