Purpose:
This assignment allows you to apply sophisticated word processing to a practical task: constructing a professional resume that you should be able to use when you apply for jobs.
 

Task
Study several model resumes (there is one in your packet, and you can find others on the Internet).  Make a resume of your own.  If you already have a resume, update it and improve it.  Pay close attention to highlighting your strengths, and to making it as professional-looking as possible.
 

Guidelines

• 2 page maximum
• Minimum components: contact information, professional objective, education, work experience, and skills.  Other components are optional.
• Be meticulous about mechanics.
• Use indents or invisible tables to place your material horizontally; don't use spaces.
• Ask a friend to look it over. He/she will see things that you might miss because it will be fresh to him/her.
• Let this resume be the one you update every time your situation changes; it's much easier to keep up to date than create from scratch

There is no partner option on this assignment (because you never apply for jobs as a group!)

Format

Print out your assignment and leave it in your folder on or before February 20.  Also, leave a copy in your dropbox so that I can check your construction techniques if necessary (I will do this only if I can't figure out why it looks a certain way).
 
 
 

Name_____________________________________________________________________