Instructor’s Guide

The page is designed for the instructor and lists the purpose, instructional goal, objectives and course content for the lesson.

Purpose

The purpose of this lesson is to teach the basics of good resume design. Through exploration of carefully preselected websites, students will explore what makes a good resume, from basic structure, types and writing tips for creating a winning resumes.

Students will study both good and bad examples of resumes to avoid common pitfalls that can have disastrous professional consequences.

Learner Description

The targeted learner includes adult learners who are seeking a career change or re-entering the workforce after a brief hiatus. Learners should have at least a high school diploma. Ideally, this course would be part of a higher education curriculum but can also be adapted to students in career and vocational schools.

Prerequisites

The targeted learner should have a basic understanding of the world-wide web and Microsoft Word. If the course is delivered over a learning management system, the student should have a basic familiarity with the learning management system and be able to upload files and post text to electronic discussion boards.

Instructional Goal

Upon completion of this course students should be able to analyze their job skills to those required by the job market and write an effective targeted resume tailored to their personal skills and abilities.

Instructional Objectives

The course objectives are based on Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy (2001) to engage students in higher level thinking. The identified domain is indicated for each of the instructional objectives.

1. Identify the components of a resume (remembering domain)
2. Identify the three types of resumes (remembering domain)
3. Distinguish between good and bad resumes (analyzing domain)
4. Analyze the current job market using popular job search websites (analyzing domain)
5. Write an effective objective (creating domain)
6. Organize personal job skills that match with the selected job (analyzing domain)
7. Apply formatting to the resume to create an attractive and appealing layout (creating domain)

Course Delivery

The course is designed to be delivered on the world-wide web via a learning management system. The learning management system should contain a bulletin or discussion board system where students can upload documents and review other students work (See Task Step 6). The learner should have access to a computer with internet access. Students should also have access to the full version of Microsoft Word. The final resume will be produced as a Microsoft Word document.

Subject Matter Description

The lesson is divided into six task steps:

• Break it down: Parts of a resume
• Types of resumes
• The Good the Bad and the Ugly: Exploration of some great and not so great resumes
• Study the Job Market
• Write your resume
• Post your resume and critique your classmates

Assessment

Students will produce a professional resume that may be used to submit to a real employer based on the student’s skills and abilities. The resume will be assessed with the rubric located in the evaluation section of the WebQuest.