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Narrative Writing Question

Thursday, April 16th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 28 Comments

In this chapter Neman defines narrative writing as essentially telling a story. My project is on resume writing which is a very formal way of presenting writing. I do however think that writing a resume could be seen as telling a story. For example, my project consists of having students create an “About Me” board. This is basically having the students tell their own personal stories of their accomplishments and a representation of themselves. How could I incorporate the narrative aspect of actually telling a story through writing in my project? Or am I already?

Annotated Bib

Thursday, April 16th, 2009 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Annotated Bibliography

 

B!G Job Search Guide. “Resumes.” Career Center. Bowling Green State University. 12 Apr. 2009

            <http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/career/page37684.html>.

 

This article is a very helpful tool for anyone writing a resume. It covers absolutely everything you need to know to write a resume. Everything from teaching and critiquing resumes, to samples of action words to include in your resume. It also includes sample resumes for different types of resumes. Whether someone is an education major or a marketing major there is an example for any major you can think of. It concludes with a very helpful resume checklist.

 

This article could be very beneficial to my project because it covers every aspect of resume writing. I can refer to this article for any step of my project. This is reliable information in my opinion because it is provided by the BGSU Career Center. I think this is a really good source the only problem that I have is that it might be to college-based instead of high school.

 

Career Center. Personal Interview. TBD

 

The Career Center offers drop-in resume help for students who need help writing or perfecting their resumes. They also offer private appointments. The sessions are held at Conklin North on Tuesdays thru Thursdays. They are available for questions, concerns, problems, and critiques concerning resumes.

 

During my interview I plan on asking questions like; what makes a good resume, how to help students effectively write resumes, and most common problems with resumes. I think it will be very helpful to get insight from a professional who helps students with their resumes on a daily basis. I will gain a lot of helpful information from someone who sees resumes everyday and is trained in resume writing. This will also help me to learn what type of information is more prevalent for different types of interviews.

 

ResumeBUILDER. “Build a Resume, the Easy Way!” Groovejob.com. 12 Apr. 2009

<http://www.groovejob.com/jobseeker/resume/demo/>.

The ResumeBUILDER application is a very helpful source to someone who is writing a resume for the first time. It is a program that takes you through the steps of building a resume. It allows someone to enter their information on the website in a box under the designated sections. For example, there is a box that asks you to enter your skills. After you enter your information in all the fields it creates the resume for you. It also is able to send the finished product to a potential employer for you.

 

I think this would be a great tool for high school students who have never written a resume before. It is a simple step-by-step way for students to get the hang of creating a resume. It shows what a student should include and how to format a resume. I also think a high school student would have fun with this website. The only downfall is that it requires a membership; it is not a free service. This would make it difficult to use in the classroom but I think it is a great idea.

 

“Resume Checklist.” Career Center. Bowling Green State University. 12 Apr. 2009

            <http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/sa/career/page39303.html>.

The Career Center also offers a resume checklist on their website. It lists the areas of the resume that need to be included such as skills, your objective, and accomplishment among others. Under each topic it asks questions to ensure that you have done your resume correctly. For example under education it asks if your grade point average is accurate.

 

This is a very helpful tool to someone who has finished their resume and is in the revision process. This would be beneficial to my project because it gives good examples of questions to pose to students during the revision process. I think this will help me a lot. This is also a very relevant and reliable source.

 

Richardson, Randall. Personal Interview. TBD

 

Randall Richardson is a Superintendant in Springfield, Ohio at the Clark County Career Center, which is a vocational school. Within his duties as Superintendant he is on the board who hires new employees for the school. He is asked to look over hundreds of resumes a year and decipher who is qualified based on their resume. He has also had several different jobs throughout his life and understands what makes a good resume.

 

During the interview with Randall Richardson I will ask him important questions about resumes. One of the most important questions I want to ask is what stands out on a resume? Also, what makes one resume better than another? Another question I will ask is what he looks for in a resume? As an employer I think it will be very beneficial to gain insight from him and see what employers are looking for. To me this is one of the most important sources and one that I feel I will learn the most from.