Resume
Your resume is the first thing employers will read when evaluating you for a job or internship. The format of your resume must be presented professionally and your engineering techniques and skills should be described in detail. Please view our example resumes below, attend our weekly group resume review sessions, schedule a 1:1 resume review appointment, or upload your resume for an online resume review, in order to ensure your resume is the best it can be.
examples
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Creating Your Resume
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Example Resumes - Undergraduate
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Example Resumes - Graduate
Key Resume Tips
Key Resume Tips
- The resume is part of your professional, so it should reflect the same information as your Handshake and LinkedIn profiles.
- Everyone is a critic. At the end of the day, it’s your resume, so you get to decide how to represent yourself. When you receive resume advice, consider the expertise of the person giving it.
- Be consistent with styles (font type, bold-type, italics, usage of periods, underlines, etc.).
- A job/project/internship description should have at least 2 bullet points.
- Action verbs must be in the past tense if you are not currently doing the job/project/internship (e.g. developed vs. develop). Otherwise, use present tense.
- Components of a strong bullet point = Action-oriented verb + detail about what you did + software/hardware/coding languages/technical tools/skills that you used + outcome, result, or impact of this accomplishment
How Can I Get Help With My Resume?
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Attend a Weekly Group Resume Review
The Engineering Career Center offers resume reviews via Zoom on Mondays from 1-2pm during the Fall and Spring Semesters. Please be prepared to do a resume screen share for your resume. Students are seen on a first-come/first-serve basis.
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Upload
Upload your resume to obtain an online resume review from a member of the Engineering Career Center. After submitting your resume for review, please allow 2-3 business days for a response with recommendations for your resume. Business days are all weekdays (Monday – Friday) which are not University holidays.
If your resume appears to require significant revisions, we will email you to recommend requesting a 1:1 resume advising appointment.
You may request 1:1 resume reviews on Handshake.
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1:1 Appointment
Students may now request 1:1 resume review appointments online on Handshake.
Once the career advisor approves the appointment, they will send you a link to their Zoom room for the appointment.