Quick Tips

General Tips

• Limit your resume to one page.
• Remember to always give specific examples of accomplishments, skills, and results.
• Start sentences with action verbs followed by descriptive words.
• Proofread carefully for grammatical and punctuation errors.
• Make sure verb tense is correct.
• Use traditional fonts sized 10-12.

• Use a traditional, centered heading.
• Don't forget your e-mail address.

• Be specific and focus on what the employers want.
• Research the company and focus on the employer.
• Make sure all content in the resume relates back to the objective.

• Bold your degree, not the school attended.
• Add the anticipated graduation date or date that your degree was received.
• Include your GPA only if you have a 3.3 or higher.

• List upper division coursework to show familiarity with what employers want. (Coursework is most helpful for students seeking internships.)
• Use upper division coursework to fill up space on a resume if you do not have much related work experience.

• Ask yourself "What did I accomplish in this position?" and "How does that relate to my objective?" after each statement.
• Quantify your experience whenever possible. Cite specific examples of things you accomplished.
• Research buzz words the company uses to describe their ideal candidate. Think about how your work experience has taught you these skills. Then, use those words in your resume.

• Include class projects that required skills needed for the position.
• Be sure to mention leadership duties you have assumed and the number of people you oversaw.
• Consider adding a brief summary of the objective of the project.
• Add personal projects, but make them sound professional.

• Add technical skills as well as foreign language and communication skills.
• Mention only skills with which you are strongly familiar.

• List professional organizations or clubs closely related to your major or career field.
• List all organizations in which you had an active duty to show leadership skills.
• Explain what your duties were in any office you held (e.g., vice president, chair person, etc.).
• Consider adding any volunteer work that may add transferable skills to your resume.

• Use 10-14 point font size.
• Create one-inch margins.
• Keep your resume free of vertical and horizontal lines, graphics, italics, and columns.