Toastmasters On Your Resume
Ruth
I'd like to know how other Toastmasters list their educational awards,
officer roles on their resumes. Which category do you put it under?
Thanks,
*Ruth*
Ruth Levitsky, ATM-G/CL
District 31 Governor
District 31: "The Best of Everything"
Rick.C...@worldnet.att.net
> I'd like to know how other Toastmasters list their educational awards,
> officer roles on their resumes. Which category do you put it under?
[rest of resume not included]
General Background
Board Member & President for Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference
(PNSQC). Presented the paper "Incremental Process Improvement" at the 1996
PNSQC. Past Chairman for the Software Association of Oregon QA SIG. Club
President and Past Area Governor for Toastmasters International. Member
IEEE Computer Society. Earned the Able Toastmaster – Sliver and
Competent Leaders awards from Toastmasters International.
----- end of resume -----
I see that I need to update my resume, but I copied the above text strait
from my resume. The General Background section, is the last section I
have in my Resume. The paper I list was done for my major platform
address for my AbleTM-S.
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Rick Clements, AbleTM-S, CL
President, Daylighters Toastmasters
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http://www.geocities.com/rick_clements/tm.htm
http://www.geocities.com/rick_clements/
Rod Taylor
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> Hi, Fellow Toastmasters,
>
> I'd like to know how other Toastmasters list their educational awards,
> officer roles on their resumes. Which category do you put it under?
>
I'm answering from an informational perspective rather than one of being
able to offer guidance in your environment.
This part of the world is culturally very different from yours in many
ways. No doubt there are some individuals that put these accolades on
their CVs, but I don't know of any and, apart from perhaps generating a
question, it would serve little purpose. Toastmasters does not have the
credibility here that it has in the USA. This is not a lack of
marketing, but an issue relating to our cultural views on education. As
an example, several LGETs in recent years have attempted to get TM
'qualifications' recognised by SAQA (The South African Qualifications
Authority). The result is always the same. SAQA will never recognise a
'qualification' that has no standards and where the individual concerned
determines whether or not they have acquired the requisite skills.
Some TM District officers use specific Toastmasters business cards that,
naturally, have these designations on them. In the wider environment of
the corporate world, such use on business cards (speaking from personal
experience at high level in a number of companies) was always
discouraged. 'Academic and professional qualifications only' seemed to
be the unwritten rule. Being also on the receiving end of many CVs,
I've never yet seen a job applicant listing any of Toastmasters
accolades although Toastmasters sometimes appears on a CV under
'Interests'.
Now that I run my own business, I put the DTM on my business card after
the MBA and B.Sc. It's never recognised, but it often leads to a
question as to what it means, which generates far more power in terms of
explanation than would be likely if it were more widely known - 'It's
the highest of Toastmasters International's qualifications in
communication and leadership.' I probably get asked what it means
about 20 times a year. By contrast, I only get asked, 'where did you
get your MBA?' about twice a year. At the other end of the scale, I
wouldn't consider putting CTM, CL and the like on either my CV or my
business card. I suppose it may make a difference if an individual has
no academic or professional qualifications but, as I said before, I
don't know of anyone that does this.
Rod Taylor
Able Toastmaster Silver, DTM
Transformers Toastmasters Club
District 74, Southern Africa
raestonehouse
Hi Ruth!
I add it to my resume but what it looks like depends on what type of job
that I am applying for. I work as a Registered Nurse but I have applied
for numerous jobs that require advanced communication and leadership
skills but are not in my field of nursing.
I think the important thing to remember is that the resume only gets you
an interview [if you're lucky!]. I believe that it is more important to
show what you can do for the business rather than what you have done in
the past.
If I am applying for a teaching/instructing or project leadership role I
tend to use a curriculum vitae (CV) style. As such I would add the
following:
Training & Professional Development
Present: involved in Toastmasters International Advanced Communication
and Leadership Program - have achieved Advanced Toastmaster Silver and
Competent Leader Designation.
Community Service and Committee Positions Held
2001 to 2002 - Area Governor, Area 39, Division C, District 21,
Toastmasters International
Duties: - serve in a servant leader capacity, providing leadership,
guidance and resource for four Toastmaster clubs within the Kelowna area
of BC
- works directly with four club Presidents as a representative of the
District 21 Leadership Team
- reports to the Division C Governor
- participating in the Toastmasters International High Performance
Leadership Program (HLP)
- HLP is a program where you lead a team in a project in conjunction
with a guidance committee
- as Area 39 is a new Area my project is to help the club executive to
effectively lead their clubs, develop their own leadership abilities and
develop the Area as a cohesive group
2000 to 2001 - Flying Solo Toastmasters Club, Vice President of
Education
Duties: - organized weekly meeting agenda, orientated new members,
developed educational program for all members, counseled, coached,
mentored, provided educational training i.e. presentations, provided
expertise re communication, leadership and Toastmasters, served as
leading officer in the absence of the club President, researched,
webmaster for club website, organized club speaking contests (20-25 club
members)
1999 to 2000 - Division C Governor, District 21, Toastmasters
International
Duties: - served in a servant leader capacity, providing leadership,
guidance and resource for 31 clubs in central British Columbia
- worked directly with five Area Governors as a representative of the
District 21 Leadership Team
- reported to District 21 Governor
- organized, chaired (Master of Ceremonies) and provided training for a
day long conference (Fall ‘99) for 40 participants, Westbank, BC
- co-organized, chaired (Master of Ceremonies) and provided training for
a day long conference (Spring ‘00) for 50 participants, Trail, BC
- organized, chaired (Master of Ceremonies) and provided training for a
day long Officer Training Session (June ‘00) for 65 participants
- served as a mentor for five Area Governors
- served as Division C website master
1998 to 1999 - Area Governor, Area 39, Division C, District 21,
Toastmasters International
Duties: - served in a servant leader capacity, providing leadership,
guidance and resource for seven Toastmaster clubs within the Okanagan
area of BC
- worked directly with seven club Presidents as a representative of the
District 21 Leadership Team
- reported to the Division C Governor
- organized, chaired (Master of Ceremonies) and provided training for a
half day long conference (Fall ‘98) for 30 participants, Westbank, BC
- organized, chaired (Master of Ceremonies) and provided training for a
half day long conference (Spring ‘99) for 30 participants, Kelowna, BC
- organized, chaired (Master of Ceremonies) and provided training for a
half day long Officer Training Session (February ‘99) for 25
participants
- made fourteen official club visits as a representative of the District
21 Leadership Team
- served as a mentor for seven club presidents
1997 to 1998 - Westside Toastmasters Club, Vice President of Membership
Duties: -served in a servant leader capacity to the members of the
Westside club
- assisted in recruiting new members and ensuring their needs were met
i.e. quality assurance
1996 to 1997 - Westside Toastmasters Club, Vice President of Education
Duties:- served in a servant leader capacity
- organized weekly meeting agenda, orientated new members, developed
educational program for all members, counseled, coached, mentored,
provided educational training i.e. presentations, provided expertise re
communication, leadership and Toastmasters, served as leading officer in
the absence of the club President, researched, organized club speaking
contests (15-20 club members)
======================
Rae Stonehouse ATM-S, CL
District 21, Area 39 Governor (01-02)
John Fleming
>
> I'd like to know how other Toastmasters list their educational awards,
> officer roles on their resumes. Which category do you put it under?
I list mine under a category called "Memmberships", which is the last entry
on my resume. Here is how the section reads -
Memberships
Edmonton Chamber of Commerce
Society for Technical Communication
Toastmasters International
* Earned Distinguished Toastmaster (2001)
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John Fleming, DTM
Attitude Boosters Toastmasters - Member
Chamber Toastmasters - Member
Edmonton, Canada
If Love is Deep, Much Can Be Accomplished
Shinicni Suzuki
jim dawson
Education I place a section to identify designations
Jim
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ShillingB
I'm not a resume expert but here's what I've done: I briefly mention it on my
resume at the end, under the "Other Activities" section. I usually send a
cover letter with my resume, which explains my involvement in two sentences.
See below for the portion of my resume and my cover letter.
The key ideas I've developed regarding this are: 1) I explain what TM is in
the cover letter, since many employers have never heard of TM; 2) I keep it
brief, especially on my resume, where I have a lot of info already; and 3) I
mention, in the cover letter, key things I've done in TM that would be
qualities a potential employer would be looking for, and could relate to.
Of course, how much detail you go into depends on the position you are applying
for. If I were to apply for a position that involves a great deal of public
speaking, or if I knew that the company had a great deal to do with
Toastmasters, then I would include a few TM accomplishments to the resume.
Brad Shilling, DTM
Club 8558/46 and 921/53
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[[[[[[[[[ sample portion of resume ]]]]]]]]]
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Toastmasters International
New York State Association of Transportation Engineers
[[[[[[[[[[[[ sample paragraph of cover letter ]]]]]]]]]]
I also have been active in Toastmasters International, a non-profit
organization (8000 clubs worldwide) whose purpose is to help people improve
their communication and public speaking skills. I've been a club president
four times and I've chaired two large conferences.
Eric Matto
company submitted me for consideration for a position and wanted me to
update my resume to highlight my leadership experience, so I added the
following paragraph (normally I wouldn't have this in there):
"Volunteer leader in Toastmasters, worldwide non-profit organization which
develops communications & leadership skills in its members. Currently
serving as 2001-2002 Governor of Chicago-based District, CEO responsible for
leading and motivating team of volunteers looking after over 120 local
Toastmasters clubs. Chair a volunteer board, and manage the budget."
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Eric Matto, DTM
Hoffman Estates, IL, USA
2001-02 Governor, District 30 Toastmasters
District website: www.toastofchicago.org
District voicemail line: 1-800-992-1314
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Yoj
interviews simply because they listed membership in Toastmasters on their
resumes.
--
Joy
"Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being
taught."
-- Sir Winston Churchill
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