Resume Writing for High School Students

1. Resume Writing for High School Students

2. What is a Resume? • Personal summary of your professional history and qualifications • Includes anything a person wants to express about: • Career goals • Education • Experience • Activities • Honors

3. Preliminary Research • Find out: • General job information • Desired qualifications and skills • Key values and word • Look on: • Company website • Job advertisement • Any publications about the company (magazine articles, etc.)

4. General Guidelines • Length: Limit resume to one typed page • Font: Arial or Times New Roman • Between 10-12 point font • Paper: Use 8 1/2” x 11” 20 lb paper • White, light cream, or grey

5. Sections

6. Contact Information • Include: • Name • Permanent address • Permanent phone number • Email address

7. Contact Information Cameo Bohnino Permanent Address: 5226 Buckbridge Fort Wayne, IN 46815 Phone: 260-482-6701 Cell: 765.410.6283 cbohnino@purdue.edu

8. Objective Statements • Two different approaches to objective statements • Brief and to the point • Detailed description of desired position and qualifications • You must decide which approach is best

9. First Approach: Brief To obtain a summer internship in sales/marketing at Owens Corning A full-time position as a system analyst A summer internship as a project engineer

10. Second Approach: Descriptive • A summer internship in a sales/marketing position at Owens Corning where I can employ my team building skills and versatility to create new ideas • A full-time position as a systems analyst which will allow me to use my programming, technical writing, and supervisory skills to lead a group of dynamic employees • A summer internship as a project engineer with a construction company that will utilize my experience in field engineering, cost controlling, and estimating

11. Education • Beginning with the highest level of educational achievement, include: • High school attended • Relevant courses • GPA (if 3.0 or above) • Date of program completion information

12. Education Bachelor of Science in ManagementDecember 2007 Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, West Lafayette, IN Minor: Marketing Current Overall GPA: 3.5/4.0

13. Work Experience • Include positions you have held which are related, in some way, to the job you are seeking • Can be both paid and volunteer positions • Be creative with this section of your resume by describing and emphasizing your experiences in the most relevant way possible.

14. Work Experience Server May 2003-June 2006 The Blu Tomato, Fort Wayne, Indiana • Provided customers with superior service and ensure their comfort in an upscale restaurant environment - Achieved net sales averaging between $400 and $750 a night Swim Coach Summers 2004-2005 Blackhawk Swim Team, Fort Wayne, Indiana • Improved the swimming skills of children ages 4-18 while encouraging the children to stay on task - Constructed line-ups for a competitive advantage at swim meets

15. Experience Purdue Athletic Promotions, West Lafayette, IN April 2004-Present Manager of Promotions for Purdue Swimming and Diving • Create and implement a promotional campaign to increase attendance at swimming and diving events • Design advertisements for newspapers, radio, and campus Blackhawk Swim Team, Fort Wayne, Indiana Summers 2004-2005 Swim Coach • Improved the swimming skills of children ages 4-18 while encouraging the children to stay on task • Constructed line-ups for a competitive advantage at swim meets

16. Activities, Honors, Volunteer Experience Purdue Equestrian Team Women in Business Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society Alpha Lambda Delta Phi Eta Sigma Boiler Gold Rush Team Leader School of Management Peer Mentor • Include relevant activities, honors, and volunteer experiences

17. Extra Tips • Ultimate goal is to get an interview • White space • Employer will only take 15 seconds to glance at a resume

18. Action Verb List • Action phrases will help you avoid being too brief and from understating your qualifications. • Example: • Before: Planned activities • After: Planned arts and crafts activities for preschool aged children

19. How to write a stellar Resume

20. Bad Resume • Contains errors. • Doesn’t summarize your skills and experience. • Bad resumes aren’t even looked at they are chucked in the trash.

21. Good Resume • Contains no errors. • States a brief summary of your skills and experience. • Usually are looked at once and then filed away.

22. Stellar Resume • Stands out! • Calls the reader to take action! • Gets you hired and moving up the corporate ladder.

23. Make a strong first impression. • Keep it short- one page if possible. • Be neat. • Be honest about your skills and experience. • Be concise and use action words and phrases. • Proof-read and have someone else check over it.

24. A stellar resume contains a convincing marketing strategy.

25. Convincing marketing strategy. • States what you have to offer the company • Sates your qualifications and expertise. • States your relevant experience and length of time you did it. • States what are your quantifiable results. • States how your worked impacted your employer’s bottom line