Name
Mailing address
Phone number
E-mail address
Date [Month and year only]
Future goals: Make “To” statements…like
To acquire a high school diploma, to graduate with honors, to become
FFA President my senior year, and to be accepted into the DVM Pre-Med Program at Virginia Tech. [Sentence fragments errors are conventional format throughout.]
Current and past employment: List the jobs you’ve
had…not just places like Applebee’s, but name your job title, like server…and tell types of duties you performed if not self-evident in job title. Don’t worry about dates and addresses. Also include jobs you receive
no payment for. Include jobs you only did once. Don’t forget jobs like Vacation Bible School Pre-K Counselor or installing high-tensile cattle fencing.
Awards, certifications, and accolades: First
list everything you received a trophy, award, certificate for like FFA
Treasurer—Greenbrier East Chapter, CPR card, WV State Fair Blue Ribbon Barrel Racing—Junior Girls, Izaak Walton League’s Stream
Watchers Certificate, then list/name items that have no corresponding artifacts,
like Best Haiku poem in Mr. Mullens' 8th grade third period
class.
Technology skills: List everything from software
you know, like Proficient with MS Excel and Adobe PageMaker, to GPS, diagnostic tools, automotive
electronics, science class probes and anything that requires electricity and/or a manual to operate. Can install a stick of RAM and similar computer hardware components. Maintatin two Webpages. [Frowned upon to list computer
games you’ve mastered.]
Inside skills: List tasks you can perform inside
that don’t involve technology, like infant child-care, Thai food
preparation, restroom cleaning.
Outside skills: Have a WV Class B driver’s
license, can operate a forklift, Catepillar D9 Earthmover, and a John Deere 9770 STS combine. Skilled horse rider. Skilled
in all types of lawn maintenance equipment and firewood gathering machinery.
Classes and courses that enhance my future goals: Spanish III Honors, Accounting II, AP Biology II, Chemistry II, desktop publishing,
anatomy-physiology.
[Place in order of what you consider most important.]
Current and past extracurricular activities: Boy
Scouts since grade 3, organized mud-bogging racer, high school football—right tackle GEHS, poetry writing, song writing,
banjo playing. [It’s surprising how you can be awarded a job or scholarship
based mostly upon a shared interest you have with the person reading your resume.]
Interesting facts about me: I can shoot out
the eye of a squirrel with a .22 rifle while bare-back riding an Appaloosa stallion. Nine teachers have told me I am going
to become President of the United States.
References: List names, addresses, phone numbers,
and e-mail addresses of people who will say good things about you. Best if you have a former boss, a teacher/principal/counselor/coach,
etc. Tell their relationship to you, like Mr. Barry Rich, former English
teacher, nunyabizness@zmail.com. [Frowned upon if you list family members.]
