Your resume is essentially a marketing piece. Its purpose is to quickly communicate your qualifications to a potential employer, so it should be organized, clear, concise, and relevant. You may have different versions of your resume depending on what you are seeking.
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- Develop a comprehensive list of your skills, knowledge, abilities, experience, accomplishments, honors, and awards.
- Think about what you’ve learned in projects and classes, through volunteer work or student organizations, or from work experience.
- Think about what sets you apart from others. Do you speak a foreign language? Do you have leadership experience? Do you have a minor?
- Look at the resume samples and organize your skills into categories.
- Elaborate on work experience, listing specific responsibilities and quantifying accomplishments when possible. Use strong action words to describe demonstrated responsibilities.
- Contact information
- Official name of degree and graduation date
- Comprehensive, concise statements of your qualifications
- Employment experience and relevant accomplishments
- Honors, activities, awards
- Photos of yourself or irrelevant personal information
- Personal pronouns (I, me, you, my, mine, etc.)
- Spelling, punctuation, capitalization, or grammar errors
- A weak or generic objective (“to obtain an internship” )
- Full sentences or paragraphs
- High school activities (if you are a junior or senior – unless they are significant accomplishments)
- “References upon request” (just send them)
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You need at least three professional references that know you well and are familiar with your work and/or how you work. This could be professors, past employers, or leaders of volunteer organizations.
Ask the person to be a reference for you before you provide their contact information to anyone, and let them know what positions you apply for so they are prepared when they receive a phone call.
Sample Reference Page