There are many aspects of life that do not apply to everyone, but for nearly all American citizens, resumes, cover letters and other applications are inevitable.
From working papers, to college applications, to resumes you have to be sure you know how to market yourself effectively to get where you want to go in life.
Personally, I do not have a whole lot of job experience. Most of the work I did in high school was volunteer and/or charity work through various organizations (Key Club International, Red Cross, EMS, etc). When applying for my first full-time job over the summer, I was asked to put together a resume and it was most definitely lack luster.
I was never taught how to draft a resume, what information to include or what a professional tone really was. I fared well though considering I was hired full-time, but I knew my resume definitely needed work.
The articles we read were literally step-by-step directions for not only writing or refining a resume, but also for query letters, graduate school applications and cover letters.
I plan on keeping these documents at the back of my files as references for life. With a younger sister still in high school, ready to enter the workforce, this set of knowledge is definitely worth keeping around.
From working papers, to college applications, to resumes you have to be sure you know how to market yourself effectively to get where you want to go in life.
Personally, I do not have a whole lot of job experience. Most of the work I did in high school was volunteer and/or charity work through various organizations (Key Club International, Red Cross, EMS, etc). When applying for my first full-time job over the summer, I was asked to put together a resume and it was most definitely lack luster.
I was never taught how to draft a resume, what information to include or what a professional tone really was. I fared well though considering I was hired full-time, but I knew my resume definitely needed work.
The articles we read were literally step-by-step directions for not only writing or refining a resume, but also for query letters, graduate school applications and cover letters.
I plan on keeping these documents at the back of my files as references for life. With a younger sister still in high school, ready to enter the workforce, this set of knowledge is definitely worth keeping around.