Resume/CV Examples

Getting started on your resume can feel overwhelming. Review the following examples to see the various ways you can incorporate your experiences and accomplishments into a resume perfectly suited for your next steps.

How do I format my skills on my resume?

Skills from work, fraternity, course projects, semester at sea, and activities are grouped and listed to support your objective. Use this format when you do not have a lot of career-related experience.

I have skills other than computer skills, how do I list those?

Course project experience detailed just like other work or internship experience.
Font: Arial 11 pt.
Margins: at least .5 all sides
Table used to format only – borders are set to be invisible on the print document.

Skills not Limited to Computer Skills Resume

I want to show leadership through my campus involvement.

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Leadership Through Campus Involvement Resume

I'd like to highlight relevant college activities.

Features of this resume:

Relevant college activities detailed like employment.
Experience includes volunteer work.
Other, less relevant employment separated and not detailed.
Relevant courses listed
Font: Arial 11 pt.
Margins: .5 top & bottom .8 sides

Should I list high school activites?

Employers skim resumes fast. Skills listed in columns are easier to read than strings of words with commas.

Features of this resume:

Includes high school activities, because this student is a sophomore; by junior year, generally remove high school activities unless they are rare or show a long track record of interest or involvement in your chosen field.
Availability is included because this is for a co-op position. Employers will not know when you can start work so tell them.
When you do not have career-related experience, but your other jobs show employers things like your work ethic and customer service experience—qualities important to all work settings.

How do I showcase coursework outside of my major?

Features of this resume:

Coursework outside the major shows how this student is qualified for the career objective.
Experience can be a student activity—related to and supports the objective in this example.
6 key items in bold (in addition to headings)—select those that best support objective.
Font: Century Gothic 11
Margins: .7
Table used to simplify formatting only; not to print. Set borders to be invisible on printed document.

I need to list lab skills relevant to my objective.

Features of this resume:

Lab skills relevant to objective.
Upper level courses (do not list basic courses obviously taken because of your major).
Font: Arial 10 pt.
Margins: .7
Use table only for formatting.