Digital Design ~ 1.21.20

What do we work on today??

Create and/or update a Work Resume (different than scholarship resume).

Personal Financial Literacy Makeup Days

If your name is listed below, please ask me or check the list by the Career Center door to see when you need to make up any Personal Financial Literacy lessons. Remember this is required for high school graduation in Oklahoma and there will NOT be a makeup for makeup days.

Bethany Towns – February 5 – 9:30 am

Scholarships Information

NWTC Foundation Scholarship Applications – Due January 22

Applications are now being accepted for Northwest Technology Center (NWTC) Foundation Scholarships. Only high school seniors and adults may apply. Applications for the Spring 2020 semester are due by January 22.

Each year a portion of the monies raised by the NWTC Foundation will go to support scholarships for deserving students. This financial assistance may include books, tuition, and other educational costs. The Foundation Scholarship committee assists in the establishment of scholarships and the selection of the recipients.

Adults only may apply for the Fall NWTC Foundation Scholarships. High school seniors and adults may apply for the Spring NWTC Foundation Scholarships. To claim the scholarship, students will be required to show that they are incurring some type of educational expense for either the current semester or next summer or fall.

Students may download the NWTC Foundation Scholarship application – NWTC Foundation Scholarship Application 2020. Please download this application to your folder within the Document folder on your computer and then open the application in Adobe Acrobat before completing the form! If you don’t download and save then open in Adobe Acrobat your work may be be saved in case you need to go back and edit the information later!

For more information about NWTC Foundation Scholarships, please contact Melinda Barton, Marketing and Foundation Director at 580-327-0344.

Otha Grimes Scholarship Applications (Adult Students Only) – Due January 22

The Otha Grimes Scholarship is administered by the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education Foundation and offered in the Fall and Spring to ADULT students who might not qualify for other financial aid.

Scholarships are to be used for expenses that directly relate to a student attending a technology center class. Allowable expenses include: tuition, mileage to and from school, books, uniforms, conference registration fees, school supplies, and childcare, if not paid by another source.

Application and instructions for the Otha Grimes scholarship may be downloaded below:

Only adult students may apply for the Otha Grimes scholarship. Scholarship Applications for the Spring 2020 Semester are due by January 22, 2020!

For more information about the Otha Grimes scholarship, please contact Karen Koehn, Career Counselor, at the Alva Campus or Ashlee Sneary, Director of Financial Aid and Human Resources.

Introduction to Resumes

The following Job Genius video provides an introduction to writing a resume. The video is provided by Express Employment Professionals.

Have you created a resume in an easy to read professional format? You should include a heading at the top of the resume that includes full name, full address, phone number and email address. Sections of your resume may include qualification summary, education, licensure, work experience, additional skills, professional memberships, community activities, honors and awards, and references. Be sure to use formatting that allows the reader to easily distinguish between the different sections. Proofread your final copy. Sometimes it is easier to download a document and work in Microsoft Word and then re-upload to the Google Drive than utilize Google Docs. You may choose whichever method is easiest for you. Links to sample resumes are available on the Resumes page – – (http://nwtech.edu/alvacc/resumes/) – on the Career Center website.

Be sure to…..

Put a copy of your resume in stored in the Google Drive folder I have created for you on it is completed! Do not “share” your resume with me from a different folder. You may need to download it and then drag it into that folder I created but have a copy of your resume stored in the folder I have shared with you.
Put the most important sections towards the top of the resume.
Put most recent information within the section at the top of the section.
Include certifications such as WorkKeys National Career Readiness Certificate (if you scored at least a three or higher on the WorkKeys tests)
Include Northwest Technology Center (not Alva Votech or Northwestern Technology Center) and your program name in the education section.
Include honors such as Outstanding Attendance or Student of the Quarter if it applies.
Use an easy to read font but not the standard Times New Roman that many other people may use.
Ask me to look over your resume before printing your final copy.