Teen Resume Writing Worksheet

The Five-Steps to Developing Your Resume

by Randall S. Hansen, Ph.D.

There really is not a whole lot of mystery behind developing and writing a good resume. It does take some time and effort -- and a good set of eyes to spell-check and proofread it -- but if you are serious about making a statement as a job-seeker, then use this worksheet as a guide for creating your resume.

1. All About You

1. Discern Your Skills, Talents, and Abilities (Note: talking to people about yourself, taking some assessments, and other self-discovery activities may help you with this section.)
   • What do you do best?
   • What are some of your favorite activities?
   • What does your family brag about you?
   • What types of things do you do for your family?
   • What types of things do you do for your friends?
   • What are your best subjects at school? Why?
   • What awards have you won?
   • What honors have you received?
2. Education and Training
   • List high school and all training (most recent first)
   • Identify certifications, honors, awards
3. Experience/Work History
   • List all work experience, paid or not (most recent first)
   • Include any jobs working for family business
   • Include part-time and summer jobs
   • List any entrepreneurial experience and odd jobs

2. Identify Resume Goal and Conduct Research

1. Job -- research job descriptions, requirements, skills, etc.
2. Education/Scholarship -- research requirements, values, etc.

3. Associate Yourself to Resume Goal

• Demonstrate abilities, skills, and strengths through specific examples
• Focus on accomplishments
• Use action verbs
• Quantify whenever possible

4. Develop Summary/Profile and Job Objective (Optional, but Recommended)

• Summary should be brief list (up to five) of attributes that make you perfect candidate -- shows your unique characteristics
• Summary statements must be supported by material in body of resume
• Job objective should be one short line identifying your goal.

5. Assemble Your Resume

1. Develop resume
   • Name and Contact Information
   • Summary and/or Objective
   • Education and Training
   • Honors and Distinctions/Awards
   • Experience/Work History
   • Skills
   • Activities/Volunteering/Community Service
2. Spellcheck and proofread
3. Ask for feedback

Resume Development Worksheet

1. What's the purpose of this resume?

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2. What are some of your unique talents, strengths, and abilities?

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3. What are your educational experiences?

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4. List each work experience, including two to four key attributes of what you accomplished in each job. Include all work experiences.

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Job #2_________________________________________________

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5. Once you have written a draft of the resume, check off each of these:

___ used action verbs
___ used specific examples
___ used bullets, phrases
___ used reverse chronological order
___ used clean design
___ used research
___ used feedback
___ used spellcheck, proofread

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