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Crafting an Effective Resume: Essential Skills and Techniques

This guide provides a comprehensive overview of how to create an impactful resume that effectively presents your skills, experiences, and qualifications to potential employers. It includes warm-up activities for self-introduction, tips on using action verbs, and reflective questions to enhance the resume writing process. By examining sample resumes and engaging in peer discussions, you'll learn to communicate your value and suitability for desired positions clearly. This resource is vital for anyone looking to refine their resume for job applications.

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Crafting an Effective Resume: Essential Skills and Techniques

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  1. Resumes: Telling Potential Employers About Yourself

  2. Warm-up: Describe Yourself! • One-word Descriptions: • Introduce yourself to five classmates using only your name and one other word. • Who was most memorable to you and why? • Three-word Descriptions: • Introduce yourself to five classmates using only your name and three other words. • Who was most memorable this time and why? • What was hard? • What was easy?

  3. What is a Resume? • An introduction of yourself to potential employers • A list of your skills, experiences and qualifications • Describes how you would be a good fit in an organization

  4. Reading: In Your Resume Writing Workbooks… • Pair up and read pages 3-5 (what is a resume – what goes in a resume). • Discuss what you have learned with your reading partner. • Consider the following questions: • What could you put in your resume? • What are some good questions to ask about your own resume? • What kinds of things will employers be looking for in your resume? 15 minutes 4 minutes 8 minutes 9 minutes 7 minutes 1 minute 12 minutes 5 minutes 2 minutes 6 minutes 13 minutes 10 minutes 3 minutes 11 minutes 14 minutes

  5. Reading: In Your Resume Writing Workbooks… • Check out the action verbs tips on pages 7-9. What can you use in writing your resume? • Discuss what you have learned with people around you. • Consider the following questions: • What could you put in your resume? • Why are these action verbs suggested? 4 minutes 7 minutes 8 minutes 9 minutes 1 minute 2 minutes 5 minutes 6 minutes 10 minutes 3 minutes

  6. Thinking/Writing: • Complete the “components of a resume” worksheets on pages 6-9. • Think carefully about each section as you complete it. This is practice for making a good resume. • Consider the following questions: • What does your resume really say about you? • Could someone else really understand you based on what you wrote? • How well does this resume reflect you? 15 minutes 4 minutes 8 minutes 9 minutes 7 minutes 1 minute 12 minutes 5 minutes 2 minutes 6 minutes 13 minutes 10 minutes 3 minutes 11 minutes 14 minutes

  7. Think/Pair/Share • In pairs divide and read through the sample resumes between pages 12-20. • As you read look for things that you like in each resume. • How are skills and experiences communicated? • How is education used to highlight qualifications? • What layout styles are used? • Share what you like about the resumes you read with your partner. • Discuss: What are the best things to do when making your resume? 15 minutes 4 minutes 8 minutes 9 minutes 7 minutes 1 minute 12 minutes 5 minutes 2 minutes 6 minutes 13 minutes 10 minutes 3 minutes 11 minutes 14 minutes

  8. What Have You Learned About Resumes? Make a stamp in your passport for resumes. Keep your resume as you will need to make use of it for the culminating assignment of this unit.

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