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Resumes
For High School Students
What is a Resume?
A resume is a summary of your academic and professional
history and qualifications.
Key Components
 Heading
 Education
 Experience
 Skills
 References- in resume or as an addendum
General Formatting & Appearance
Make your name stand out with a bold, larger font size
Use standard fonts such as Times New Roman, Arial, or Courier
(if applying for a corporate job)
Type Size: 10 - 12 Point (except for name in heading)
White, beige, or light gray quality bond paper
Limit entry-level resume to ONE typed page
Standard academic paper rules apply (e.g. no contractions!)
Be sure it prints well!! (Test it out at home!)
Heading
Includes contact information:
 Top of the page
 Name: large and bold, so it stands out!
 Address: street, town, state & zip code
 Telephone number(s): with professional message
 Email address: professional looking ([email protected] is not
appropriate)
 Check e-mail on a daily basis
Sample Headings
Mike Jones
1 Meadow Way
Altamonte Springs, FL 32116
(407) 555-1234
[email protected]
Susan Williams
[email protected]
Current Address
325 Maple St
Orlando, FL 32837
(407) 555-3357
Permanent Address
55 Sycamore Drive
Miami, FL 36829
(305) 555-4429
CHRIS SMITH
83 Prospect Road  Orlando, FL 32837  (407) 555-8975  [email protected]
Education
 Listed in REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL order
 Name and location of the school
 Dates attended (e.g. September 2014 – present)
 List major, minor, and area(s) of concentration
 Graduation date or anticipated graduation date
 CGPA – if 3.0 or higher and/or major GPA
 Honors
 Relevant Coursework
 Unless you are more than three years out of school, your education section
should precede your experience section.
Education - Relevant Courses
 List relevant courses that:
 Help you stand out from the crowd
 Have provided you with specific skills or knowledge
 Courses that are at an advanced level if they are relevant to the position
Education - Honors
 Under each educational degree you should include an honors
subsection (if applicable)
 List any awards or distinctions you received such as:
 Dean’s List, cum laude, or Phi Beta Kappa (Because they are Latin phrases, magna,
summa, and cum laude should always appear in italicized lower case letters
 At most, you should include 3-5 entries, listing too many detracts from
the most important entries
 Be sure to include a brief explanation of any awards or distinctions that
are not familiar to most readers
Samples of Education Section
EDUCATION
Stuyvesant High School; New York, NY
September 2011 – June 2015
•Graduated: June 2015
•GPA 93/100
•Relevant Courses: Business Systems Technology; Marketing
Experience
 Experience can be:
 Paid part-time/full-time positions
 Internships
 Volunteer work/Community Service
 Club/campus group involvement
 Summer jobs
 The most important aspect is that they are RELEVANT!
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Experience
• Listed in REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL order
• Name and location of the institution
• Position title (Not sure? Call them up!)
• Dates worked (e.g. September 2015 – present)
• List duties, responsibilities, and accomplishments in bullet form
• You should have AT LEAST 2 bullets of responsibilities, else it’s not
worth listing!
• Use proportional length in descriptions. The more important, the
longer the description!
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Experience (cont’d)
 Guidelines for duties, responsibilities & accomplishments
 Use action verb + purpose format
 Provide evidence of skills & qualities by
 Quantifying information
 Acknowledging accomplishments/awards
 Most relevant information comes first
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Sample Experience Section
WORK EXPERIENCE
Valley State Bank, Queens, NY
July 2013 - Present
Bank Teller
• Provided friendly, professional customer service to over 100 customers each day.
• Issued money orders, travelers checks, loan payments and deposits/withdrawals
in order to expedite customer processing.
Specialized Skills
 Include skills that make you unique, such as computer skills
or foreign language skills
 Be SPECIFIC in describing your special skills;
 Name computer programs you know
 Level of fluency in a foreign language
 DO NOT OVERRATE YOUR SKILLS.You may be asked to
demonstrate them during an interview
Sample Skills Section
COMPUTER SKILLS
Experienced with Macintosh, Windows XP, Microsoft Word, Microsoft
PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Publisher
LANGUAGES
Mandarin Chinese (fluent)
Spanish (conversational)
References
 Choose references that are knowledgeable about your skills, abilities,
and work ethics.
 Former employers, teachers, and counselors would be good
references
 Your friends and relatives are NOT acceptable
 Always obtain permission from references in advance and provide
them with current resume
 Ideally, you want one professional, one academic, and one character
reference.
Remember
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Always submit a cover letter with your resume
• A resume does not get you a job… it gets you an interview
• Putting time and consideration into your resume is one of the
best ways to prepare for your interviews!
Proofread! Proofread! Proofread!
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