Career Toolkit Series: Week 1: RESUME TIPS

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Resume Tips:

  • Highlight your internships that are relevant to an industry of interest.
  • If you’ve gained knowledge from a class you’re enrolled in, or completed, and it’s relevant to the job you’re applying for, list and describe the class
  • Unpaid internships and jobs that helped you strengthen or develop new skills, should be listed
  • Be results oriented on your resume.
  • If you increased sales, don’t hold back telling the story; share that percentage!
  • Review your resume, and then review it again!
  • Share your resume with others to review
  • After submitting your resume, remember to put the name of the company on your Excel spreadsheet and the date that you submitted your resume

STAY TUNED…next week COVER LETTER TIPS!

By Colleen Murphy
Colleen Murphy Senior Associate Director, Pulsifer Undergraduate Career Development Center