Resumes: Submitting a Resume
This National FFA lesson plan, “Submitting a Resume,” teaches students how to explore agricultural careers, submit resumes through various methods (email, online, and mail), and follow up with potential employers. Students use AgCareers.com and a completed FFA Resume Generator resume to complete a worksheet, then peer-review and draft submission and follow-up emails to a chosen employer.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Explore careers in the agricultural industry.
- Identify various methods used to submit resumes and to follow up with potential employers.
- Interact with peers to review and submit resumes to potential employers.
- Time required
- 50 minutes
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Submitting a Resume" worksheet for each student.
- Internet access to play the video in real-time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time.
- Computer and internet access for each student to use.
- FFA.org
- A completed resume from the FFA Resume Generator (https://resumegenerator.ffa.org/)
- Video: How to Follow-up After Submitting a Resume (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaHARCAK72M)
- Website: AgCareers.com (https://www.agcareers.com/)
- This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
- 1. An activity after students have a final draft of their resume. 2. An activity that allows for career exploration and may lead to applying for a job. 3. An activity that allows for peer review and feedback.
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- Communication; Critical Thinking and Problem Solving; Flexibility and Adaptability; Initiative and Self-direction; Leadership and Responsibility
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Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
- CRP.04Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason. Career-ready individuals communicate thoughts, ideas and action plans with clarity, whether using written, verbal and/or visual methods.
- CRP.10Plan education and career path aligned to personal goals. Career-ready individuals take personal ownership of their own educational and career goals, and they regularly act on a plan to attain these goals.
AFNR Cluster Skills
- CS.05Describe career opportunities and means to achieve those opportunities in each of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources career pathways.
Common Career Technical Core
- AG5Describe career opportunities and means to achieve those opportunities in each of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Career Pathways.
Common Core – Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects: Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9-10.6Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.9.10.4Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Common Core – Math Practices
Common Core – Reading: Informational Text
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Common Core – Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
FFA Precept
- FFA-CS-M.CommunicationEffectively interact with others in personal and professional settings.
- FFA.PL-A.ActionAssume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.
- FFA.PL-C.VisionVisualize the future and how to get there.
NASDCTEc
- AGC09.01Explain written organizational policies, rules and procedures common to AFNR workplaces to ensure employees perform job functions effectively.