Applied Study Term Internship Resume Sample (Page 3 of 4) in pdf

Self-Serving or Uninteresting Objectives:

Those Same Objectives,

Revisited:

Example #1

Alternative:

~ Seeking an outside sales opportunity with a

~ Seeking outside sales internship position

progressive-thinking company that will provide

requiring proven closing skills.

me with an opportunity for advancement.

~ Seeking off campus sales position

requiring proven closing skills.

What company doesn’t like to think of itself as

“progressive”? Also, why are you worried about

These clearly state what you seek, and emphasize

advancement already? You haven’t even been

that you have the requisite skills.

hired for this job yet.

Example #2

Alternative:

~ Seeking to advance my career in the exciting

~ Seeking pharmaceutical sales internship

world of pharmaceutical sales.

utilizing my background and experience in

organic chemistry as well as my excellent

Every wasted word that you put on your resume

interpersonal communication skills. Willing

decreases the impact of all the other words. If the

to travel and /or relocate.

employer spends even a half second reading the

adjective “exciting,” it does two things. It increases

Again, this shows you are focused, and that you

the chance that a more important word—an action

can make a contribution. It also states that you

verb or an accomplishment—will be missed.

are willing to do what it takes to move up the

Secondly, it gives the reader the impression that

ladder.

you are trying to snow them.

Example #3

Alternative:

~ Seeking management position.

~ Seeking retail-management training

position, utilizing my six years experience in

This is a common mistake, particularly among first-

retail sales.

time job seekers. It does not tell the employer

anything, except perhaps that you have not given a

Clearly states the goal and summarizes your

great deal of thought to what it is that you want to

qualifications.

do.

Example #4

Alternative:

~ Seeking a challenging position in social

~ Seeking a position as a crisis counselor.

services.

Short and to the point.

Again, this adjective adds very little to the

objective.

Alternative:

~ Seeking the opportunity to apply and

integrate my classroom knowledge in a

practical ___________* setting through an

internship at (fill-in-the-blank).

* (business, legal, social services, etc.)

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