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Q5 Applying for a Job: Writing Your Resume

16. Career Prep

Tips for Writing Your Resume

Discussion Questions to think about as you play the video below:

  • What common mistakes do teens make on their resumes, and how can they be avoided?

  • How does tailoring a resume to a specific job or industry increase the chances of getting hired?

Resume Writing Tips for Teens

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Many new resume templates have a spot to insert a picture in your resume, but it is not recommended in the United States. Inserting a picture on job application materials breaks fair employment laws in some states.

You are ready to write your resume now. You will create it as if you were applying for your dream job. Remember, at this point, you will only share your resume with your teacher in your Career Prep Portfolio. Do not share any personal information on other online websites or platforms.

Step 1. Choose a resume template from one of the websites below. Update the information to match the job you are applying for.

Step 2. Writing your resume. Make sure to include the following sections in your resume:

  • Contact Information
  • Professional Summary
  • Experience
  • Education

  • Skills

Step 3. Check with your teacher about reviewing your resume before completing the writing process.

Step 4. Insert your completed resume into your Career Prep Portfolio - Q5 Writing Your Resume page.

You can check out the 16.Q5 Writing Your Resume as an example.


  16.Q5 Parts of a Resume

16.Q5 Cover Letter 

16.Q5 Student Checklist
 

16.Q5 Teacher Guide

MITECS  Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and

ISTE Standards for Students

1. Empowered Learner
a. Connect their learning needs, strengths and interests to their goals and use technology to help achieve them and reflect on their progress.
d. Understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use, and troubleshoot current technologies, and transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.

2. Digital Citizen
a. Manage their digital identity and understand the lasting impact of their online behaviors on themselves and others and make safe, legal and ethical decisions in the digital world.
b. Demonstrate empathetic, inclusive interactions online and use technology to responsibly contribute to their communities.

3. Knowledge Constructor
a. Use effective research strategies to find resources that support their learning needs, personal interests and creative pursuits.
c. Curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections or artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions
d. Build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions

6. Creative Communicator
a. Choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication
c. Use digital tools to visually communicate complex ideas to others.
d. Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.


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