Resume 101

Format

100

The length a high school resume should be.

One Page

200

How many fonts should you use on your resume?

1

Professional, simple fonts (Times New Roman, Arial, Calibri).

300

What range of font sizes are most appropriate for a resume? 

10–12-point font

400

These fun, colorful, "ready-made" resume formats should NOT be used when creating your resume.

templates

500

Instead of full sentences, these types of statements should be used when outlining your experience.

Bullet statements

Sections

100

This section includes your name, address, phone number and email address.

Heading Section

200

This section (statement) follows the heading section and includes your purpose for your resume and goals.

Objective Statement 

Are you looking to gain work experience? Part-time work? Skills? 

300

Includes your name of school, city, and state, graduation year, and sometimes GPA.

Education Section 

400

This section outlines your experience related to the job.

Work Experience or Relevant Experience

500

Outlines skills that you have that are directly related to the position in which you are applying.

Skills Section

Include both hard (technical) and soft (transferable) skills.

True or False

100

It is ok to lie a little bit on your resume to look better.

False!

Honesty is key!  They will be able to tell your lie when you interview.

200

You should include your middle school education in your resume.

False

Once you are in high school, you should only list your current high school education.

300

[e-mail] and [e-mail] are appropriate email addresses to list on your resume.

FALSE! 

Time to get professional!

400

You should customize your resume to fit the job description and company you are applying for.

TRUE!

Key words should from the job description and required qualifications should be included in your resume.

500

You should include your gender, age/DOB on your resume.

FALSE!

Do not include anything that could be used as discriminating. 

Experience

100

A title that describes someone's job or position.

Job Title

200

Experience you have, but did not get paid for.  You may do it for community service hours, or just because you enjoy it.

Volunteer Experience

300

In addition to the company name, location, your job title, and bullet statements, what else should be listed for each experience?

Dates of Employment 

400

Each experience should include how many bullet statements outlining your duties and accomplishments?

3-5

500

(True or False) If you do not have any paid work experience, you do not list any experience on your resume.

FALSE! 

We will be creative - we can use relatable class projects, field trips, course work, clubs, sports, and volunteer work.

Miscellaneous

100

Your personal hobbies and interests should be included on your resume.

It depends! 

Only if it is relevant to the job.

200

If you are a captain on a team, you can list this as leadership experience on your resume

Yes!

300

Bullet statements for job duties and accomplishments start with this to sound more impactful and dynamic.

Action Verb

(examples - developed, implemented)

400

Each section/experience you include should be listed in this order.

Most recent to oldest

(Reverse chronological order)

500

(Yes or No) A nice picture of yourself or selfie on your resume is appropriate.

No!

Save your professional photo for LinkedIn.