2. Agenda for Today
Get your notebook & organize your papers
What was the College of the Day on Tuesday?
Subiendo: The Academy for Rising Leaders
– http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/HLI/Subiendo.aspx
Practice ACT test Tuesday and Thursday after
Thanksgiving from 4:30-8pm! Sign Up
Family Volunteer Day- This Saturday 9am-12pm
– East Metro Park clean up: 18701 Blake Manor Rd. Manor, Texas
CollegeGreenLight.com- Create account & look up
scholarships
– On the 3rd page, under ORGANIZATION type in “College
Forward” and select me as your coach.
3. Do’s & Don’t of Resume writing
DON’T DO
Use the word “I” Use sentence fragments in the past tense
Share too much info like Instead of “I assisted my teacher with
birthday, religion, weight, social security organization”, write “Assisted teacher
number, links to social media sites, ect. with organization.”
Make grammar mistakes and typos Proof read and have others review your
Make resume too long- limit to one resume
page, front-only Put information in reverse chronological
Skimp on information order with most current job or activity first:
List everything that you have been Target, cashier, June 2012 – present
involved in during high school McDonald’s, cashier, November 2011 –
Be modest April 2012
Show off what you have accomplished Turn accomplishments into numbers
especially if it’s unique and interesting! Instead of “Managed the front desk of a
Worry! gym by checking in patrons at the front
You will continually be updating your desk,” try “Managed a 230,000 square
resume, use this as a motivation for foot gym by checking in patrons at the
getting involved front desk”
4. Action words!
Directed Examined
Managed Investigated
Led Revised
Designed Simplified
Reorganized Improved
Accomplished Implemented
Performed Negotiated
Completed Demonstrated
Achieved Conducted
Started Evaluated
Established Introduced
Guided
Organized
5. Example Resume!
•AP and Honors classes
should be included under the
high school section
•Be sure to include everything
you have been involved in or
accomplished since Freshman
year of high school
•College Forward counts too!
•Include how often you were
involved per week as well as
hours per week and the
duration of your involvement
•This will always be a work in
progress as you should
continually be updating your
resume
•First copy due by the end of
this month!
6. Resume Examples
• Diana’s CoFo Senior
• Mine!
• Use resume primer & hand write resume
• Have at least one person review it
• Pocket mobile resume app for iPads
