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OK so now we're gonna talk about resumes. 

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Great. We're just gonna do a quick introduction about resumes

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and just the most general information just to get you going 

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and give you more resources that you can use. 

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I'm gonna go ahead and give you a copy of the Service Learning and Career Development career guide. 

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If you don't mind taking one copy and giving it out. 

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And then you can follow along with me

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just go ahead and open it up and we can give you some information from there. 

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When you think about a resume

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the main components of a resume are your name

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your education, and your experience. 

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Anything else like computer skills or volunteer experience or other activities 

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are extra things that you can add. 

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But we start with these components. 

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So typically the most important information goes on top or higher up on your resume. 

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You might start with something like a profile

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and in your career guide you will have a little tutorial on how to create a profile. 

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This pinpoints all your most relevant skills and experiences. 

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The next thing you want to put in there is something about your education. 

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And you want to format that

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the way some of the resumes in the career guide are formatted. 

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But they're all gonna have the name of the institution, your major, where the institution is located,

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anticipated graduation. 

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So all of these things need to be in there

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but they don't always have to be in the exact same order. 

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Other things you can add in there are relevant coursework

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GPA if that's something that's really good

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possibly study abroad. 

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So here is an example. 

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So education, Western Oregon University. Monmouth, Oregon. 

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Bachelor of Science in Biology. Expected graduation June 2019

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if you're graduating.

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If you're a freshman right now you might put 21 or 22, 22.

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So it's kind of nice to know that by then you're gonna have a bachelor in psychology. 

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You might put a minor and then a GPA if it's above a 3.5

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or if it's required to put that on the resume. 

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Experience is something you can use for a whole variety of things. 

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It's not just paid experience. 

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It's full time, part time, volunteer, internships.

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And all of that, anything that shows that you have certain skills 

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or that you've been exposed to a certain type of experience. 

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You want to list it in reverse chronological order so the most recent first. 

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You can use a related experience section if you want

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if you want to make sure that experience that maybe was a couple years ago goes higher up. 

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Your experience needs to include name of employer, city, state, and dates of employment

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position title and description. 

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So here is an example. 

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YMCA Salem, Oregon.

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The dates can just be very short like this. It's not major information but it needs to be included. 

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And here is the title and oftentimes we recommend using bullet-points underneath. 

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And the bullet-points all start with an active verb. 

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So if you go into your career guide on page five or six

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you will see a list of dynamic verbs. 

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So that's a really good way to start your bullets.

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You're gonna think about what are the skills I really want to emphasize on my resume? 

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And here are some verbs that will kind of inspire you to think about some things that you've done. 

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If you look at this person they interacted, they helped, they tutored. 

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You're already picking up a lot of great transferrable skills they have. 

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So they're most likely applying for something related to working with kids

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because they're really emphasizing those helping skills working with children. 

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We've given you very, very broad information. There's a lot of great things in here that you can use. 

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Like a tutorial on writing a resume. There's resume examples. 

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And then here is a checklist that has all the different things you want to think about as you're writing your resume. 

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So this has just been a quick introduction. 

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I really recommend you come into Service Learning and Career Development on the first floor of Werner University Center. 

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And just come in to drop in. 

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We're open for drop in from 9 to 4:30

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and you can just drop by and have somebody look over your resume and give you some feedback. 

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Alright? Best of luck to you. 

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