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Creating your Résumé

Creating your Résumé. Computer Information Technology. Objectives. The Student will: Be able to complete a résumé using one of the templates. Starting Your Résumé . Before you create your résumé you should decide what “categories” you will include.

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Creating your Résumé

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  1. Creating your Résumé Computer Information Technology

  2. Objectives • The Student will: • Be able to complete a résumé using one of the templates

  3. Starting Your Résumé • Before you create your résumé you should decide what “categories” you will include. • For a High School student I recommend the following: • Objective • Education • Work Experience • Volunteer Experiences • Extracurricular Activities • Languages • Computer Skills

  4. Picking a Résumé Template • There are many résumé templates available in office 2007. • Many from monster.com • Some from users • A few from Microsoft. • Pick a template you find aesthetically pleasing (i.e. it looks good!) • You want your résumé to stand out but don’t go overboard.

  5. Résumé Template • Remove what’s there and add your information. • Keep the style Once you have selected your template you begin to customize it…

  6. Résumé Objective: Tailor this to the job your looking for Experience: Give some details Extracurricular: Include any leadership roles or awards Skills: include any skills that set you apart from the other applicants

  7. First Impressions • Résumé is often the first impression an employer has of you. • Does it look professional? • Is everything spelled correctly? • Did you use upper and lower case letters?

  8. True Example ATTN:Nancy J. Apke Hello I would like to introduce myself. My name is xxxxxxxxxxx. I apply to CPS for the position of Security Officer. I was inform to contact the school of my chose. So I would like to contact you to find out if you are hired for Public Saftery Officer. If you are hired can you please contact me at 773-XXX-XXXX. Hopr to hear from you soon. Thank You. This email was received last year: What do you think Ms. Glynn thought of this person?

  9. What’s wrong with this résumé?

  10. Summary • Using the résumé template creates a professional looking résumé in little time • Check and double check your résumé. It’s the first impression you will make.

  11. Rest of Today • Use a résumé template and the data from yesterday to create a personal résumé. • Complete sentences are not required but proper English is. • Show me your résumé when complete

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