Create a CV in Google Docs

In Create a CV in Google Docs, students learn to format, write, and design a professional CV that stands out.

Duration: 45-90 minutes.

Create a CV in Google Docs is suitable for:

• Key Stage 3
• Key Stage 4
• Post-16

Students use Docs, Gmail and Search.

By the end of these lessons, students should be able to:

• Select a document template and modify it with relevant information and appropriate formatting.

• Answer the following essential question(s): How can I create a CV that will communicate relevant information about me to a potential employer, admissions officer, or scholarship committee?

• Internalise the following enduring understanding(s):

• Formatting tools and templates make CV’s easier to read and look more professional.
• A CV is a brief overview of who you are and how you spend your time.
• Present yourself as a professional, even with limited paid work experience.
• Choosing relevant and appropriate information to share (social media, professional email, and how to phrase skills/experience/etc.) is essential for presenting yourself as a potential candidate.
• A CV is a valuable tool that will help students apply for jobs, colleges, internships, or scholarships.

The resource is video-based and features FREE, ready-to-use lesson plans, rubrics to enable teachers to evaluate a student’s work across a variety of skills and levels of proficiency (i.e. beginner, developing, accomplished, and exemplary) and a dashboard to show how each student is progressing.

How to get started? Sign in as an Instructor with a Google account here. If you don’t have a Google account, click “more options” and then “create an account”.

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