In this sample resume, education is listed towards the top because it is recent and very relevant to the career objective.
Valuable computer skills are highlighted in a separate section. CO-OP, INTERNSHIP and ACADEMIC PROJECTS are
ALL considered experience. Notice how he includes experience in other countries as well.
C o r r y C o m p u t e r
Home Address
Campus Address
123, Ellis Street
3456 University Ave
Boston, MA, 01234
Tindle Residence, Room 234
(123) 456 789
Halifax, NS
(123) 555-8256
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in
Information Engineering
2006
Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS
Senior Project: Voice-On-Demand System on Personal Computers for Telephone Networks
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Relevant Courses: Integrated Circuit, Microprocessor, Computer Architecture, System
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Programming Language, Electronic circuits, Physical Electronics, Electromagnetics, Automatic
Control, Data Structure and Algorithms, Computer Language & Translator, Data
Communication, Linear Algebra, Digital System, Signal and System
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Electronic design automation
National Instrument LabVIEW Cadence
SPW,
Synopsys
tools:
COSSAP,
Berkeley Ptolemy
Hardware design tools:
Mentor ModelSim, Cadence NC-VHDL, Xilinx, Quick Logic,
Magic
Low-level languages:
Verilog, VHDL, assembly for TI TMS320C54x, Intel x86,
Z80, V40
High-level languages:
C, C++, Java, Pascal, Fortran, Basic, Matlab
Scripting languages:
csh, sh, tcl/tk, itcl
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Summer Co-op
Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon, US
07/05-12/05
Developed radio frequency interference mitigation algorithms for narrowband interference
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rejection
Assessed and prototyped algorithms to FPGA implementation for MIMO-OFDM Intel
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platforms
Demonstrated performance improvement with noise weighting algorithm resulting in one
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patent submitted and one journal paper under review
Awarded $10,000 scholarship in recognition of strong performance during co-op placement
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