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In this lab you will learn how to create a resume using the word processor MS-Word 2000 for Windows98, and how to save your file as a text file, upload it to your Zoo account and attach it in an e-mail message.
Resume Format to Follow for this Assignment:
SUSAN S. SMITH
October 2000
Current Address
Permanent Address
123 Patterson Hall
174 Duckpond Drive
University of Vermont
Wantagh, NY 11793
Burlington, VT 05405
(516) 785-6576
(802) 656-4567
ssmith@zoo.uvm.edu
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science
Degree. University of Vermont,
Burlington, Vermont. Major: Plant and Soil Science.
Concentration in Landscape Design.
Expected
graduation: May 2004.
Outward Bound. Hurricane Island, Maine. Summer
2000.
Bellows Falls Union High School.
Bellows Falls,
Vermont. Graduated May 2000.
GENERAL
Plant Salesperson, Afterglow Florists,
Burlington,
EXPERIENCE: Vermont. Maintain
house plants, educate public in
proper care of plants, handle retail sales. Resonsible
for management of shop
one day per week.
September 2000 - present.
Greenhouse Assistant, Evergreen
Greenhouses,
Orange, Vermont. Responsible for mechanical and
hand seeding, propagating ornamental and vegetable
plants; regulating automatic watering and
fertilizing
system, and trans-planting stock. Worked with public
and handled money in small retail
plant business.
Spring (part-time) and Summer 1999.
Landscape Laborer, Roughhewn Yardscapers, Inc.,
Barre, Vermont. Transplanted trees and shrubs, read
blueprint site plans, operated
light machinery,
performed plant and machinery maintenance. April -
August 1998.
ACTIVITIES: President,
Plant and Soil Science Club, University of
Vermont. Provided leadership to club in exploring
common interests of members and improving faculty-
student communication. Presided over meetings, co-
ordinated activities, offered direction to club officers.
Fall 1999 - Spring 2000.
Captain, Womens Field Hockey
Varsity Team.
Bellows Falls Union High School.
Bellows Falls,
Vermont. 1998-1999.
REFERENCES: Donna G. Donaldson,
Owner: Afterglow Florists,
Burlington, Vermont. (802) 658-1234. ddflower@
hotmail.com
James H. Heriot, Group Leader: Outward
Bound.
Hurricane Island, Maine.
(207) 123-4567.
jhh@earthlink.com
Christine Parker, Manager: Evergreen Greenhouses,
Orange, Vermont. (802) 948-3213.
HINTS ON WRITING YOUR RESUME
1. If you only have a single address, add your work address or some other address to demonstrate that you can right and left justify.
2. Be sure to include your phone number(s) and e-mail address.
3. In each major section of the resume (EDUCATION:, EXPERIENCE:, etc.) list items in reverse chronological order, (most recent first). Put two blank lines between major sections such as EDUCATION, and GENERAL EXPERIENCE.
4. In the section for UVM, put the Degree first, then the school and your major. Put "Expected graduation:" even if it is four years away.
5. Do not use "I" in the resume. Keep sentences as short as possible. Start sentences with verbs.
6. Fully justify (right and left sides even like a newspaper column).
7. Include any interesting non-conventional training or experience, for example: foreign language fluency, travel out of country, exchange student trip, wilderness experiences, special organization achievement: Eagle scout, Future Farmers of America, sports awards, or any other unique training.
8. It is OK if the resume is longer than one page.
9. Spell out all town and state names except in the addresses at the top of the resume.
10. Put (continued) on the bottom of your pages (if resume is more than 1 pg), and your name, centered in bold and Page #, on top of each page.
11. USE Hanging Indent (in Word) to indent all your sections of the resume. DO NOT USE TABS OR SPACE BAR!
12. Center your name in bold capital letters at the top of the first and second page.
13. Give at least three references with their title, organization, and phone.
14. Do not underline punctuation.
15. Use present tense if still doing it, past tense if you are finished doing it.
16. Include one space after a comma, and two spaces after a period.
UPLOADING TO ZOO and ATTACHING the resume to an e-mail using pine:
In windows, find the WS-FTP icon, or FTP Voyager, in the Internet group or folder, or on the desktop. Fill in the FTP Site name with zoo.uvm.edu, make the Default Directory BLANK (it probably says "public_html"), fill in your user id with your login name (something like tpatters) and then fill in your password (notice it shows up on the screen as ******* in case spies are looking over your shoulder). Click on the connect button. After you are connected, click on the 3 1/2 A: drive on the Bottom left hand (local) side to view all your diskette files. Find your resume file and click and drag it up to the upper frame (your directory on zoo) and let go when your arrow is in the upper right frame.
To include attach your resume in an e-mail message using Pine, compose
a message, fill in their e-mail address, and then move your cursor down
to the "Attchmnt:" line. Press Ctrl-J and type in the name of your
resume file. You may add a comment, otherwise press enter.
Write a short comment in the message text area below and send the file
with Ctrl-X.
ASSIGNMENT:
Write your (real) resume and print it on a letter quality printer (LaserJet) (20 Points). Be sure to use exactly the same format as shown above at the top of this page. You will be graded on how well you follow the format above. Save your Resume, upload it to your home directory with FTP, and e-mail it to your lab instructor (10 points). This assignment will be graded on the format of the resume. Your lab instructor will be looking for a format exactly like that above.