Lesson 6: How to Write a Resume

Just because you don’t have formal work experience during college does not mean that the Work Experience section of your resume has to remain blank. In lieu of professional work experience in your major, it is acceptable to list your clinical, internship, co-op, and practicum experiences as work-related experiences on your resume. Simply identify them accordingly such as an “internship,” “field experience,” or “clinical experience.”

But don’t stop there-use what else you did in college to show an employer what you can do on the job. Think about any organizations you belonged to, any committees you served on, or any volunteer or service learning experiences that you completed. If you were the president of a club or your student government association, you may have organized fund-raisers, held meetings, prepared a budget, or written publicity articles for the local newspaper - all of which can be listed on your resume under the headings of Volunteer Experience, Community Activities, or Leadership. Involvement in extracurricular activities can show a potential employer that you have time management, project management, organizational, and multitasking skills. Involvement in clubs and organizations can also demonstrate some of those critical soft skills that employers are always looking for such as interpersonal skills, leadership, initiative, and teamwork.

Assignment 6

Directions: Please watch the Resume Basics video.

When you are done watching the video, prepare a one page draft of your resume (if you are an adult learner who has extensive prior work experience, you may have two pages). Here is a blank resume template to get you started: Blank Resume Template.

If you would like to have your resume edited, please send it as a WORD ATTACHMENT to uuhrin@luzerne.edu.

When you have completed your resume you're ready to go to Lesson 7.