Career Readiness Curriculum Framework: Resume Writing & Interview Preparation

Global Empowerment Network (GEN) is a Washington, DC-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing free education and skills development for women, immigrants, and underserved communities.

GEN needs a structured foundation for career readiness workshops focused on two priorities: writing a U.S.-style resume and preparing for job interviews. We need clear lesson plans and practical exercises that our volunteers can use consistently, rather than preparing materials separately for each workshop.

Our intended learners include women and immigrants entering the U.S. job market, returning to work, or translating overseas work and volunteer experience into language U.S. employers understand. Materials should use plain English and be suitable for learners with different education levels and English abilities.

We seek a hands-on volunteer with demonstrated experience in career development, workforce training, HR, or adult curriculum development to create this curriculum framework and two complete sample lessons.

This is a fully remote, 12-week project. GEN will provide information about its learners, share available materials, and review the outline and draft. We ask the volunteer to maintain regular communication and meet agreed milestones.

By the end of 12 weeks, the volunteer will deliver an editable curriculum starter package focused exclusively on resume writing and interview preparation:

1. A curriculum framework for the two topics, identifying learning objectives, lesson sequence, suggested timing, and activities.
2. One complete 60-minute resume-writing lesson, including an annotated U.S.-style sample resume, a blank resume template, and an exercise helping learners describe employment, overseas experience, career gaps, and volunteer work.
3. One complete 60-minute interview-preparation lesson, including common interview questions, a worksheet for developing answers, and a paired mock-interview activity with a feedback checklist.
4. Brief facilitator notes within each lesson, covering preparation, activity instructions, and checks for learner understanding.

All materials will be provided in editable Word or Google Docs format, with printable learner worksheets.

12-week work plan:
Weeks 1–2: Review GEN’s learner needs and available materials; agree on objectives.
Weeks 3–4: Develop the curriculum framework and lesson outlines for GEN’s review.
Weeks 5–8: Create the two lessons, worksheets, and templates.
Weeks 9–10: GEN reviews the complete draft and provides consolidated feedback.
Weeks 11–12: Revise the package and hand off final editable files.

Success means GEN receives a coherent package its volunteers can use to prepare and deliver introductory workshops on these two topics.

The scope does not include delivering workshops, individual career coaching, ongoing trainer guidance, or continued advisory support.

Organization Mission

Global Empowerment Network, Inc. (GEN) empowers underserved individuals and communities through education, legal support, and charitable initiatives. We focus on expanding access to opportunities, particularly for women and girls, immigrants and refugees, and other underserved communities in the United States and internationally.