How to write a high school resume
By Fred Pinnegar, Resume Coach and Professional Writer Free Tip:
Steps: 1. Identification. Provide complete information at the top of the resume to identify yourself. Include name, address, phone number, and e-mail address, as well as a fax number, if you have one. Make sure that you use an e-mail address-such as your first and last name or your first and middle initials with last name-that is appropriate for business correspondence. You don't want to use your funny or cute e-mail address that you chose when you were 12. Symmetrically balance the contact information, and make your name stand out. Billy Smith
2. Objective. Use an objective section to define the position you seek. Echo the language of the job advertisement or posting if you are replying to one. JOB OBJECTIVE
JOB OBJECTIVE
3. Education. State your year in school, the high school you attend, and your anticipated date of graduation. Note future educational plans if you know them (see below). You can also list important courses you have taken and projects completed that are directly relevant to the job you seek. EDUCATION Relevant coursework:
4. Future Plans. If you have educational plans for the near future, you might include them. FUTURE PLANS
5. Work experience. If you have previous work experience, particularly in jobs similar to the one for which you are applying, identify them by job title, the name of the place where you worked, and dates of employment. Itemize responsibilities, skills, duties, and achievements particularly relevant to the job objective or specifications in the job posting or advertisement. WORK EXPERIENCE Life Guard, Community Pool, Mesa, Arizona. Summer 2008 WORK EXPERIENCE Short-order cook, King Burgers Restaurant, Nashville, Tennessee. January 2008-Present 6. Activities. This section may include extracurricular activities, sports, and clubs you have been participating in during high school. Listing these activities demonstrates your leadership skills, sociability, and energy level. State the activity, when it took place, and your position or role in it. Itemize responsibilities, skills, duties, and achievements particularly relevant to the specifications included in the job posting or advertisement. ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOL Football (Captain, senior year) 7. Honors and awards. Itemize awards and achievements received, including competitive scholarships based on ability rather than need. HONORS Senior Class President 8. Language. List languages you have studied besides English (or the dominant language of the country in which you reside). Indicate your degree of proficiency (good, fair, excellent, near-native) in reading, writing, and speaking. LANGUAGES Spanish 1, 2, and 3; fair reading, writing, and speaking skills 9. References. You should include a reference page with your resume. A reference page is a list of contacts who know you well and who can vouch for your knowledge and skills in a particular area, your ability to work hard, or your previous work experience. Some applicants choose not to include a reference sheet with their resume and instead include a statement such as “References Available upon Request” on their resume, but doing so is discouraged. Busy hiring managers or human resource representatives may not feel like putting in the extra time and effort to contact you in order to obtain your references, so you might find yourself out of the running prematurely if you choose not to include your references with your resume. REFERENCES Larry Gibson
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