Writing a Resume
Writing Your First Resume
While you may feel that writing a resume is not required to get your first job, it can help increase your chances of getting hired. A resume will demonstrate to a prospective employer that you have put effort into finding a job and will therefore put effort into a job for which you would be hired. A resume also allows you to highlight your strengths and interests, which enables you to stand out among other applicants.
Be sure to include experience like:
- Babysitting
- Lawn mowing
- Volunteer experience
- Skills learned in extracurricular activities
- Sports where you learned teamwork skills
- Leadership skills used as a club president, team captain, etc.
- Computer classes taken
- Communication skills demonstrated through papers written or presentations made
- Group project experiences which emphasize your collaboration skills
Other strengths you can include in your resume:
- Accuracy
- Cheerfulness
- Customer Service
- Dependability
- Collaboration
- Communication
- Computer skills
- Courteousness
- Energetic
- Enthusiastic
- Fast Worker
- Flexibility
- Able to Follow Instructions
- Friendliness
- Listening Skills
- Guest Services
- Hard Working
- Helpful
- Initiative
- Innovative
- Interpersonal Skills
- Leadership
- Learn Quickly
- Mathematical Skills
- Microsoft Office Proficiency
- Multi-tasking
- Organized
- People-oriented
- Positive Attitude
- Presentation Skills
- Punctuality
- Reading Skills
- Reliability
- Research Skills
- Responsibility
- Role Model
- Social Media Skills
- Teamwork
- Technology
- Willingness to Learn
- Writing Ability
- Written & Verbal Communication Skills
Start with a list of what you have done while in school, along with any extra-curricular activities you have been involved in, which have helped teach the skills you possess. Be sure to include your skills which match that of the job description for the position you wish to apply for.
