what is a good resume for a high school student?
king_art_thegreat asked:
im 15 years old and am applying for a job at a law office probably just running errands and filing while learning how to actually do the real stuff…and get paid! this job is perfect for me beacuse its the summer and theres no school but theyre asking for a resume, my last two jobs was choreorgraphing kids to dance in a routine, and filing in my uncle’s medical supply office, thats a pretty short resume, what else can i throw in there since im so young and dont have much to fill it with, considering dancing and medical supply have nothing to do with law and are actually frowned upon by the boss
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im 15 years old and am applying for a job at a law office probably just running errands and filing while learning how to actually do the real stuff…and get paid! this job is perfect for me beacuse its the summer and theres no school but theyre asking for a resume, my last two jobs was choreorgraphing kids to dance in a routine, and filing in my uncle’s medical supply office, thats a pretty short resume, what else can i throw in there since im so young and dont have much to fill it with, considering dancing and medical supply have nothing to do with law and are actually frowned upon by the boss
March 30th, 2009 at 4:40 am
Have you done any volunteer work? Involved with any school orgs? A resume at that age is skimpy and I’d be surprised if they’re sticklers about it.
Good luck with the job.
March 30th, 2009 at 7:49 am
List any volunteer activities you do, or school courses that you take like ROTC, Computers, Physics, anything that shows something involving the tasks you will be doing on the job to show your experience, and leadership skills, any organizations that you have been involved in for long periods of time or at least until your time was up
April 1st, 2009 at 5:54 am
You will want to concentrate more on the medical supply office work, since that will be the most similar to the errand/filing work you would be doing in the law firm. List out the types of tasks you performed in that job.
April 4th, 2009 at 11:58 am
briefly describe some things you participate in in school, talk about absences in school, tardies, detentions, stuff like that, anything to make you look like a more reliable person. If you have leadership activities in school, put those.
April 7th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
You want to do a skill oriented resume, not a chronological resume of jobs.
There is specific format for entry level resumes. You can use the resume wizard on Microsoft word and you will get a template such as this.
Your Address Here
Your Phone Number Here
Your Email Here
Your Name here
Objective[ Type Objective Here ]
Education[ Dates Attended ][ Company/Institution Name ] [ City, State ]
[ Degree/Major ]
[ Details of position, award, or achievement. ]
Awards received[ Click here and enter information. ]
Interests and activities[ Click here and enter information. ]
Work experience[ Dates Attended ][ Company/Institution Name ] [ City, State ]
[ Job Title ]
[ Details of position, award, or achievement. ]
Volunteer experience[ Click here and enter information. ]
Extracurricular activities[ Click here and enter information. ]
Focus on your computer and typing skills and any other skills you might have. If you have any thing such as attendance awards from school or anything you can include these.
April 9th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Add your school results, volunteer work, hobbies. Get references from teachers, church leaders, places you have worked/volunteered before. Are you any good at sports? Maybe a word from your sports teacher/coach. Include your school report and even a reference from you fav teacher might help. Any activities you do outside school that might help people. Like cleaning your gran’s house or doing the lawn or any clubs you are in like scouts, guides or marching girls.
Anything that will help you.
There are many web sites on writing a CV. (resume) is one for a start. Just copy one and add your own details. Go ask your employment or careers teacher, that’s what we used to call him in the 70’s at my school. Remember, your resume should include as much of the good things you have done in your life as it can.
Identify the job you want and add anything that you have done in your life that is oriented towards that job. Organisational things especially.
Good luck, let me know how you go.