OVERVIEW

1st Quarter

FOR YOUR PERUSING

Creating a Resume

60 minutes

SITUATION:

Nowthatyouhavealistofpotentialcompanies,itisnowtimetostartsendingoutyourresume.The
onlyproblemis,youhaven'tstartedonityet.Createaresumetobepresentedtotheemployersof
yourtargetcompanies.

TARGET SKILLS:
Indentingtexts
Formattingpictures
Editingmargins
AddingHeaderandFooter
AddingPagenumber
InsertingaHorizontalline
Downloadingadocument
Emailingadocument
Printingadocument

OBJECTIVES:

Attheendoftheactivity,studentsshouldbeableto:
Createanonlineresume
Modifyanonlineresumeandmakeitappearprofessionalforpotentialemployers
Applyprofessionalismandhonestyincreatingtheironlineresumes
Downloads:
TaylorJohnson.jpg
Signature.png
Materials:
GoogleDocs
DigitalCopyofResumePicture(TaylorJohnson.jpg)

MOTIVATE
MotivationTitle:
LetterParts
MotivationDescription:
1.Adaybeforetheactivity,groupyourstudentsinto5groups.Print5copiesofLetterParts.pdf
foundinthedownloadablematerialsfolder.Cuteachofthecopyalongthedottedlines.Jumbleand
placethepiecesofpaperin5separatecontainers.
2.Onthedayoftheactivity,haveyourstudentssittogetherbygroupinasmallcircle.

3.Explaintheactivity.Thegroupsaregivenacontainereach.Insidethecontainerarepiecesofpaper
whichformsaletter.Thepiecesofpaperwhichhavelettersinblackinkarethepiecesthatthegroups
shouldformtogether.
4.Afterformingtheletter,thegroupsshouldlabelthepartsoftheletter.Thepiecesofpaperwhich
havelettersinorangeinkarethepiecescontainingthelabels.Theyshouldplacethelabelsbesidethe
partsoftheletter.
5.Waituntilallofthegroupsaredonewiththeactivity.Thenaskthemtostepawayfromtheactivity
areasothattheycannolongerchangetheiranswers.OpenAnswers.pdfsothattheclasscanseethe
answers.
6.Rewardthegroup/swiththeallthecorrectanswers.Itisuptoyouwhichreward.
7.Tellyourstudentsthatinthecorporateworld,youaregoingtomakealotofdocuments:letters,
proposalsandresumes.Itisagoodpracticetostartcreatingletterssothattheywillnothaveahard
timeincreatingaletterwhenitisneeded.Discussbrieflythepartsofaletter.
8.Beginwiththeactivityfortheday.
Motivationfiles:
LetterParts.pdf
Answers.pdf
Materials:
LetterParts.doc
Answers.doc

TEACH
TeachingTips:
Tellyourstudentsthatnowthattheyhavealistofpotentialcareeropportunities,thenextthingtodois
toapplytothosecompanies.Ofcourse,youdontjustapplytocompaniesunprepared.Tellthemthat
theyhavetopreparetheirresume.Andtoday,theywilllearnhowtomakearesume.Havethem
preparetheirdigitalcopyofresumepicture(2x2IDpicturewearingbusinessattire)beforehand.
YoucanalsouseyourownpictureoruseTaylorJohnson.jpglocatedinthedownloadable

materialsfolder.
Lecture:
Whenapplyingforjobs,thefirstthingthattheemployerwouldlookforisyourresumeorcurriculum
vitae(CV).TheprimarydifferencesbetweenaresumeandaCVare,itslength,whatisincludedand
whatitisintendedfor.Basically,aresumeisaoneortwopagesummaryofyourskills,work
experienceandeducation.Ontheotherhand,aCVismuchlongerandmoredetailedcomparedtoa
resume.
Belowisanexampleofaresume:

Sampleresumeby:http://www.docstoc.com/docs/83927061/PhilippinesResumeFormat

Andbelowisanexampleofacurriculumvitae:

SampleCVby:http://www.resumeresource.com/financestudentresumeexample/

INDENTINGTEXTSANDEDITINGMARGINS
WithGoogleDocs,youareallowedtomodifythelocationofyourtext.Theruleratthetopofyour
documentallowsyoutocontrolwhereyourtextappears.Fromtheruleryoucanadjustmargins,
indents,andtabs.

Toincreaseanddecreaseindents,clickontheIncreaseindentorDecreaseindentbuttonfound
inthetoolbarorusetheshortcutkeysCtrl+]forIncreaseindentandCtrl+[forDecreaseindent.

Toincreaseanddecreaseindentusingtheleftandrightmarginarrow,highlightthetextthatyouwant
toadjustthenclickandholdonthebluearrowsfoundontheleftandrightalongtherulerbelowthe
toolbar.Dragthearrowacrosstherulertoadjusttheindention.Thearrowlocatedontheleftisforthe
leftindentandthearrowontherightisfortherightindent.

Youwillseearectangleabovetheleftmarginarrow,thisisthefirstlineindent.Meaningwhenyou
movethis,onlythefirstlineoftheparagraphwhereyourinsertionpointiswillbeindentedandnotthe
wholeparagraphoryoucanusetheTabshortcutkeyinyourkeyboard.

Theimportantthingtoconsiderwhenindentingaparagraphisifthereadercouldrecognizewherethe
paragraphsbeginandend.Rememberthatthepurposeofparagraphsistobreakupthetextinto
manageablechunksforthereader,toaddvisualinteresttothepage,andtoallowpeopletoskimfor
theinformationtheywant.Itwillindicatetoyourreaderwhichpiecesofinformationgotogetherand
helpthemunderstandyourthinking.Ifyouweregiventhisexample:

Itishardtorecognizethatyouhave4paragraphshere.Youcandoeitheroftwothings:youcan
indenteveryfirstlineofeachparagraphlikethis:

Orcreatespacedbetweenparagraphswithouthavingtoindentthefirstlineofeachparagraph.Either
way,youmadeitcleartothereaderwherethestartandtheendoftheparagraphsare.

YoucanalsoeditmarginsthroughthePagesetuptohaveamoredetailedadjustment.Todothis,goto
FilePagesetuptheninputthenewsizeforthemarginthenpressOk.

Herearesomeguidelinesinsettingthepagesetup:

Orientation:Simplyput,apagedisplayedinportraitmodeistallerthanitiswide.Conversely,a
pagedisplayedinlandscapemodeiswiderthanitistall.Thedefaultsettingisportraitmode,since
typedpagesaregenerallyprintedlengthwise.Butifyouneedtoprintcrosswiseoryouneedawider
spaceperpagewithoutthinkingabouttheheightofthepage,thenswitchtolandscape.

Papersize:Thepapersizeisdependentonwhatsizeyouwanttoprintyourdocumenton.The
defaultsizeisLetter.(8.5x11)

Pagecolor:Thepagecolorissolelydependentonyourpreference.Thedefaultpagecoloriswhite.
Margins:Additionaltowhatwasmentioned,youcanincreasethemarginsonyourdocumentifyou
wantlessercontentstobeseensothatyourreaderscanfocusmoreonthecontent.Youcandecrease
themarginsifyouwantmorecontenttobeseenbyyourreaders.Thedefaultmarginsforthetop,left,
rightandbottomis1inch.

FORMATTINGPICTURES
TherearealotofwaysinwhichyoucanaddanimageinyourGoogledocuments.Theseare:uploading
bychoosinganimagefromyourcomputer,takingasnapshotusingyourwebcam,uploadingbyURL,
usingGoogleimagesearch,PicasawebalbumsandStockphotos.
Toinsertanimage,clickonInsertImage.

TheInsertimagewindowwillappear.ClickonChooseanimagetouploadthenyouwillbe
directedtothecontentsofyourcomputer.

ClickontheimagethatyouwanttoplaceonyourdocumentthenclickOpen.

Yourimagewillnowbeinsertedonyourdocument.

PAGENUMBER,HEADERANDFOOTER
Pagenumbersareusedtocountthenumberofpagesinyourdocument.Headerandfooterarelocated
onthetopandbottomofthedocumentandareconstantthroughoutthepagesofthedocument.To
addapagenumber,clickonInsertPagenumberTopofPageorBottomofpage.To
insertaheader,clickonInsertHeaderandtoinsertafooter,clickonInsertFooter.

Thisisanexampleofapagenumberontopofthepage.

Thisisanexampleofapagenumberonthebottomofthepage.

Thisisanexampleofaheader.

Thisisanexampleofafooter.

DOWNLOADING,EMAILINGANDPRINTINGDOCUMENT
YoucandownloadyourdocumentstraighttoyourPCsothatyoucanedityourdocumentevenwithout
aninternetconnection.Also,youareallowedtoeitherprintyourdocumentorsenditviaemail.

Todownloadyourdocument,clickonFileDownloadasthenchoosefromtheavailablefile
formats.

Toemailyourdocumentasattachment,clickonFileEmailasattachment.IntheEmailas
attachmentwindow,youcanchangethetypeofyourattachment(itisHTMLbydefault),addthe

recipient/softheemail(thisisrequired),editthesubjectofyouremail(whichbydefaultisthe
nameofyourGoogledocument)andaddamessagetoyouremail(optional).Onceyouaredone,
clickSend.

Toprintyourdocument,clickonFilePrintorusetheshortcutkeyCtrl+P.

INSERTINGAHORIZONTALLINE
Horizontallinesseparatetextintosections.Theadditionofafewthoughtfullyplacedhorizontallinescan
makeyourdocumentmorevisuallyappealingandeasiertoread.Toaddahorizontallinetoyour
document,placetheinsertionpointatthelocationyouwishthehorizontallinewillappear,goto
InsertHorizontalline.

Ahorizontallinewillappearacrossyourdocumentandyourinsertionpointwillnowbeplacedatthe
endofthehorizontalline.

LEARN
Steps:

CreateanewdocumentinGoogleDocs.
GotoGoogleDriveandclickonCreate

Document.ThiswillcreateanewGoogle
Document.

RenamethedocumenttoResume.
Bydefault,thedocumenthasthename
UntitledDocument.Tochangethis,clickon
thedefaultname.

Asmallwindowwillappearwhichwillallow
youtotypeinthenewnameofthe
document.Renamethedocumentto
Resume.

Addapagenumbertoyourresume.
Pagenumbersareimportantonresumes
thathavemorethan1pagebecauseiffor
somereasonthestapleshavebeen
removed,thenextpagewouldstillbe
recognizable.Insertapagenumbertoyour
document.Intheexample,thepagenumber
wasplacedatthetoppartofthedocument

wasplacedatthetoppartofthedocument
andwasalignedattheleft.

Puttheinsertionpointontopofyourpage
numberandwriteyourname.Inthis
example,TaylorJohnsonisthenameof
theemployee.
Placetheinsertionpointbeforethepage
numberandwritePagethenplacethe
insertionpointafterthepagenumberand
writeof2ordependingonhowmanypages
yourresumewouldbe.

Changethetextformattingofthepage
numberandheaderofyourresume.
Youneedtochangetheformattingofthe
headerandpagenumberofyourresumeso
thatitcouldbedistinguishablefromthe
othercontentsofyourresume.
Intheexample,thefollowingtextproperties
werechanged:

Font:Arial
Fontsize:10
Fontstyle:Bold
Fontcolor:DarkGray1
Editmarginsofyourresume.
Changethemarginsofyourresume
dependingonthesizethatyouwant.Inthe
example,theTopandBottommargins
werechangedto1.5.TheLeftandRight
marginswerenotchanged.

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Writeyournameandcontactinformationon
yourresume.
Writeyournameandchangethefont,font
size,fontstyleandfontcolortoyour
preference.Intheexample,thefollowing
propertieswerechanged:

Font:Verdana
Fontsize:24
Fontstyle:Bold
Fontcolor:Darkblue3
Thenwriteyourhomeaddress,contact
numberandemailaddressandchangethe
font,fontsize,fontstyleandfontcolorto
yourpreference.Intheexample,the
followingpropertieswerechanged:

Font:Verdana
Fontsize:10

Fontcolor:Black

Theexamplecanbeseenonthescreenshot
ontheright.(Theoneontopisthepage
number)
Insertyourimageonyourresume.
Insertyourpictureinthedocument.Taylor
Johnsonhasapictureofherown.

Inserthorizontallineonyourresume.
Intheexample,ahorizontallinewas
insertedbelowtheimageofthesampleso
thatthebasicinformationwillbeseparated
fromtherestofthecontentinthedocument.

Addmoredetailsonyourresume.
AddmoredetailslikeyourObjective,

EducationalBackground,Seminars
Attended,PersonalBackground,
Interests,StudentInvolvementand
Awards.Changealsothefontproperties
andaddbulletstosomeofyourinformation.
TaylorJohnson'sinformationcanbeseenin
thefollowingscreenshots.

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Indenttextonyourresume.
Indentingtextswillsaveyoutimeinclicking
thespacebarandadjustingthespacesin
yourdocument.Intheexample,the
Increaseindentwasusedinthefollowing
partsoftheresume:
TheitemsonthelistofPersonal

backgroundandInterests

TheitemsonthelistofStudent

involvement

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Downloadyourresume.
Downloadyourresumesothatyoucould
haveacopyofitwhichyoucanaccesseven
withoutinternetconnection.Downloaditas
PDFifyoudonotwantittobeeditableand
downloadasMicrosoftWordfileifyouwantit
tobeeditable.

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Emailyourresume.
Emailyourresumetothecompaniesthat
youwanttosendthemtooremailittoyour
teacherfornowforchecking.

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UsethePDFformatwhensendingto
companiessothattheywillnotbebeableto
editit.UseeithertheMicrosoftWord,Open
DocumentorRichTextformatswhen
sendingtoyourteachersothathecanedit
yourfileandgivecomments.
Printahardcopyofyourresume.

Printahardcopyofyourresume.
Justprintonecopy.Youdonotneedtoprint
alotfornow.Butonceyouareapplyingfora
job,makesurethatyouhavesparecopiesof
yourresumeforemployers.
Great!Youarenowdonewithyourresume.
Thiswillbeaveryusefultoolforfindingand
landingajob.Dontforgettoupdateyour
resumefromtimetotimetokeeptrackof
youraccomplishments.

Rubrics:

EVALUATE
PerformanceTest:
ForYourPerusingPerformanceTest.pdf
ObjectiveTest:
ForYourPerusingObjectiveTest.pdf