<p>im finishing my fresh. year in college and i need to put together a resume. I'm wondering I should include extracurricular things I did in HS, as well as academic achievements and SAT/ACT. Or should I only include things from college?</p>
<p>If you think that it will help you chance at getting the job then include it.</p>
<p>Ok. Is there any standard for whats technically correct? I’ve already got the job, they just asked for a copy of my resume (to keep on file or something, I guess, or to discuss with me) so I want to make sure I do it right</p>
<p>You include everything that you think is relevant. Skills, experience, etc.</p>
<p>Personally, I wouldn’t include SAT scores, but of course that’s just me.</p>
<p>I would inlcude your HS GPA and anything really impressive or important. </p>
<p>SAT and ACT not so much</p>
<p>The career center at my school said to stop including anything high school related around the time you start your sophomore year. Unless it was something ridiculously amazing.</p>
<p>(This obviously doesn’t apply to the op yet, but worth considering for the future).</p>
<p>I wrote my first resume halfway through my freshman year and have never had anything high school related on it. I wasn’t aware anyone but adcoms cared about SAT scores.</p>
<p>Thanks. I was looking at some samples for freshmen online and some included the SAT score, which seemed a bit odd (I got a 2400 so it wouldnt hurt, but you’re right, I dont get why they would need it.).</p>
<p>I used Monster. com to help with mine.</p>
<p>Only put high school stuff if it is directly related. Like I could only see your SAT mattering if you’re applying for a job as an SAT tutor. Work experience is still relevant, but high school itself is more of a pick and choose depending on what you’re doing</p>
<p>From the workshops and materials I have taken/looked at as far as resume goes, I would say:</p>
<p>As a freshman, high school stuff is still perfectly okay to include. This includes extracurricular involvement (particularly related ones), any work experience you have, academic honors (honor roll, National Merit, other scholarships earned, etc.). I think you could also include high school coursework if it is relevant to the job you’re applying to. For instance, if you want a summer job working as an administrative assistant and you took a year-long course in computer applications and learned to touch type and use Microsoft office products, then it might be workwhile to mention under your skills/relevant coursework. </p>
<p>That being said, you should make sure to include the most relevant things. As far as I have been told, a resume should be close to one page and tailored for the job you are applying for with the most relevant information. It might not hurt to have a master resume with all of your experiences so you can pick and choose and delete according to what sort of position or opportunity you are applying for. </p>
<p>Once you start or are partially through sophomore year, I have also been told that this is the time that you should stop including high school experiences (excluding work experience which you can always include no matter how old it is). The idea is that by now you should have enough experiences in college to write a full one-page resume, though if there is something super-relevant from high school it might be worthwhile to include.</p>
<p>A lot of it is really your discretion, and there quite a bit of conflicting advice out there as to what to do. From my experience, if you ask three professionals on the matter, they will all tell you something a little bit different. It also varies from field to field, as well. Some places supposedly won’t look past the first page of a resume, whereas others might want two pages of information about you. Also, for some purposes it is necessary to have an objective section, whereas others may not. </p>
<p>Have you visited your career counseling center at your college, or checked out their website? I would be shocked if some of this information wasn’t available to you through them in some way or form.</p>