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Key Elements of a Successful Counseling Resume

Mandatory Elements

These elements are important to include on your counseling resume.

Identification

Needs to include your first and last name (should be the largest font size, but not too oversized to look out of place), contact

information :

phone number and professional email address, and your street address, city, state & zip code

Licensure

For School Counseling Candidates: List your Professional Educator License with an endorsement in school counseling.

For Community , School Counseling, and College Student Development: If you are also pursuing your Professional

Counseling Licensure (LPC); this should be noted and the expected date

Example:

Professional Educator License (PEL), expected June 2013



School Counselor, prekindergarten through grade 12

Illinois License Professional Counselor (LPC), expected August 2013

Education

Institution, City, State

(Expected) Graduation Month Year

Write out the full name of your (expected) degree; also list Minors and Concentrations; Always most recent degree to past.

Please note that all degrees are written in singular; For example: Master of Education, Concentration School Counseling

GPA: 4.0/4.0 (it is recommended that you include your GPA if it is 3.0 or higher), Academic Awards/Honors

Experience

Experience is mandatory and the heart of any counseling resume; however, it can be represented in a variety of ways. Choose

the most rich, concrete, relevant counseling experiences to put on your resume. Keep in mind that after each experience,

there will be bullet points (accomplishment statements) detailing your experience more fully. Remember to contextualize eve-

rything or ―prove it‖ so to speak with specific experiences and results or objectives.

Important Note: within each section, experiences are to be listed in reverse chronological order and refer to page 9 for more

advice on creating an accomplishment statement.

Counseling Experience

Counseling experience should reflect your practicum experience and other direct counseling experience that you may have had

prior to your program. It should directly follow the education section and take up the most amount of space on a counseling

resume. It is important to reflect and articulate experiences with regard to: Population you served, Resources developed in

school/organization, multiple roles you have had, area of specialty/focus, and key accomplishments. Include direct support

services of your population, individual and group counseling, program development, special events, collaborations, policy/

resource implementation, initiatives introduced, community outreach, crisis intervention, assessments, focus of treatment/

interventions, specific resources, theoretical orientations, etc..

Related Experience

Highlight paid or unpaid experiences though which you have gained counseling elated skills. Be careful not to add experienc-

es that would otherwise be transferrable and in a non-counseling area. Examples include, but are not limited to: mentoring,

peer advising, advocacy, research, outreach, coordination, etc.

Example:

Volunteer, National Runaway Safeline, Chicago, IL

March 2008-Present

Work/Professional Experience

Employers will focus on your counseling and related experience; however, you may include skills obtained for another indus-

try that are transferable to a school or community setting. For example, training, collaborating, management, research, organi-

zation, etc. Think about the most salient, riches experiences to streamline application to counseling role for this section.

Optional Elements for Your Resume

Think about other elements that can add value and distinction to your resume such as these areas:

Summary of Qualifications, Professional Development and Memberships, Research Experience,

Professional Skills and Interests, Volunteer Experience, Relevant Coursework, Special Projects

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