Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please be sure to complete your initial post for the Initial Call discussion and review the Résumé resources provided on the Ashford Career Services website.

For this assignment, you will create a professional résumé from the point of view of the mental health professional involved in the Initial Call discussion scenario. Taking on this role, create a one-page résumé using the resources provided by Ashford Career Services.

Once you have completed your résumé, review the characteristics of the patient you chose for the Initial Call discussion. Consider how reading the résumé might have impacted the patient’s initial call. Evaluate how the reported symptoms and presenting problems may have been impacted by the content and presentation of your résumé, had the patient read this on your website prior to contacting you. Create this one- to two-paragraph evaluation on a new page in the same document as your résumé. Submit the document with the résumé and evaluation to Waypoint.

The Creating a Professional Résumé assignment

• Must be one to two pages in length (not including title and references pages) and must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must use at least two peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

MGT 121–Resume Assignment

Begin this assignment by reviewing some resource materials on the web. Here are some sites that you will find very useful.

Monster.Com Resume Center (http://resume.monster.com/archives/).� This is an excellent site that has everything you need to know.
Writing a Resume (http://www.monm.edu/wackerle/resume-writing.htm).� This site will help you get started.
Developing the Professional Resume (http://www.evergreen.edu/career/menuResume.htm). This site will help you get started as well as provide you with good examples of various types of resumes.
University of Minnesota Tutorial (http://www.monm.edu/wackerle/resume-writing.htm).� This is a simple step-by-step process for creating a resume.
Resume Writing 101 from the College Board (http://www.collegeboard.com/article/0,3868,2-7-0-36957,00.html).� This is another useful site with links to other resume sites.
Career Builder.Com Resume Services (http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/CareerBytes/).� More information�not necessarily a starting point.

*You may want to use Career Services (http://www.oakton.edu/resource/careerservices/) for assistance.� They have workshops that will help you.� You can also make an appointment with a counselor.

*Do some brainstorming and talk with friends to create a list of skills, experiences, courses, activities and previous work which might interest prospective employers and internship providers. Don�t worry if you list too much or some items that seem trivial. You can edit out material later.

*Select the resume categories you will use. These – education, professional skills, work experience, awards and honors, activities – are probably ones you will include�you may want to include others.

*Create a rough draft of your resume. Make everything on the resume relate to and support evidence of your ability to accomplish the goal you have for this resume. (Use your best audience analysis skills to imagine and display what a potential internship employer is looking for).� Keep the format simple at this point. Avoid fancy graphics, columns, unusual spacing, etc. Keep the length to no more than 2 pages.

*Share your draft resume with a career services advisor and/or some other faculty member whose advice you value. Consider their suggestions. I�m happy to help you and provide you with sample resumes if you would like. Here is some unsolicited advice from me–“Resumes and cover letters are often required to vary with each position application. A common misconception about resumes is �mine is good, it got me the job!� Sometimes, connections, no qualified opposing candidates, a tight job market, or other factors can explain hiring decisions. An important lesson to take away from this assignment is that if a specific process requires the presentation of material in a specific way, you are best advised to adapt directly to what is requested if you expect to be successful. In general, a single error in spelling, typography, or wording will eliminate you from further consideration in a strongly contested job pool. Resumes and cover letters are the first proof of writing skill in all positions requesting communication skill.�

* Prepare a �final� version of your resume in the form of an MS Word.doc, web page, or Adobe readable file and email a copy to me by the due date. �Be sure all information is correct and there are NO TYPOS. Be sure to save the file as well. When you name the resume file you are sending me, use the following form for the file name: yourlastname-res.doc

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