Create a Resume in Google Docs

In this lesson, students watch videos that guide them through using Google Docs to format, write, and design a professional resume. 

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This lesson uses videos to teach critical life and technology skills:

Videos

1. Introduction to Create a Resume in Google Docs
2. Select a Template and Brainstorm
3. Add Details to Your Resume
4. Edit and Format Your Resume
5. Get Feedback and Submit Your Resume
6. Create a Resume in Google Docs Wrap-Up
7. Extension 1: Format the Style of Your Resume
8. Extension 2: Revise Your Resume for a Specific Audience
9. Extension 3: Write a Cover Letter
10. Extension 4: Use Gmail to Request a Letter of Recommendation
11. Extension 5: Create a Professional Website or Online Portfolio
12. Extension 6: Share Your Resume to Get Feedback

Life Skills

• Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for intended audiences.
• Demonstrate confidence and self-direction by making independent choices in the selection of resources and information.

Technology Skills

• Apply advanced formatting and page layout features when appropriate (e.g. columns, templates, and styles)
• Use menu/toolbar functions (e.g. font/size/style/line spacing, margins) to format, edit and print a document
• Review, revise, and iterate on work to create high-quality artifacts.
• Email a document as an attachment
• Build a website using existing document
• Share documents, comment, and request feedback

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