Resume
Cover Letter
Reference Page
The Job Market
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 Closed Market:
 85 percent of all available jobs
 Not advertised
 Open Market:
 15 percent of all available jobs
 Advertised jobs
Who has a paying job? How many of you got your job in
the open market? Closed market?
The Resume
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 Your resume is a portrait of you!
 Functional Resume
 Advantage: You highlight your skills, awards,
achievements that come from work, volunteer or life
experiences
 Disadvantage: You have to be able to back up your
skills. Explain how you use them. You cannot simply
list skills.
Resume Do’s
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 List APPROPRIATE skills
 Type
 Use relevant interests
 Professional
 Check spelling, grammar
 Clearly organized with subtitles
 Use 12 point font
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Resume Don’ts
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Use slang
Lie
Put “resume” at the top
Include photo
Use “I”
Put “references available upon request”
Use fancy styles
Include financial wishes
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Skills
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 What skills can you include on your resume?
Remember, you are all skilled!!!!
 Go to Matchmaker – Review your “Skills
Assessment” responses to determine which skills
you want to put on your resume. Make a list.
 What are some other skills that you many teens
could put on their resume?
 Handout (class set): Have you got skills?
 Write down any that you have
Resume Example
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 Judy Anderson’s Functional Resume
 Work on filling in your rough copy template
 Finish for homework
Cover Letter
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 What is a cover letter?
 It introduces you and gives a quick summary of why
you are best for the specific job. It is the first
impression.
 What is the advantage in using a cover letter?
 Your resume looks more professional and the cover
letter is tailored specifically for the job you are
applying for
 Handout – Cover Letter Do’s and Don’ts
Cover letter Structure
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 Your address
 Date
 Address of the person you are contacting
 Salutation (Dear…)
 Paragraph #1 – States the job you are applying for.
How you found out about it. Express your interest.
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 Paragraph #2 – Longest paragraph. Point out your
skills, etc that make you best of the job. Relate
yourself to the job
 Paragraph #3 – Include best way to be reached and
your willingness to come for an interview
 Sincerely
 Your signature
 Type your first and last name
Cover Letter Example
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 Dana Power’s cover letter
 Using the template write a cover letter for one of the
job ads provided.
 Finish for homework the rough draft
Reference Page
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 Handout “References Outline”
 Fill in the Reference Page template with THREE
REFERENCES
 You will need to get information/phone
numbers/etc tonight for homework if you do not
have it here at school.