1. For High School Students
Resumes
For High School Students

2. What is a Resume?
A resume is a personal summary of your educational and professional history and qualifications.
It includes information about:
Your career goals
Education
Work experience
Activities
Honors
Any special skills you might have.

3. Key Components Heading Education Experience
Extra-Curricular Activities
Skills
Leadership
References- in resume or as an addendum

4. Additional Components To be included under previous mentioned topics
Personal skills and assets
Honors, awards and activities
Community service
Foreign language proficiency
Computer skills & applications
Volunteer experiences
Prospective colleges & universities (if applicable)

5. Why do you think a resume is important?

6. Common Mistakes Typos Slang or “text speak”
B4, U2,
Lies--- NEVER lie on a resume
Trusting Spell check: Which statement is correct A or B
A--Responsible for running a team of eight people.
B--Responsible for ruining a team of eight people.

7. Formatting & Appearance
Standard Template Provided

8. Heading
Includes contact information:
Top of the page
Name: large and bold- so it stands out!
Address: street, town, state & zip code
Telephone number(s): with professional message
address: professional looking is not appropriate) check on a daily basis

9. Heading
Mike Jones
1 Meadow Way, Altamonte Springs, FL (407)
Let’ complete our heading NOW
For the purpose of this resume we will use our school address and school
1550 Owens Store Road, Canton, GA 30115

10. Objective------ OPTIONAL
What is an objective?
A one sentence summary of position desired or of your career goals.
High School students only use an objective when they have a clear plan for the future and have possibly taken classes to help them reach that goal
Example- Health Care Science Classes completed and you want to work as a nurses assistant.

11. Education Name and location of the school
Graduation or anticipated graduation date
GPA – if 3.0 or higher
Only round to 2 decimal points
Relevant Coursework-
Career Pathway or other courses that may be relevant to your target audience

12. Education- Relevant Courses
List relevant courses that:
Help you stand out from the crowd
Have provided you with specific skills or knowledge
Spanish (4 semesters)
Computer Science
Marketing
Economics
Do not include courses that are part of a required curriculum-
Include courses that are at an advanced level if they are relevant to the position you are seeking

13. Let’s Complete our “Education” section now
School Information:
Creekview High School, Canton GA
Anticipated Graduation May 2018
Think about what you can include in your summary and begin typing a few things that you feel are relevant concerning you and your life goals.
CTAE Courses/Program Completer
GPA
Awards or honors

14. Samples of Education Section
Creekview High School, Canton GA Anticipated Graduation- May 2018
Over all GPA 3.0
Relevant Courses: Business Systems Technology; Marketing
Received an award for being a best student

15. Experience Remember – Experience can be:
Paid part-time/full-time positions
Internships
Volunteer work/ Community Service
Club/campus group involvement
Summer Jobs

16. Experience Guidelines for duties, responsibilities & accomplishments
Include most relevant skills & qualities
Most relevant information comes first
Use strong action verbs

18. Sample Experience Section
WORK EXPERIENCE
Waitress
Maddio’s Pizza Canton, GA
August 2017 to present
Provided excellent guest service
Dealt with complaints
Took orders and served guests in timely manner
Handled cash
WORK EXPERIENCE
Volunteer
XYZ Church, Canton, GA
Summers and 2017
Helped organize VBS
Assisted parents and student guest

19. Let’s work on our “Experience” section now
BRAINSTORM and discuss with others things that you have done that you can include in this section.
HOMEWORK--- if you have had a job in the past bring in necessary information to complete this section tomorrow.

20. Extra-Curricular Activities
State your extra-curricular activities.
Begin with the most recent first.
If you have several current activities, list the longest first.
If you have two or more meeting those specifications, begin with the most relevant to the objective
These do not only have to be school related
What are some activities you would like to include in this area?

21. Examples of Extra-Curricular Activities
Football (Captain, senior year)
Forensics (prepared memorized speeches as well as material for impromptu dialogue for monthly meets)
Future Business Leaders of America (Took first place in accounting and recordkeeping)
National Honor Society member
School play (Played lead role in South Pacific)
Soccer (Made varsity team as a sophomore)

22. Let’s work on our “Extra-Curricular” activities section now.

23. Skills What skills have you acquired?
This is a useful section, especially if you do not have much work experience.
Computer skills (specific programs)
Languages you speak
Any talent or ability that an employer may find useful

24. Specialized Skills
Include skills that make you unique, such as computer skills, foreign language skills, or military service.
Be specific in describing your special skills; name computer programs you know, how long you studied a foreign language, or been a member of a team.

25. Think about your skills and talents
Which skills/talents do you feel would be beneficial to list on your resume?
I DON’T HAVE ANY SKILLS– What do I do?

26. If you feel like you do not have any skills or talents do the following: Change the side heading “Skills” to “Personal Skills and Assets”

28. Sample Personal Skills and Assets Section
I am a hardworking young lady who is willing to learn more. I am responsible, motivated, educated and punctual. I am a friendly person who enjoys helping others.
SKILLS SUMMARY
Detail oriented and well organized
Excellent verbal and written communication
Strong customer service focus
Outgoing with a positive attitude
Professional demeanor

29. Sample Skills Section COMPUTER SKILLS
Experienced with Macintosh, IBM PC, Windows XP, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Publisher
LANGUAGES
Bilingual Spanish and English

30. Let’s work on our “Skills” section now

31. Leadership Leadership outside of school???
Academic teams (math team, debate club, etc.)
Arts (theater, band, choir, glee club, dance, etc.)
Athletic teams
Community service/volunteering
Employment (afterschool jobs, internships, etc.)
Peer tutoring/advising
Publications (school newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook, etc.)
CTAE Clubs (FBLA, DECA, FFA, FCCLA)
Student government
Leadership outside of school???

32. Let’s work on our “Leadership” section now

33. References
Choose references that are knowledgeable about your skills, abilities, and work ethics. Former employers, teachers, and counselors would be good references; your friends and relatives would not.
Always obtain permission from references in advance and provide them with current resume
Don’t catch a reference provider by surprise!

34. Sample References REFERENCES
Kristin Wilkin, English Teacher, Winter Park High School,
Bob Jones, Supervisor, Valley State Bank,
REFERENCES
Kristin Wilkin
Bob Jones
English Teacher
Supervisor
Winter Park High School
Valley State Bank