Resumes

Your resume is essential for expressing why you have the skills and experience to excel at a job — and within a particular team.

On paper, your resume is a dense, fact-based document that provides information on your educational background, details your past professional experience, lists your top skills, and showcases your achievements.

Start here: Key resources to create and hone your resume.

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Creating a resume

It can be hard to know where to begin when creating a resume, so let us help! In the resources below, discover the essentials of resume writing and crafting a strong and effective document.

You’ll learn about what employers look for, essential formatting tips, content to include, strategies for developing compelling bullet point descriptions, how to tailor your resume for specific job applications, and more!

Crafting an effective resume (video)

First-year resume module

PhD resumes for industry

Using AI for resume creation

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Enhancing a resume

Once you have your first draft of a resume, what can you do to make it rise above the rest? Swap in some powerful action verbs; learn how to consider relevance, formatting, and other key details; and, once you’re ready to hit “apply,” walk through our resume checklist to see if you missed a step.

Resume checklist

Action verbs

Enhance your resume (with templates)

Resume samples and examples

Want inspiration or looking for how these tips play out in a real resume? View sample resumes from a broad range of class years, ranging from first-year undergrads to PhDs, in a range of resumes from majors and experience levels.

Even if a sample resume or cover letter isn’t from your exact career interest or experience level, you may find something helpful in it for your own document creation!

Sample resumes (across industries & experience levels)

PhD resumes for industry jobs (with examples)