High School vs Employment Resume (What's the Difference?)

High School vs Employment Resume

Why Does a high school student need a Resume?




Both have these things in common. They…

  • Contain your contact information at the top
  • List your employment history
  • Lists items in reverse chronological order

And thats about it.

Similarities are few. Differences are many.:

They each serve a different purpose:


The Purpose of the Employment Resume is to:

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Does a high school student need a resume? In a word, YES!

Most, although not all, traditionally schooled students are aware that a high school student needs a resume. There are two different types of resumes. The high school to college resume and the employment resume. You will need one or both. This LINK tells you the difference.

For those who are homeschooled, we homeschool parents tend to think everything goes on the transcript. Not so fast!

Be careful not to put everything your high school student does on the transcript. 

Why not?

Because the purpose of the ‘transcript’ is to demonstrate the student's academic ability. Only that which is learned and graded is placed on the transcript. The purpose of the resume covers everything else: community service, activities, leadership, awards, honors, employment, ….

Parents who choose to put everything on the transcript are doing their students a disservice, including athletic activities that they want to use as PE. Here’s why this is a bad idea.:

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