Scholarship resumes valuable tools to use when applying for scholarships. An employment resume does not give the same information as a scholarship resume.
1.To develop relevant and truthful information consider the following categories:
• Academic Achievements – include awards, principal list/honour roll standings, competitions entered and how you placed and courses taken outside of school. Include everything. You may discard some in your final draft.
• Athletic Achievements – include both school and community sports. List all awards, organizing events, participation in solo and team events, provincial/national teams, MVP awards, coaching, refereeing, scorekeeping, etc.
• Achievements in Visual and Performing Arts – record involvement in competitions, events and roles performed in drama, music, dance and art. Include competitions entered, awards won as well as art shows or exhibits in which you displayed your work or helped organizing.
• School involvement – include membership in any school-based clubs or committees such as leadership, students' council, peer tutoring, peer counselling, school volunteer experiences, graduation. List them into participant, president and initiatives taken.
• Community Involvement – list groups or clubs you are involved with outside of school. These might include: Scouts, Girl Guides, cadets, church groups, choirs bands, interest groups (Sierra), volunteer work. List them into participant, president and initiatives taken.
• Seminars/Conferences /Workshops – list date, event, place. Include leadership conferences, Encounters with Canada, Shad Valley, Deep River as well as sport workshops, theatre workshops, retreats, etc.
• Skills/Personal Attributes – list computer skills, languages spoken, Food Safe, First Aid, Squirrel, Super Host, Service Plus, lifeguard etc.
Interests – list anything which contributes to you being an interesting person such as reading, chess, music, carpentry, motocross racing etc.
• Work experiences and employment – starting with the most recent; list the year, name, phone number and a very brief summary of your position and duties.
• Career Plans – briefly describe short and long-term goals. Short-term plans are anything up to 1 year after the completion of high school; long-term plans include up to 5 years after high school. You may want to include post-secondary training and where you see yourself working in the long run.
2. To categorize your information and develop the correct order, consider the following:
• Academic Achievements – start with the most recent. If there is more than one achievement in a given year, list the most significant one first. If some achievements span several years (e.g. Honour Roll standing 2000-02), put the longest-term achievements first. Remember that achievements that are most current go at the beginning.
• Athletic Achievements – group by sport or activity. Within each grouping, begin with the most recent achievement or activity.
• Achievements in Visual and Performing Arts – group by category (dance, music, drama, photography) and within each grouping, begin with the most recent achievement or activity.
• School Involvement – group by activity. Within each activity, begin with the most recent involvement.
• Community Involvement – group by activity. Within each activity, begin with the most recent involvement.
• Seminars/Conferences/Workshops – begin with the most recent.
Work experiences and employment – begin with the most recent.
3. To edit your draft information, consider the following:
• Eliminate data that falls into the padding or exaggeration category.
• Be concise.
• Do not include any negative information or weaknesses.
• Interview questions are based on the information that you have included.
• Be prepared to discuss anything you have written about.
4. To format your final document:
• If possible, keep it to one page.
• Use bullets, underlining, bold fonts, capitals and italics to highlight significant information unless sending the info electronically. If creating a letter, use full sentences.
• Be sure there is enough white space throughout.
• Use a laser printer if possible.
• SPELL CHECK and PROOF READ. Have someone else proofread your work!
• Use good quality white or neutral coloured paper.
• Do not use more than 2 different fonts and use size 12 for main text.
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