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10. Informational Text

10.35 College and Career Readiness Strategies

College and Career Readiness Strategies

Sharpen test-taking, resume-writing, and interview skills to build a strong, competitive profile for college admissions and career opportunities.

What You'll Learn

Apply time management and elimination strategies to raise performance on standardized admissions tests

Construct a resume that pairs action verbs with quantified evidence of achievement

Tailor a resume and cover letter to the specific language of a program or job posting

Apply the STAR method (Situation, Task, Action, Result) to structure interview answers

Evaluate feedback from mock interviews and practice tests to revise a readiness plan

Compare how admissions and hiring evaluators weigh preparation, evidence, and communication

What You'll Practice

Timing a full-length practice test section and identifying the three most time-costly question types

Rewriting a weak resume line by adding an action verb and a quantified result

Drafting and rehearsing a STAR-structured answer to a behavioral interview question

Reviewing a recorded mock interview and identifying one specific change to improve clarity

Tailoring a resume's wording to match the language of a sample job or program description

Why This Matters

You will face timed tests, competitive applications, and interviews at nearly every turning point after school, from admissions decisions to job offers, and none of them reward good intentions alone. Learning to pace a test, phrase a resume line around evidence, and structure an interview answer with STAR gives you a repeatable process you can apply under pressure, instead of improvising each time the stakes are high.

This Unit Includes

Practice exercises

Learning resources

Skills

Test-Taking Strategies

Resume Writing

Interview Techniques

STAR Method

College Admissions

Career Readiness

Self-Presentation

TEST-PREP Curriculum Aligned