Resume Examples for Teens (10+ Templates)

Having trouble writing a resume as a teen? Copy-paste the following text format example into a resume template of your choice, then adjust the details to suit your background and experience.

Teen Resume Example

FIRST AND LAST NAME

Email: your.email@gmail.com

Phone: (123) 456-7891

Address: Street, City, State

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yourprofile

Career Objective

Responsible and ambitious student with a 3.8/4.0 GPA and excellent time management. Seeking to apply my customer service abilities and project/event planning skills to the Business Development summer internship at your company. Possess proven communication skills and strong work ethic that will aid your company in meeting its milestones.

Volunteer Experience

Information Desk AssistantMUSC Children's Hospital - Charleston, SC, September 2021 - Present

• Greet hospital patients and visitors and provide guidance in finding the proper patient room, clinic, or various departments
• Process and distribute mail and newspapers to patient rooms
• Assist wheelchair-bound patients in reaching their desired destinations

VolunteerOne90 Place Homeless Shelter - Charleston, SC, June 2020 - August 2021

• Organized a successful school-wide canned food drive that collected 400+ cans in one month (November 2020)
• Assisted in biweekly meal preparation and lunch service on Saturdays
• Processed incoming food donations and organized food pantry, developing new system of grouping items by expiration date to reduce monthly food waste by 15%

Extracurriculars & Awards

Extracurriculars

• Model United Nations – President
• Student Council – Secretary
• National Honor Society
• Business Professionals of America

Awards

• National Merit Scholarship Finalist
• Academic Honor Roll

Education

CLASS OF 2019, 3.8/4.0 GPA
Heritage High School
Charleston, SC

RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Intro to Business
Entrepreneurship
Computer Applications

Key Skills

• Microsoft Office
• Spanish and English
• Google Suite
• Customer Service
• Project Planning/Budgeting
• Public Speaking

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Ready to make your resume? In the following video, our career expert Chloe breaks down how to make a teen resume without work experience:

A great resume helps you stand out to employers, whether it’s for your first job or a part-time gig.

But for teenagers just entering the workforce, writing a strong resume with no work experience can seem difficult.

To make it easy, we’ll show you exactly what to put on your resume to ensure you have the best chances of getting called in for an interview.

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1. Add your professional contact information

Add your contact information to your resume header so employers know how to reach you. In the contact section of your resume, always include your name, phone number, and a professional email address.

If you don’t already have a professional email address, now is the best time to set one up. You’ll need it when sending out resumes in the future, as well as for college applications. The best way to make a professional email is simply to use your full name, for example:

robert.jones@gmail.com

Additionally, including social media on your teen resume can help you highlight specific skills relevant to the job. In this case, social media profiles could serve the same purpose as a portfolio.

For instance, if you’re writing a graphic design resume, including an Instagram page that features your design work gives employers a better sense of what you can do. However, avoid including any social media handles that don’t include professional work, such as your Snapchat or TikTok accounts.

2. Write a compelling teen resume objective

Your resume objective serves as a brief introduction, and summarizes any skills and qualifications that you’d like to highlight. Ultimately, a compelling resume objective is the best opportunity for an entry-level candidate to explain why they’re a good fit for the job.

Still not sure what this looks like in action? Here are three successful teenage resume objective examples:

An effective teen resume objective leverages the work-related skills you’ve picked up throughout your life. That’s because if you don’t have work experience, employers must look for other things (like your skills) to see if you can handle the job.

3. Fill out your relevant experience section

If you have any work experience, be sure to include it in this section. If you don’t, you can fill this section with any other experiences that show employers you possess the right skills for the role.

On a resume for teenagers with no experience, you can fill your work experience with:

• Extracurricular activities
• Job shadowing
• Volunteer work
• Coursework
• Babysitting
• Hobbies and interests

If you’re writing a college freshman resume or a resume for a college application, you can also include details about your academic achievements, such as involvement in clubs and the relevant coursework you completed. For instance, if you’re applying for a hotel front desk position, you can mention the skills you developed while studying hospitality in school.

When writing your experience bullet points, make sure to start your sentences with strong action verbs that describe what you accomplished.

Too often, resumes contain boring phrases like “responsible for taking customer orders” or “tasked with tracking inventory”. However these phrases don’t tell an employer anything about how you completed those tasks. The perfect resume opts for action verbs that highlight your performance to show employers what you’re capable of and grab their attention.

Here are a few action verb examples to use in your teen resume:

4. Showcase skills you've developed in school

If you’re like most teenagers, you probably don’t have much work experience to list on your resume. That’s where a strong resume skills section comes into play.

It’s still possible to write a great high school resume for your first part-time gig or teen summer job as long as you can highlight hard and soft skills.

Here’s a list of transferable skills for a teenage resume:

• Leadership skills
• Time management
• Organizational skills
• Teamwork skills
• Attention to detail
• Communication skills (written and oral)

A great way to emphasize your skills is by providing examples of how you’ve used or honed them. For instance, stating that you always stick to deadlines shows employers that you have strong time management skills.

Or, to demonstrate teamwork skills, you can write about how you’ve collaborated with your classmates on a group assignment, or your extracurricular participation in group sports.

5. Fill the page with a variety of qualifications

With barely any job experience, filling up the entire page may seem challenging at first. However, you can add in your academic achievements, certifications, extracurricular activities, involvement in clubs, or even your hobbies and interests.

For example, you can include any honors or awards received in the education section of your resume. Academic achievements can be a good reflection of your work ethic.

6. Proofread carefully to make the best impression

Finally, always double check (or even triple check) your resume for mistakes. You might be tempted to send in your resume as soon as you complete it, but read it over a couple times. Scan through it very thoroughly to make sure there aren’t any typos or grammatical errors.

Whether you’re writing your first resume for a job or you’re a resume writing professional, it’s always a good idea to have an experienced set of eyes review your application. Regardless of how minor a mistake is, sending in a resume and cover letter with typos will hurt your chances of getting an interview.

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