Résumé

There are probably a million résumé templates available to download on the web.
Microsoft word alone has hundreds. 
But which one is best for you?
Or should I say, which one is best suited for you right now? 
Or, which one is best suited for the job you are applying for?

I would suggest starting with a blank word document to build your résumé. But If you would prefer to download a template, lets discuss how to find the right one for someone about to complete a DVS in Furniture Finishing.

 First of all, a résumé is not a Curriculum Vitae (C.V.).
A Curriculum Vitae is a document containing all your career and work experience and accomplishments. 

A résumé is a summary of your accomplishments and experience that will showcase your aptitudes, competencies, and strengths in order to get a job interview.

A résumé for a new furniture finisher should (be)

• one page only
• uncluttered 
• state your Objective
• showcase your skills (POW!) 
• have information easily found by the readers eyes

Actual résumé Robin sent to Bruce Wayne

Here are a few examples of Trades résumés to discuss in class

Résumé 1           Résumé 2           Résume 3

Below is a résumé written in gibberish.

Note how your eye is drawn to marketed information. 

 Below is a template that can be used to model to copy.

It needs editing and choices will have to be made in order to make it as effective as the one above.

Now it is time to start writing your résumé. It would be a good Idea to also make one in French non?

Transferable skills

What are your Transferable Skills?

Even if you were someone who never held a paint brush before this course, you have transferable skills that can apply to the Furniture finishing trade Trade.

One can categorize these skills in two.

Soft Skills and Technical Skills  (Hard Skills)

Emploi Quebec's LMI 

lists "Technical Skills" under a Furniture finishers "Main Tasks"

These "Duties" are Tasks, which require "Competencies" you now posses after having completed most modules of the DVS in Furniture Finishing.

Read the Boxes under "Main skills and characteristics"  

You Obviously had aptitudes which led you to choose Furniture finishing. Those Modules which you did not struggle with or found tasks relatively easy are task which you had aptitudes for.

  Reflect on what you have learned so far in this course so far. Module after module. 

Here is a description to remind you.      InfoRoute

Complete the Competencies and Aptitudes assignment by clicking on the link in the Assignment List