Sample Resumes

• Co-op or Internship Resume Sample
  Ideal for students seeking their first internship or job experience. Highlights education, relevant skills, and experience acquired through school/community activities and/or work experience.

• Skills Functional or Skills Resume Sample
  Best for students with little work experience or for professionals seeking to change a career path. Identifies and demonstrates responsibilities, skills, and functions that are transferable from previous experience and education to the career goal.

• Chronological Resume Sample
  Recommended for candidates with previous work experience in the field to which they are applying. Organizes experience by date from most recent earliest experience, emphasizes continuity, and allows elaboration on duties within each position.
  
  
• Modified Chronological Resume Sample
  An alternative to the traditional chronological resume. Clusters and highlights relevant work experience, allows break in date continuity, and minimizes or eliminates unrelated work experience.
  
  
• Teaching Resume Sample
  Designed for those seeking teaching positions. Highlights education and related experience as well as skills that contribute to the candidate's versatility.
  
  
• Electronic Resume Sample
  Formatted for transmittal through electronic means.

• Resume Tips
• Business Resume Sample
• Design Resume Sample
• Engineering Technical Resume Sample
• Journalism Resume Sample
• Scientific Resume Sample

NEW on-line videos all about Resumes

The SJSU Career Center is pleased to introduce you to an excellent series of on-line videos on the topic of Resumes. Created by the York University Career Center Team in Ontario, Canada, they have generously given the SJSU Career Center permission to share these award-winning videos with our campus community. The information about resume writing in the series is very current, relevant, and extensive. The Staff of the Career Center hopes this series will be beneficial to you as you write a resume, refine your resume, and create a strong targeted resume.

The Resume videos are broken down into four main categories:

• Mastering the Resume
  Learn ways to create a targeted resume that will get read.

• Anatomy of a Resume
  Explore the variety of sections you could include on your resume and determine which ones will be the most effective in your job search.

• Highlighting Your Education
  Gain insights on how to highlight your education on your resume. This video is geared towards a Canadian-based student population, so some of the information may not be relevant to SJSU students.

• Highlighting Your Experience
  Find out ways to make a great impression by highlighting your experience.

All four of the videos provide great information and examples of how to create a resume that makes an impact. Keep in mind that these videos were developed for a Canadian-based population and will contain examples of Canadian-based employers, yet the information is 100% transferable to the SJSU population. Go to the York CareerCyberGuide resume page.

Under each of the Resume sections in York’s CareerCyberGuide you will find some good handouts with Sample Resumes and a comprehensive list of active verbs that complement the video series. On the SJSU Career Center site you will also find additional information about resumes as well as lots of examples of SJSU student resumes.