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Sample 4: Erik Aimigdala’s resume

This resume is different from those above because it is the resume of a student that is about to

graduate. Erik wants to get a job in a research laboratory at Rutgers University Medical School or

Princeton Medical School in his home state of New Jersey.

Notice that Erik is using his home address in New Jersey, even though he is still at TU. He wants the

people in New Jersey to recognize that he is “local” (or soon will be). If he used his Baltimore

address, the people in New Jersey might not want to bother trying to bring someone all the way up

from Maryland for an interview. It might be costly and would the person want to relocate to Jersey?

Erik's plan is to work at this job for 2 to 3 years and then apply to medical school. Erik has an

Objective statement but note that he does not state that his objective is "to go to medical school." He

knows that the people who run research laboratories don't want to spend a considerable amount of

money hiring and training someone if that person is going to leave within a short time. Thus, Erik's

Objective statement focuses on his honest desire to work to improve human health care.

Erik slacked off quite a bit when he was a freshman and sophomore and, during his first two years,

his GPA was rather low. However, later, he got very serious and started to get much better grades.

For this reason, Erik is also reporting his GPA in his last two years at TU. If he gets an interview and

is asked about this, he can talk about how he "saw the error of his ways" and turned himself into a

very good student.

Erik has had a number of jobs while he was an undergraduate, but none of these jobs were relevant

or science-related, so he has left them off. He really doesn't have space to list them, anyway,

because he wisely obtained a substantial amount of research and internship experience while he was

an undergraduate, all of which is very relevant to this position.

When Erik was a first-semester sophomore taking BIOL 204, his resume looked a lot like the first

resume above. But Erik learned in BIOL 204 that to get as much relevant, hands-on experience as

possible is one of the smartest things you can do. He did that and now has a very impressive

resume.

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