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Hi. My name is Pat Goodwin with PatGoodwinAssociates.com. Today we are going to talk about writing a
resume for teenagers. Teenagers are always looking for jobs, but they want to project
themselves and portray themselves as professional. So, if you're writing a resume as a teenager
or for someone who is a teenager there are some basic components that you'd like to follow.
The top of the page should be centered and bold and all caps their name, accurate name.
If their name is formal like James, but they go by Jim you would put James W. Smith. Then
maybe you could put in parenthesis with italicize or the italics Jim; the correct information
about how to contact this teenager; their cell phone with a professional message on
their cell phone, not a message with a song or some loud message. Their email should be
chosen as a professional email with no innuendo about the type of reflection about them not
being dependable or some funky website or some funky email. I would encourage it to
be very professional. Underneath that they would want to have the word objective centered
in all caps and bold. What are they looking for as a teenager seeking employment? They
might want to be a babysitter, they may want to be a dog sitter or a dog walker or they
want to; they maybe of age that they can work in retail or in fast food. So, what is it
that they look for? So, they would have the word objective, seeking position, working
in a restaurant using strong customer service skills; seeking an opportunity as a house
sitter, highly responsible, honest with references. So, what is the objective of the person that's
looking for a job as a teenager? If they have had any work experience then they would have
work experience underneath the objection. Then they would have the name of the company
or the person that they worked with, the city, state and the dates to the right. It could
be summer 2005, summer 2007. Then what they did as a title, if it were retail or if it
was restaurant work, if it was coat checker, if it was valet then they would want to have
the name of the club or the company of the restaurant where they worked in that position.
Then they would have statements about how well they did their job. Instead of just having
the word valet they might say courteous; courteously parked cars during peak season ushering protection
of each vehicle and customer service; provided excellent customer service by safely parking
cars. They might want to say that they were babysitting; numerous years of experience
babysitting, ushering safety of children and using honestly and integrity while in the
home. So, they want to demonstrate not just what they've done, but how well they've done
their job and who they are as a person. Then underneath that they might say their education;
pursuing college education in or graduate of the name of the high school, city, state
and the year. Then you would have on this resume for teenagers references provided upon
request. That's how I would encourage you to write a resume for teenagers.