1. College and Career Readiness Computer Class 4/4/13 Today’s Icebreaker Activity… True or False? Make 3 statements about yourself to the class. Two statements are true, and one is false. Class will guess which is the false one.

2. Resumes Why do we have them?

3. Resumes What information do they contain?

4. Resumes What’s the anatomy of a resume, what’s in it? (ex: Personal Information)

5. Resumes How do we use language to make our resumes more professional? “A job? At may age? The only thing I’ve been paid for is babysitting!”

6. Formalizing our Experiences Informal: I was on a Relay for Life team Formal: Engaged in fundraising activities and promoted cancer awareness by participating in the Aurora Relay for Life event

7. Good Formalizing Words Action Verbs for Resumes Examples: Contributed, participated, engaged in, designed, organized, provided, performed, operated, completed, managed, initiated…others?

8. Talking About our Experiences Informal: I was on a Relay for Life team Formal: Engaged in fundraising activities and promoted cancer awareness by participating in the Aurora Relay for Life event Traits/Skills earned: Teamwork, teambuilding, personal responsibility, fiscal/financial accountability, outreach, civic engagement, etc…

9. Matching Game Match the informal description card to the formal description card Assign traits/skills developed Share with group

10. What are examples of your experiences?

11. Your Name Experiences/Skills InformalFormal Bulletpoint … Bulletpoint … Skills Obtained Bulletpoint …

12. How to categorize your experiences Personal Information Professional Goal or Intent (optional) Education Work Experience -Volunteer Experience Extra-curricula activities Awards/Special Recognition Hobbies/Interests Computer Skills Language Skills

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