Resume Building
How can we identify who a resume belongs to?
By putting your name, phone number, email, and address.
What are applications good for?
Why should I be concerned about building skills?
Skills are necessary to building a career, they make you marketable, employers look for individuals with select skills to help them in their work force.
Can you tell me a little bit about yourself?
What are you interested in?
How do you spend your free time?
What's a skill you practice on occasion?
Anyone is capable of making a resume
True
List 2 appropriate skills that you can list on your resume
Examples: Communication, Active listening, Collaborator, Planner, Self-starter, Flexible
Are applications paper of electronic?
They can be both. Some places you turn in applications in person and others online.
Where can I learn skills?
School, home, on my own, from my friends and family, etc.
What is one of your strengths?
You decide your strengths. A noteworthy strength is applied to job you are applying for. Give me your strength and why it is a strength.
You don't have to be timely for a job interview.
False. First impressions are important.
Who can you turn to help you build a resume?
Me, your friends, family, youth peers, youtube tutorials, etc.
Where can I submit a job application?
Local fast food restaurant, grocery store, help wanted signs, LinkedIn, Indeed, Monster.com, etc.
Other answers accepted.
Tell me a skill you have and what career it would be good for?
Example: motivational interviewing for social work. It helps builds intrinsic motivation in others to help them build themselves up and change for the better.
What is one of your weaknesses?
A good weakness is one that can be fixed or doesn't impact the job you're applying for. For example, perfectionism, you want everything to be perfect when you only need to make things meet standard.
The following email is appropriate for a resume: lazysnoozer34@gmail.com
False
How can I get experience even if I'm not able to work?
Volunteering, doing chores for your family, extracurricular activities, hobbies, etc
What's important to ensure that an employer can reach out to me if they like my resume?
Name, address, email, phone number, fax
Who do you rely to learn from and how are they teaching these skills to you?
My dad is a data analyst at T-mobile. He teaches me how he uses Excell's formula for work.
Tell me about a time you struggled with a problem and how you overcame it.
My example is I was the worst player on softball team. I couldn't hit, catch, and was repeatedly one of the people that got out for our team. To overcome this problem, I practiced with my roommates after classes, on the weekend, on my own time. I ran drills to improve where I was weak and eventually, I was able to somewhat consistently run on base.
Now let me hear your example.
It is recommended that your put your friends and families as references.
Typically False. Unless you worked for a business owned by a family or friend, family and friends are usually unqualified to validate your experiences.
What would be helpful to you for making a resume?
Let me hear your questions.
How do I increase my chances of my application getting an interview?
Research the place you're applying to, look at the skills they're looking for and tailor your application to their needs, be consistent and reach out.
Other answers are supported.
What's a skill you're working on or would like to work on and how will it help you in the future.
A skill I would like to develop is interviewing. I want to be able to host coffee chats with other people in my field and learn what skills they're developing and how it will serve them. This will help me find out what is valuable in the field of social work and therefore make myself more valuable in the field.
What questions do you have for me the interviewer?
Tell me how I can build a career here.
What does a typical day look like?
What challenges will I face?
Who can I reach out to if I need help?
Provide your own questions?
Can you apply for jobs even if you already have one?
True