School/Career Planning for Pathfinder and Ranger
Using your Pathfinders and Rangers experience on your resume
One of the great things about Guiding is all of the opportunities you have to take the lead, get involved and help others. There are lots of ways you can add your Guiding activities and skills to your resume and use them to help you get a great job. When including Guiding on your resume, be sure to give specific examples that show your skills in action. Here are a few other tips:
Special skills
Use this section of your resume to emphasize all of the leadership, teamwork and other skills you’ve developed through Guiding. Use words and phrases such as:
- Excellent communication skills at all levels
- Motivated and able to work unsupervised
- Organized, reliable and trustworthy
- Adaptable and a good team player
- Confident and capable team leader
Volunteer work
Having a volunteer section on your resume shows potential employers that you have taken the initiative to get involved. This is where you can put that you are a Junior Leader or help out girls in a younger Unit. But this is also where you can showcase any other volunteer work you’ve done through Guiding – service projects, shoreline clean-ups, partnerships with seniors’ residences, etc. Examples could include:
- I am a Junior Leader with 5-6 year old girls (Sparks). I help organize activities and program planning as well as taking the girls on camping trips.
- Collaborated with Parks and Recreation staff to organize a March Break day
- Mentored three Guides as they worked towards their final Guide award.
- Managed the Unit budget and financial resources.
- Surveyed a local park to recommend re-naturalization strategies.
Interests
This is part of your resume is where you can also list any Guiding awards you may have earned.
Adapted from http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/seniorsection/resources/guidingandyourcv/index.html
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