1. Creating Your Résumé
Facilitators:
Emily Robbins & Kyla Pierce

2. ● Questions? Raise your hand!
● Tell us if we are going too fast
● Participation encouraged
● Ask for clarification or more
examples if needed
● Be respectful of everyone
Student Responsibilities

3. ● Help students understand the material
● Start on time and end on time
● Stimulate students’ thinking
● Accomidate different learning styles
● Be respectful of everyone
Facilitator Responsibilities

4. Agenda
● What is a résumé?
● Why make a résumé?
● What goes in a résumé?
● Activity
● Types of résumés

5. Agenda Continued
● Résumé do’s and don’ts
● Resources
● Contact information

6. What is a résumé?
A brief written account of educational and
professional qualifications and experience.

7. Why make a résumé?
● To get an interview
● Marketing tool: speaks for you
● Provides future employer a summary of your
skills and accomplishments

8. What do you think goes in a résumé?

9. Activity
● Fill out the ‘Work Experience and Skills’
handout found in your packet
● Take about 10 minutes

11. Essential
Skills
Strong
Work Ethic
Positive
Attitude
Communication
Time
Management
Customer
Service
Problem
Solving
Teamwork
Leadership
Detail Oriented
Organized
Ability to follow directions
Self-motivated

12. Chronological Résumé
● Displays a history of your employment and
education
● Most common
● Currently working or were working
● Goes backwards in time

13. Functional Résumé
● Emphasizes your acquired skills and
competencies
● Focuses on skills and strengths
● Used if someone has no work experience or
out of the workforce
● Skills and qualifications section located near
the top

14. Cross Functional Résumé
● Combines both chronological and functional
résumés
● Also called Combination Résumé

15. Résumé Do’s
● Target your qualifications for the specific job
● Keep it to two pages or less
● Label the second page
● Free of errors
● Use action verbs
● Clear, short descriptions

16. Résumé Don’ts
● Avoid abbreviations and acronyms
● Never use pronouns- I, me, our, my
● No fancy fonts
(use Arial or Times New Roman)
● No personal information
● No photos
● Never staple or fold- use a paperclip

17. Resources
● O*NET OnLine
● Career Center
● Classroom teachers
● WorkSource Youth Center

18. ● onetonline.org
● Use “Occupation Quick Search”
● Shows information about:
o Job titles
o Job descriptions
o Tasks
o Skills
● Don’t plagiarize!
O*NET OnLine

19. Contact Information
WorkSource Youth Center @ Everett Train Station
2nd Floor, Suite 200
3201 Smith Avenue
Everett, WA 98201
Aldo Nunez, Employment Specialist
Phone: 425-374-8608
Email: aldo.nunez@rescare.com
Hours: Monday - Friday 8am-5pm
http://go2worksource.com