Aspiration Statement and Résumé
for Your Country Staff
Congratulations on your decision to accept Peace Corps’
invitation to serve as a Volunteer. Now that you have accepted
your assignment, the staff in your country of service wants to
learn about the expectations, experiences, skills, education,
and language ability that you bring to your assigned project.
As you complete the following two documents, please refer
to your Volunteer Assignment Description (VAD) and country
welcome information, which contain information about your
country, specific project, training, and lifestyle.
In order for the Peace Corps host country staff to further
evaluate your skills, abilities, and aspirations, Peace Corps
requests that you write an aspiration statement and a new
résumé in the following format. This is the only information
the host country staff will be receiving about you and it is
your chance to introduce yourself to them. Please make the
documents professional, complete, and up-to-date. Detail
all work and volunteer experience that are relevant to your
project.
Both forms must be typed or word processed.
Form One: Aspiration Statement
Please submit the aspiration statement in the format de-
scribed on the back of this page. This will give the staff in
your country of service the information needed to adapt the
training program to meet your needs. Include the following
information in the aspiration statement:
• your expectations of Peace Corps service and how
you see yourself working in your assigned project;
• your strategies for adapting to a new culture; and
• your personal and professional goals for Peace
Corps service.
Form Two: Résumé
Please submit a revised résumé in the format described
on the back of this page. It is important that you update
and expand your résumé to include information about your
background as it relates to the specific project that you have
been assigned.
PC-2023 (Rev. 08/2005)
This Requires Your
Immediate Attention
You have already submitted much of this information with
your application, but we need to send updated information
to your country of service. The résumé will give the staff
in your country of service additional information that will
help them provide relevant pre‑service training. It may also
be forwarded to your future host country supervisors and
ministry officials. Please include the following information
in your résumé:
• All professional and volunteer experience relevant to your
proposed assignment, especially experience gained since
you applied to the Peace Corps. Include any experience,
interests, or hobbies that may be useful in your project;
• Degrees earned and the institutions where they were
earned. Include certificates and awards earned, as well
as recent, relevant publications;
• Education and training relevant to your assignment (with
semester hours and units), including formal and informal
coursework and vocational training; and
• Foreign language study: include duration of study, loca-
tion and context of study, and, if applicable, specify the
length of time you have spent living and speaking the
lan­guage(s) in a foreign country.
Please send in your updated résumé and aspiration
statement within 10 days of accepting your invitation.
Make sure that your name, country of service, and date of
departure are on all pages of your résumé and aspiration
statement. You are encouraged to make photocopies of all
pages for your records.
Please e-mail the two documents as Microsoft Word attach-
ments:
[your country of service]@peacecorps.gov
For example: cameroon@peacecorps.gov
If you are unable to do this, please call your country desk unit.
The number is located at the end of your country welcome
information and in the VAD.
Peace
Corps
1 Please submit your aspiration statement
in the format shown to the right. Aspiration Statement
Name
Country of Service
(Your aspiration statement must be e-mailed Date of Departure

as a Microsoft Word attachment.)

A:
Section One:
Under the title Aspiration Statement, type your name, country of B:
service and date of departure.
C:
Section Two:
Your aspiration statement should describe your expectations about D:
your Peace Corps service and assigned project, your strategies for
adapting to a new culture, and how you expect your service to further E:
your personal and professional goals.

Now that you have read your Volunteer Assignment Description (VAD),
please tell us about:

A: The professional attributes that you plan to use, and what aspira-
tions you hope to fulfill, during your Peace Corps service.

B: Your strategies for working effectively with host country partners

to meet expressed needs.

C:  Your strategies for adapting to a new culture with respect to your

own cultural background.

D:  The skills and knowledge you hope to gain during pre-service train-
ing to best serve your future community and project.

E:  How you think Peace Corps service will influence your personal
and professional aspirations after your service ends.

Additional Pages: Name

On subsequent pages, put your name, country of service, and date of Address
Phone Number/E-mail
departure in the top right-hand corner. Country of Service
Date of Departure

Experience

2 Please submit your résumé in

the format shown to the right.
(Your résumé must be e-mailed as a Microsoft Word attachment.)
Degree

Section One:
Type your name, contact information, Training

country of service and date of departure

Foreign Languages
Section Two:
Use these headings: Experience, Degree, Training, Personal Interests/Hobbies
Foreign Languages, and Personal Interests/Hobbies.

Additional Pages:
On subsequent pages, put your name, country of service,
and date of departure in the top right-

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