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Build Your Résumé: In-Class Activity Guide

This document provides guidance to help build a resume by answering questions about skills, experience, education, and objectives. It includes examples of different types of job skills and prompts the reader to list their own skills in different areas. The reader is also asked to write an objective statement describing the type of job they are seeking, as well as list any relevant prior experiences, education level, and honors or awards. The purpose is to help the reader gather the necessary information to write their own resume.

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Build Your Résumé: In-Class Activity Guide

This document provides guidance to help build a resume by answering questions about skills, experience, education, and objectives. It includes examples of different types of job skills and prompts the reader to list their own skills in different areas. The reader is also asked to write an objective statement describing the type of job they are seeking, as well as list any relevant prior experiences, education level, and honors or awards. The purpose is to help the reader gather the necessary information to write their own resume.

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(1) In- Class Activity to build your résumé

In the spaces below, we will guide you towards writing your résumé. Answer the questions and use
the answers as the ingredients to your résumé.
If you have worked in the past (part-time, summer internship, family business, voluntary work), what
were the skills required for implementing the job? Even if you have no prior work experience, think
of the skills relevant to a job that you want to have. Following are some questions that may help in
this regard3:

1. Has your education so far equipped you with any specific skills that you want to list?
2. Do you have computer skills? What are they?
3. Do you have skills in operating special types of equipment?
4. What languages do you speak?
5. What special talents do you have?
6. What types of organizational skills do you have? Did you have an opportunity to work or lead in
a team environment?
7. Do you have successful prior experiences in writing reports or research papers?

Some examples of job skills:


üü Good team player
üü Has prior experience in leading teams
üü Experienced in writing research reports
üü Excellent command of a statistical software
üü Successfully managed a team of five employees over a six-month period
üü Knowledgeable about employment law
üü Good command of English, or any other language
üü Was directly involved in key presentations to corporate clients

My job skills are:


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3 Gill, A.M., & Lewis, S.M. 1996. Help Wanted. Waveland Press.

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What is your objective? What type of job are you seeking?

Example: To get an entry-level position in the graphic design department where I will be able to
make use of my education and prior experience for the purposes of contributing to the success of
the organization and gaining personal development.

Write your objective:

Do you have any prior experiences? If yes, write them including part-time work, internships,
voluntary work, and involvement in family business.

What is your educational level (including those that are expected by the time you join an organization)?

Have you ever received any honors or awards that could indicate your level of proficiency?

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