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to list relevant experiences and skills, skip the objective.

EDUCATION

This section gives details about your college, degree, graduation date, and

majors. An overall GPA and a Major GPA are optional. Typically, include your

GPA if it is 3.0 or higher and add your Major GPA if it is higher than your

overall GPA. Include study abroad or additional educational institutions if

appropriate. Generally, you will not include high school, unless your high

school is well known or is relevant to the employer (it is assumed you

graduated from high school to get into college).

EXPERIENCE

This is the main part of your resume. Use the descriptions you wrote while

compiling your list, being sure to begin them with action verbs. Strive to be

concise. You should not use full sentences or try to write eloquent prose.

Illustrate descriptions with specifics about numbers, outcomes, and goals

you met. Omit all personal pronouns.

Try not to be redundant with your job title. For example, if you were a staff

writer for The Review, don’t just say you “wrote articles for The Review”.

That is implied by your title. Instead try to indicate how many articles, about

what, whether you conducted interviews, etc.

Write the description of your experiences either using bullets or in a

paragraph style. Again, make sure it is easy to read. Bulleted statements

can contain more than one sentence and be more than one line if needed.

Don’t use bullets if you choose a paragraph style. Other sections will depend

upon your background and what will be of interest to the prospective

employer. You may include some of the following:

SKILLS

List your computer, language, and other relevant skills.

ACTIVITIES/LEADERSHIP/EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

If not already included in the Experience section, use this section to describe

activities you’ve participated in, especially if you played a leadership role.

This section is especially useful for students and recent grads who do not yet

have a great deal of work experience.

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

Particularly useful for academic resumes, this section allows you to elaborate

on relevant academic work you’ve done.

FIELDS OF INTEREST (major/minor; or possible fields of interest)

VOLUNTEEER ACTIVITIES

AWARDS

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