RESUME WRITING

In this session, we will learn important skills such as writing an email

and drafting a resume using the Quest App.

Objectives of
the session

Learning about how to

write professional emails.

Understanding about how

to draft a resume.
 Let’s summarize our previous topic i.e. good citizen.

What are the principles of the constitution that are covered in the preamble?
Who is a citizen of India?

What are some of our rights as citizens?

What are our duties as citizens?

How can we become active citizens?

What does it mean to be a global citizen?

 Have you created a What do you write a
resume before? resume?

Activity - 1

Create sample
Resume Writing resume & draft an
email.

What are some things

How long should a to keep in mind while
resume be? drafting a professional
email?
Go to the Quest App & go through the following sessions

English Advanced III

⮚ Writing a resume
⮚ Writing a resume – assessment
⮚ Writing an email
⮚ Writing an email - assessment
 WRITING A RESUME

WHAT IS A RESUME?

• A resume is a brief written account of personal,

educational, professional qualifications &
experience, prepared by somebody appearing for
a job.
• It contains the few lines about the person, their
objective, contact details, personal information,
educational qualification, employment history,
skills & interest, awards & achievements
 Important Terms!

Contact Details Your name, address, phone number, email address

A statement of what you intend to get from your

Objective company and also the kind of service you would like
to give.

You may include your gender, date of birth, place of

Personal information birth, nationality, marital status and languages known
to you under this heading.
 Area of Expertise The work skills that you have.

The history of the jobs you have had. It should include

Employment History the different organizations where you have worked, the
length of each employment and the positions you held.

Educational Qualification Details of your education.

 Skills & Interests You can include other skills & interests that you have.

Any other achievement or work that you want to make

Awards & Achievements special mention of.

Also known as biography. This is an optional section

About Me where you give a short account of yourself.
Sample Resumes
 WRITING AN EMAIL

WHAT IS AN EMAIL?

• Email, short for “electronic email” is a mailing

system which uses online mail service providers.
Some of the most commonly used online mail
service providers are Yahoo!, Gmail, and Hotmail.
 Important Terms!

Incoming mailbox. This is where all emails that you

Inbox receive are stored.

Compose Mail To write a new email.

Attach To add a file.

Carbon Copy. You can add other email address were

CC you want the email sent.

Blind Carbon Copy. You can add other email address

BCC where you want the email sent, but they won’t be
visible to the other recipients.
 The first outline that you write. In mailing sites, the
Draft draft section is the one which stores the outlines of
your letters – the one’s you wrote but didn’t send.

Save If you choose to keep an email, you can “Save” it.

Discard Throw away or remove.

This folder contains emails which you have sent to

Sent others.

Also known as “Junk”, this folder stores commercial

Spam emails.

Trash The trash folder stores all deleted emails.

Sample Email
 How was the topic today?

How was the experience of

drafting your resume?

How do you feel looking at

your resume?

How was the experience of

writing an email?

What are some important

things to keep in mind while
writing an email?
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