The Resume Workbook: For Adults Entering the Workforce

The Resume

Wor kbook

For Adul t s En t er i n g t he Wor kf or ce

Receptionist

A Fill- in- the- Blanks Guide by Yan a Par ker

Featuring Ten Easy Steps for Writing a G- R- R- REAT Resume

? 2001 Yana Parker

The Resume Wor kbook f or Adul t s En t er i n g t he Wor kf or ce

? 2001, Yana Parker Damn Good Resume Service Email: office@

Please check our web site for workbook prices and reproduction agreements.

This version of The Resume Workbook is a good choice for adult job seekers

(and young adult job seekers) with minimal paid work experience.

A NOTE TO EDUCATORS and JOB SEARCH COUNSELORS

This workbook is designed to be consistent with the resume writing strategies presented in Yana Parker's other publications:

? Damn Good Resume Guide ? The Resume Catalog ? Ready-To-Go Resumes -- Software/Templates ? Blue Collar and Beyond: Resumes for Skilled Trades and Services

These four books are available from Ten Speed Press. Address: P.O. Box 7123, Berkeley, CA 94707. Phone: 510-559-1600 or 800-841-BOOK within the continental USA. Web site:

Pairing the above resources with this Resume Workbook will provide an abundant source of good examples and will help job seekers deal successfully with most resume writing problems including:

... inability to identify transferable skills ... confusion about job objectives ... lack of paid work experience ... limited business writing skills

and many other barriers to producing great resumes.

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Ten St eps t o a Gr eat Resume

Step 1: Step 2: Step 3:

Step 4: Step 5:

Step 6: Step 7: Step 8: Step 9: Step 10:

Table of Contents

Uncover Your Skills, Abilities, Special Talents

Choose a Job Objective

Learn the Requirements of that Job ?Informational Interviewing Guide

List Your Relevant Skills and Abilities

Write One-Liners to Demonstrate Your Skills ?List of Action Words to Start One-Liners ?Tips and Examples for Writing Good One-Liners ?Write Your Skill One-Liners Here

List Your Work History

List Your Education and Training

Summarize Your Key Points

Assemble Your Resume ?Worksheets to Assemble Your Resume

Produce a Final One-Page Resume

Five Examples of Good Resumes

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Your Name Phone Number

Address

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The Resume Workbook for Adults Entering the Workforce / A Fill-in-the-Blanks Guide -- Yana Parker, ? 2001

STEP 1: Uncover Your Skills, Abilities, and Special Talents

A Self-Help Quiz for Adults Entering the Workforce

This quiz is designed to get you thinking about the skills, abilities, and special talents that you already have. Once you know your strong points, you'll be better able to choose some job goals, write a resume, and get started toward your future career.

You can work on the quiz by yourself, OR you can get together with a few other job seekers and ask each other these questions as a group exercise. Write down your answers in the space provided on the next four pages. Then look at your answers for CLUES, IDEAS, and EXAMPLES of what to write on your resume. Ask your counselors and other job seekers how THEY think your talents could apply to "the world of work."

1. Good friends count on each other for lots of things. What do YOUR friends count on YOU for?

2. What does your FAMILY count on you for?

12. Which of those qualities you named above are ALSO true about YOU? What do you DO that gives people the impression that you have those qualities?

3. What DIFFICULTIES or barriers have you overcome to get where you are now?

4. What COURAGEOUS things have you done that you feel good about?

13. Think of a PROBLEM that came up that had other people stumped, but that YOU were able to do something about, to improve the situation. What did YOU do? What does that say about your abilities?

5. What GOOD QUALITIES did you inherit from your family? What do you do that shows you have those qualities?

14. What CREATIVE things have you done that you feel good about? (Maybe you had to come up with new ideas for how to get things done, or how to "make something out of nothing.")

6. If one of your closest friends were to BRAG about you, what would they say?

7. If YOU felt totally comfortable bragging about yourself, what would YOU brag about? What are you most PROUD of?

8. What PRAISE or acknowledgment have you gotten from your job counselors?

15. Which subjects were you best at in school or in a training program? Why did you enjoy those particular studies?

16. What do you KNOW so well--or DO so well--that you could teach it to others? What's the main TIP you'd tell people about how to do that fabulously?

9. If you had to move away for a good new job, what 17. Describe something you DESIGNED, CREATED,

would your friends and neighbors miss MOST about you built, made, or fixed up, that gave you a strong sense of

after you leave?

satisfaction.

Tell why you felt so good about it. 10. Do you have some volunteer or community service

experience that you're proud of? For example PTA, church, neighborhood organization? What skills do you use in these activities?

18. Remember when you worked on a project that was SO FASCINATING or SO MUCH FUN that it made you lose track of time? What SKILLS were you using on that

project? How could you use those skills now? 11. Name SIX QUALITIES or characteristics of OTHER

people that you most respect or admire.

Tip for Career Counselors: You can transform this list of self-help questions into a group exercise for five or six job seekers. Each person would have a chance to be "interviewed" by the others in the group and be encouraged to identify their own skills, abilities, and special talents.

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STEP 1: Uncover Your Skills, Abilities, and Special Talents (continued)

1. Good friends count on each other for lots of things. What do YOUR friends count on YOU for?

2. What does your FAMILY count on you for?

3. What DIFFICULTIES or barriers have you overcome to get where you are now?

4. What COURAGEOUS things have you done that you feel good about?

5. What GOOD QUALITIES did you inherit from your family? What do you do that shows you have those qualities?

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