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RESUMES—WHAT TO INCLUDE

Indicate with a Yes, No or Maybe whether you could include any of the personal features below in a resume. Put a cross in the appropriate box then answer the questions on the next page.

PERSONAL FEATURES	YES	NO	MAYBE– why maybe?
Winning $20 in a Melbourne Cup sweep
Running a Melbourne Cup sweep
Playing in a local soccer competition
Helping your neighbour chop firewood
Your First Aid certificate
Your date of birth
Your religion
The subjects you are doing/have done at school
Helping to organise the end of year activities for school
Your serious medical condition
Being a Girl Guide or Scout
The things you enjoy doing in your spare time
Your next door neighbour’s phone number
The 3rd prize you won in a public speaking competition
Whether you are single. Divorced. Married etc
Working on the school magazine
Names of good friends of you or your family
Reading Mr Marvel comics
The male chauvinist award given to you by the girls in your class
Your sexual interests
Your part-time job at MacDonalds
The committee you were a member of at your school/club
Where you went to Primary School
The facgt you love watching Family Guy
Your country of birth
The salary you would want
Your star sign
Being a prefect
Being sacked from your job at the local fish and chip shop
Your middle name
Helping out at an old folks home
Other languages you speak
Your fathers/mothers/ occupations
Your email address
Attending keep fit classes
Having a paper run
Your full address and telephone n umber
Your dreams of writing a book some day
Your elder sister’s successes

Choose 3 of the features you would definitely not include in your resume and explain why you wouldn’t.

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Choose 2 of the “maybe” features and explain how they might be relevant if you were applying for a certain position.

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