Resume Tips and Best Practices
Resume Sections
• Contact Information
(name, address, email,
phone number)
• Education
• Academic Honors /
Awards
• Work Experience,
Professional Experience
• Leadership Experience,
Community Leadership
(volunteerism), Campus
Leadership (clubs and
organizations)
• Skills (computer skills,
language ability)
Contact Information
• This is your resume's header
• Make sure your full name is the largest item on the page
• Use a professional email address (FirstName.LastName@gmail.com)
• Include your phone number with area code
Education
• Put your home institution first. If you've already graduated, put
your highest level of education first.
• Put the month and year you will be graduating or graduated
(i.e. Anticipated May 2016)
• Use your school's official name.
Academic Honors/Awards
• List awards & honors in the Education section if they are all
school-related
• Mention how long you have held the honor: for example,
"Dean's List (four semesters)."
• Highlight scholarships – please do not include monetary value
of the award
Work Experience (or Professional Experience)
• List your experience in reverse chronological order (most
recent first)
• List 3-5 bullets per position
• Use present tense for current duties and past tense for past
duties
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