Resume

Patrick has been going to some interviewing workshops the school district have been giving. They occur during the weekday while he is has TRACE. I believe his whole group goes to them. As far as I have figured out, Seaworld sends a representative out to practice interviewing with special needs kids. Patrick has met the interviewers. He may have been mock interviewed by them. The real interview should occur at Seaworld itself. He’s been learning some great interview skills. They’ve gone over things that inappropriate to say during an interview. How to dress for an interview, farmer clothes if you’re interviewing for a job as a farmer. He enjoys the events and it’s great practice.

Last week Patrick came home with an envelope, inside of which was a resume, instead of the usual notes from teacher to family. I opened the envelope to find this nicely printed resume. It was prepared for the next interview workshop. It is quite interesting. Here it is:

Home Address (619)960-9406

Patrick Melville

Objective To find employment that will best fit my skills and abilities

Experience 2009 – present Seaworld San Diego, CA

Maintenance

Park Prep.

Stock products

2009-present Discover PB San Diego

Office Work

Collate

Fold

Label

2009-present Bishops Storehouse San Diego

Warehouse Clerk

Stocking product

Heavy lifting

Recycling

Education 2004-2008 San Diego High School San Diego

General Studies

Certificate of Attendance

Interests Team sports (baseball and basketball) karate, computer games (Lego’s Star Wars) and being with family.

References Charlotte Davis her phone no. Trace Teacher

It looks really nice. I looked the top. “Whose phone number is that? Is that the TRACE office?” “Nope. It looks like my cell phone number.” He replied. “It’s not your cell phone number at all. “ I said. He never suggested he’d change it. He just said “Oh”.

Continuing down I got to his experience and I notice he’s listed that he was currently doing the job that he did in high school during his CBI (community based interaction). He hasn’t gone there since he finished high school. He understood that he did the work when he was in high school. He understood that he was no longer in high school and no longer working at the church. He didn’t quite grasp the meaning of the word present. That it means something you are doing this week and next week. The concept of the dates confused him altogether. In truth he’s been working at Seaworld since late 2008 and he’s been working at Discover PB since he started with TRACE in 2008. Fortunately for him, when he interviews for a job, he will be able to tell them what he did with excellent recollection. The dates won’t really matter.

Time is very nebulous concept. He understands that he was different ages during different years and with assistance and a paper and pen or calculator he can do the math. But, if you ask him how old he is now and how old he was in 2005, it’s too hard to figure out the 15. His age at certain events in time are important to him, but the years on the calendar are not.

The best part of the resume, of course, is his list of interests, mainly his Lego Star Wars. He listed being with his family. I assume he was prompted on that one. It loves to be with his family, I just can’t imagine him thinking of that as his interest, in the same light as Lego Star Wars!