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  • 09/2018
  • 978-0-9777835-5-7
  • 100 pages
  • $19.99
Donna Manley
Author
Resumes for Children - 17 Years Old and Under

Middle Grade; Other Nonfiction; (Market)

Resumes for Children - 17 Years Old and Under is a detailed guide of sample resumes that show how children's talents, skills, abilities, and challenges can propel them to success. This book takes the guess-work from parents and children about what to put on a child's resume. This book also provides great ideas on activities that children can pursue in order to build themselves a strong resume at an early age. Inside this book are great examples of children pursuing real-life goals; you'll meet a child book reviewer, a student pilot, and a Jr. Open Water Diver. Can you imagine a child's resume translated into French or Spanish? Well, this book has them! There are cover letters parents can use as guides to request funds to continue their child's activities as well as a list of sample children's references. Be amazed at the creative and whimsical formatting and graphics that a child's resume can take on. This book will assist a child in behaving their way to success! Begin providing your child with that "back pack" of skills early in life. Choosing activities that provide your child with life skills as well as build character is a key element to their success. Documenting those activities is also a key element to their success. Keeping before them a present visual reminder of their activities, awards, accomplishments, gifts, and talents gives encouragement and pride in what they do and have done. It also allows them to see how well they have progressed over the years. In other words, you will assist your child in behaving their way to success.
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Offering precisely what its cover promises, Manley’s upbeat, practical guide lays out how (and why) to put together resumes for and with kids, crafting a living record that honors their accomplishments, commemorates their passions and areas of expertise, and celebrates their talents and skills. Manley argues that developing a resume helps children (and parents) become well-rounded outside the academic world. She advises parents to urge kids to think early about cultivating the references they’ll need when applying for jobs or college. Building resumes, she notes, can improve children’s self-esteem and understanding of their “KSAs”—that is, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities—while also preparing them to apply for programs, scholarships, jobs, and more … and even help kids answer that trickiest of questions, “Tell me about yourself.”

Resumes for Children includes over 30 sample resumes that showcase how to frame and write up kids’ KSAs and accomplishments in clear, direct language. Manley makes clear that resumes need not focus primarily on jobs. The samples highlight volunteer work, the generation of hobby income, awards and recognition in hobbies and arts, and computer and software skills. Like all good resumes, each selection here is crafted to target a goal or demonstrate a particular skill set, such as gardening or music. The volume is rounded out by samples to help with the rare writing project young people dread even more than thank-you notes: cover letters.

Rather than nudge kids toward the professionalization of their hobbies, Manley’s guide encourages children both to dig deeper into their interests and to range outside them, to take on new challenges (giving presentations, taking online courses, learning languages, getting involved in library programs) that could add new dimensions to their resumes—and to their real-life skills and conception of self. The result is a book and process that encourages kids to know and better themselves, in the flesh and on paper.

Takeaway: This charming guide lays out why and how developing resumes can give kids a leg up.

Great for fans of: Christine M. Field’s Life Skills for Kids, Rachel Toor’s Write Your Way In.

Production grades
Cover: B+
Design and typography: A
Illustrations: N/A
Editing: A
Marketing copy: A

Formats
Ebook Details
  • 09/2018
  • 978-0-9777835-5-7
  • 100 pages
  • $19.99
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