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Part 2: Describing Community Experiences
Your resume presents the "evidence" that you can shape in a cover letter and interview to tantalize an employer. When describing your experiences, be sure to give enough specific information to make your work interesting and concrete. Consider: The range of organizations you've worked with - • Government/public organizations: (state departments, schools) • Non-profits: (community centers, hospitals, foundations) • Private sector: (companies, business coalitions, employers) The range of constituencies you've worked with - • Age: (children, adolescents, elderly) • Stakeholders in an organization: (parents, principals, teachers, students) • Racial or ethnic groups: (Southeast Asian, Latino, African-Amercian) The range of issues you've worked on -
The range of approaches you've been exposed to -
The range of levels you've worked at -
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