Writing a Resume

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Writing a Resume
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What Is a Resume?

• A lifes worth of experience and education
  summarized in one or two pages thats a resume.
• Designed to get you a job.

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What Does A Resume Look Like?

• A resume is organized into sections.
• The information you share falls under general
  headings.
• The headings are typed in bold.
• The font for a resume is 12.
• Use bulleted lists for your facts.

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First Things First

• The first thing on a resume is your personal
  information. It does not require a heading.
• Name
• Address
• Phone Number
• Email address

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Job Objective or Job Goal

• This is the first heading.
• This is where you briefly say what you want to
  do/what you are looking for. E.G.
• A position providing friendly and reliable
  customer service in retail.

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Education

• This is the second heading.
• This is where you list the schools you have
  attended. List the most recent first.
• 2000-present Bedford South School.
• 1995- 2000 Basinview Drive
  Community School.

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Work Experience or Work History

• List you work experience beginning with your most
  recent job
• 2002-2003 Mowed lawn and shoveled
  snow for several neighbours.
• 2001-2002 Provided after school care for
  two.
• elementary school
  children.

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Volunteer Experience

• List volunteer activities
• Assistant coach, U10 Soccer
• Member of Student Leadership Team

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Interests and Hobbies

• Member of Under 14 Scotia Olympics, Tier 1 Team
• Avid reader
• Piano Completed Level 8 Canadian Conservatory

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References

• Include a list of 3 people who can be contacted
  to vouch for you. Be sure to ask before you
  include a reference.
• Include their names, addresses, and phone
  numbers
• Name, Name, Principal
• Bedford South School
• 2 Oceanview Drive
• Bedford, NS.
• B2A 3J2

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Ways to Write a Loser Resume

• Use crayons to give it colour.
• Get them to find 10 misspelled words.
• Use your Mom as a reference.
• Use construction paper.

• Under Skills list how many times youve been
  grounded.
• Show them how good you are at using white out.
• Under Activities write Sleep In.

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Basic Facts to Remember

• Resumes arent wordy. Get to the point.
• Do not include personal information like marital
  status, age, race or social insurance number.

• You have all of 30 seconds to make your case to
  the person reading your resume.

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Final Words

• Absolutely no mistakes, no white-out, no typos or
  misspelling have others proof it for
  readability.
• Don't trust spell check, a word may be spelled
  correctly but doesn't make cents. (sense). Get
  the point.
• Spell out months, names of cities, streets,
  provinces - don't abbreviate.

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Final, Final Words

• A12 point Times Roman or Arial font is
  recommended.
• Do not mix fonts on one resume - stick with one.
• Boldface your sections and headings.
• Only use two or three maximum indents throughout
  the resume. Keep it clean and simple.