ARELLANO UNIVERSITY

Jose Abad Santos Campus

Basic Education Department – Senior High School
3058 Taft Avenue Pasay City

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Name: Mercado, Hannah Kimae S.
Grade/ Section/ Strand: 12 HE 2
Date: _________________________________________________________
Teacher: ______________________________________________________

Subject: Work Immersion Reference: Work Immersion SHS

Topic: Documents based on Requirement: Type of Activity: Written Activity
Bio-data, Resume & Curriculum Vitae Activity Numbers: 2
Learning Target: at the end of the lesson the learner should:
Define personal credential,
Understand the significance of Bio-data, Resume, and Curriculum vitae in application process, and
Compare and contrast Bio-data, Resume, and Curriculum Vitae using Venn Diagram
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CONCEPT NOTES
My Personal Credentials
Everyday, an employer gets to receive and process numerous personal credentials of aspiring job
applicants. This becomes an important document for an employer as basis for considering or hiring an
individual since it provides an initial impression about the applicant. As they say, first impression lasts,
so it is very important to know and understand the differences among bio-data, resume, and curriculum
vitae so you can well craft your documents based on the requirements of your work immersion site.

Bio-data, Resume, and Curriculum Vitae: What’s the Difference?

Bio-data Resume Curriculum Vitae

• Short form for • A document
biographical data that briefly
summarizes your
education,
experience,
employment,
training, skills, and
abilities
• Focus is on personal • Includes a
attributes/information of the brief, targeted list of
applicant like date of birth, skills and
gender, religion, race, achievements
nationality, residence, tailored to the
marital status, hobbies, position you are
height/weight, and the like applying for
• A chronological • Concise
listing of a person’s document typically
education and work not longer than one
experiences page
• As in-depth
document that contains
all the skills and
achievements (e.g., jobs
and positions held,
degrees acquired,
professional
affiliations) the
applicant has acquired
• More detailed
than the resume and can
stretch well beyond two
pages
• Organized
chronologically and
should make it easy to
get an overview of an
individual’s full record
of his/her career history
Activity Number 1
Directions: Answer the question inside the speech bubble.

If you were an interviewer in a company, which part of an applicant’s

personal credential will you focus on? Why?

If I’m an interviewer I’ll focus on applicant’s Resume, because from this

his/her personal credential I’ll see if his/her summarize skills, education,
experience, abilities, etc. fit into the job I’ll give it to his/her.

Activity Number 2
Directions: Using Venn Diagram, compare and contrast Bio-data, Resume, and Curriculum Vitae

Focus on personal Summary of

information. employment education and
other skills.

Listed general talents rather

than specific skills.

Guide Questions
1. What is considered a credential?
We can consider the 3 personal credential, Bio-Data, Resume, and Curriculum vitae.

2. How do you write personal credentials?

By writing my personal information and the skills that fits in the job I’ll I want to apply.
3. What quality/qualities do you possess which you think your future employer will consider most?
Why do you think so?
My being flexible, because being flexible is you can do whatever they ask you to do, and I think
nowadays that’s what employers are looking for.

4. Why is it important to have a personal credential in a person’s application process?

To get to know you better by the job or company you are applying for and if you get into what
they are looking for.

5. What is the best personal credential to use when applying for your Work Immersion? Explain
your answer.
Curriculum vitae, because in this personal credential it is organized chronologically and this
is more detailed than resume.