Lesson Abstact

This lesson is to show for students how to use Microfsoft Word to build a simple and professional resume so that students can create one by themselves. Microsoft Word offers a bunch of résumé templates. Some are beautiful; some are not. They can choose which style fits them best.

Lesson Objectives/Outcomes

Show how to create a résumé using Microsoft Word Provide a few tips on getting students through the résumé screening process so they can press that send button with confidence.

Materials

Microfsoft Word will be required for this lesson

Overview

Using and understanding Microsoft Word for tranferring students and people who want to apply for job.

Lesson Steps/Components [as many as needed]

First Step: Open Word. Click the “Resumes and Cover Letters” link under the search box to see only those types of templates. ![alt text][open] [open]: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AjRRF7NSXf-aClhVFDlVHMiIw3nsQddx.png

Now, you’ll see all the different resume styles Word has to offer. There are a lot of different styles and color schemes to choose one, so pick what feels right. If you scroll down the list a bit, you’ll also see some plainer resume templates designed for different purposes—like an entry-level, chronological, or extended CV style. ![][] (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AjRRF7NSXf-aClhVFDlVHMiIw3nsQddx.png)

Some of the templates are already built into Word; others are a quick, free download from Office.com (and you won’t even have to leave Word to grab them). When you click to create a resume, Word will let you know the download size (if it needs to download the template). Click the “Create” button and a few seconds later, you’ll be in your document and ready to edit. (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AjRRF7NSXf-aClhVFDlVHMiIw3nsQddx.png)

Tip in Building Resume

  1. Resume Layout: The layout is the first thing to affect the reader because it’s the first thing the brain processes—before even the text or texture is noticed. So, the resume’s layout is vital.

    a. Alignment:

    • Resume alignment is straightforward: that’s because resumes are almost always left alighted since most people in the Western world read text from left to right.
    • Headings, experience bullet points, educational information, and additional skills should all be left aligned.
    • The exceptions are name and contact details: these can be center aligned. b. Length:
    • Resume should be one-page long. One-page resumes are focused, concise, and uncomplicated. c. Margin:
    • One-inch margins are frequently used, so they’re unlikely to offend. Vary margins within a range of ½–1 inch. Do not put margins are too wide, the resume might have too much white space and look “empty.”
  2. Fonts: Style, Size and Color

    a. Font Styles:

    • Before choosing a particular font style, students need to choose between serif and sans-serif fonts.
    • Serifs are the small lines attached to the ends of the letters.
    • Serif fonts are most commonly used in word processing or other nontraditional forms of typesetting.
    • Note: Choosing between using sans or sans serif is a matter of personal preference—no font can be definitively said to be better than another b. Font Size:
    • Resume font size should be linked directly to font style. From 11 - 12 points is better. c. Font Color:
    • If students choose to use color, it should be a primary color and it should be muted—no bright neon! Simple and subtle reigns supreme in the resume world.
    • The key with color in resumes is retaining the focus on the words rather than moving the reader’s focus to colors. Colors on resumes are meant to help convey information, not hinder it.