High School Resume

Graduating high school is important, but nowadays not it is nearly as enough to land a great job. One needs college education to make a successful career. It is important to complete college education from a reputed university. However, getting admission could be tedious process and to give your chances of getting admitted a push, you may need a high school resume.

You may wonder why a resume so early on? There are thousands of candidates that are vying for admissions; it helps your chances if you have submitted your resume. The first thing is for you to fit their criteria and clear their admission process. Then your resume will help you when the selection panel will narrow down students.

Having a resume shows initiative on your part to the panel. It will work as a formal introduction for you, and give the authorities an idea of capabilities and strengths. The panel will definitely be more inclined to pick you as they know more about you.

This resume need not be for admission only, if you want to get a jump start on the job front, you can use this resume to land even with just a high school diploma. Therefore, this resume should be written in such a way that it highlights you educational qualifications and other skills so that you can land a job and get admission in a good college.

Your resume should firstly state your educational qualifications. They are the most important point for you. State if you have had any special achievements regarding academics, any awards or even scholarships. State all of it in detail.

Next, state your extracurricular activities like sports or any other hobby. High school is not just about studies, there are many things that one takes part in a high school. These activities not only build ones personality but also increase their value resume. They could even get you a partially or fully paid scholarship in a college.

Keep only relevant information on the resume. If you have done a few summer jobs, in vacation time, mention those jobs and you responsibilities on those. Finally, end the resume with providing references and do a thorough spelling and grammar check. If you need help, go through the high school resume we have given below. 

Joshua Jones

High School Resume
High School Education
Fort Knox High School, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
April 2011

Diploma with honors

Educational Credentials

• Honor Student
• Was captain of the debate team
• Was captain of the chess team
• Came in third in the state spelling bee
• Won Student of the Year Award in 2009

Sports

• Part of the Wrestling Team
• The team won the district championship
• Also was a reserve on the football team

Extracurricular Activities

• Was part of the drama club
• Won the school spelling bee

Organizing Skills

• Helped the teachers organize all the school functions
• Worked as a subject editor for the high school newspaper

Work Experience

Organization name: Cosco
Designation: Sales Clerk
Duration: March 2010 - May 2010
Responsibilities

• Help the customers with their shopping
• Also helping with the cash counter
• Ordering stocks as they finished
• Learned a little bit about administration

Organization name: Pop's Hardware Store
Designation: Part-time Salesman
Duration: November 2009 - March 2010
Responsibilities

• Sales of the hardware equipment
• Writing correspondence letters
• Maintaining the daily cash book
• Showing the customers how use the hardware equipment
• Learned a lot about different hardware equipment
• Made good sales in the store especially of basic tools

Other Qualities

• Extremely hard working and have a sharp memory
• Good in writing correspondence letters
• Good in interacting with people
• Good athlete