1. What are they and how do I write one??
Resumes 101
What are they and how do I write one??

2. The Resume Basics Resume: Is that French for job application?
A resume is
First impression with a future employer
Self-marketing tool outlining your skills and experiences
It shouts HIRE ME!!!

3. Resume Formats
Chronological
Functional
Combination

4. Building Blocks of a Resume
What should you include?
Contact information
Objective
Education
Profile
Skills
Work history
What else??

5. Resume Heading: Brand Yourself!!
Sally Summers
1234 Overland Trail, Fort Collins, CO (970)
Joe Schmoe
5556 Redrobin Ln (970)
Fort Collins, CO
Kristin Pattinson
2222 Quebec Street, Ontario 66425
(303)

6. Give your resume a title geared towards what you’re applying for
Objective
Give your resume a title geared towards what you’re applying for
Customer Service
Lawn Care
Server
Using the job description highlight the skills
You have that they are asking for!

7. Skills Section This is the body of your resume
Tailored to the job you’re applying for
Think about what the employer would want to see
3-4 headliner skills you can provide examples for (transferable skills)
Use bullet points

8. Skill Summary Excellent Communication Skills
Work well in teams or independently
Excellent planning and coordination skills
Driven to excellence
Hard working out of the box thinker

9. MDCW Principle Excellent Communication Skills Work well in teams
or independently
Excellent planning and
coordination skills
Driven to excellence
Hard working out of the box thinker

10. Skill Summary
Example
Excellent communication skills demonstrated through customer service experience and public speaking
Ability to multitask and handle multiple responsibilities and activities at once
Strong work ethic gained through supporting self and excelling in education
Aptitude for learning computer programs and activities quickly; Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher, Power Point

11. Skills Section At a loss for ideas? Cheat! Use a job description!
Google search: ONET Online
Where else can you get this information?

12. Experience Section Use paid and unpaid experiences
Provide dates if you can, fill in the gaps
Child Care, Various Employers May 08-present
Fort Collins, CO
Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity Summer 09

13. Education Keep it SIMPLE Rocky Mountain High School Present
Fort Collins, CO GPA 3.2
Loveland High School-Loveland, CO
Expected Graduation: May 2012

14. Education Add Flare! Polaris Expeditionary Learning School Present
Fort Collins, CO GPA 3.2
-Such and such award for….
-Honor’s Student present

15. Ways to Destroy your Marketing
Bizarre graphics & nutty fonts
Incerektly speled werds
Entirely too lengthy with random information that doesn’t seem to flow well with the rest of the things you’ve put on there people don’t want to read a page full of text…..
Generic
Exaggerations

16. Putting it all Together
Questions??