1. Mr. Burdett

2. ◦ An easy to read snap shot of who you are and what experience you have. ◦ It is an overview of your:  Grades, activities, honors, experience, travel, leadership, work experience and community service.

3. ◦ Job applications  Determines if you are a good fit for the job  Does not get you the job but will help get you an interview. ◦ Letters of recommendation  Detailed facts about your interests, activities and honors.  Give a resume instead of a Brag sheet ◦ Some college applications will ask for a resume if you have one.

4.  Mostly keep it to one page, if possible.  For letters of recommendation you want to be as detailed as possible ◦ Try to include as much detail as needed so do not worry about the length

5.  Activities, community service and job history during High School  Do not include Middle School information.  Include:  Length of time you have participated  Short description  Skills you have learned  Leadership positions you have held.  Example: Key Club (2011, 2012, 2013, Present) - Treasurer 2013 - Community service club on campus that has taught me how to sacrifice for others

6. ◦ All honors or achievement awarded throughout high school including: honor roll, high honors, Christian leader award, Christian servant, best defensive soccer player, most improved swimmer, etc. ◦ List everything in chronological order (with most recent first)  Example: first list the sports you played in 12 th grade and then list those you played in 11 th grade, etc.

7.  To prepare your own resume that will be put in your senior portfolio and that you can use for letters of recommendation, college applications or job applications.

8.  In Naviance you will build a resume for your English assignment.  Begin by filling out your brag sheet (as detailed as possible)  Review templates and sample resumes  Begin filling out a blank template  Login to Naviance and choose each category to add and type what you wrote on your template.

17.  Don’t waste the effort by losing this resume.  In the future you will want to tailor your resume to the job you are applying to.  You will also want to replace high school information with college information.

18. ◦ Use the information from your Brag Sheet to help you create your resume. ◦ Keep your descriptions short, specific, positive and action-oriented. ◦ The goal is to describe your activity or accomplishment in a way that shows what you have learned from the experience. ◦ Examples of action-oriented words: accomplished, determined, inspired, influenced, attained, achieved, coached, etc.

19. ◦ Work experience can be full-time, part-time, volunteer work, mission trips, community service organizations, and summer workshops, etc. ◦ You will want to describe your outstanding accomplishments or what you have learned from these experiences.  This is one of the most important aspects of your resume along with your academic accomplishments.

20. ◦ Don’t worry if you have nothing in a certain category.  Just cut the category out of your resume.  Only list headings that you have information for. ◦ If you are not sure if you should include an activity, put it in!  Sometimes the activity that seems insignificant is NOT at all!  It gives a future employer a sense of who you are.

21. ◦ Create your resume in Naviance and then print it ◦ EDIT! EDIT! EDIT! Make sure that the resume is perfect with no grammatical errors. ◦ Check out this website for more tips: www.tonybeshara.com/tips/resumes www.tonybeshara.com/tips/resumes

22.  Take the time to write down who you will ask to write you letters of recommendation.  Ask the teachers who know you well and who you enjoy their subject.  When you ask each teacher give them a brag sheet (you may also give them your resume) and provide a thank you note.  Give each teacher at least two weeks to write your letter  You must request the teacher to write you a letter through Naviance.