Professional Resume Design

As with all student resumes, experience and relevant education is highlighted up at the top of the resume, with work experience being listed last. Try and keep the resume to one page, as with almost all student resumes.

Strong summary

Write a strong summary, and summary of qualifications. These should be short, to the point and t from the perspective of the employer – what are they going to get out of your employment at the company?

Education

After a short, 1-2 sentence summary, and a bullet list of 4-5 ‘Qualifications’ should come the education section. For an engineering graduate, this should be longer, highlighted and expanding on relevant coursework, honors, GPA  (if good enough) etc.

Computer/Software/Mechanical Skills

This section should highlight the technical aspects that you have mastered – Operating systems, software programs, machines, processes, etc

Experience

This section should highlight your work, volunteer and relevant experience gained during your education, especially if you worked on a project with a professor, won an award etc.