Download some example resumes: example_resume, example_resume2
No typos
Email address: based on your name; don’t use TUID, too hard to read
Don’t bother listing an objective, not used anymore
One page only
Don’t say “references available on request” This is obvious.
Education: needs to be at the top for fresh graduate, you can move down later after you get more experience
INCLUDE SOME EXAMPLE COURSES upper level and GIS especially
GPA if over 3.0
Job experience – not too much detail; even if it is a service job, show steady work habits
Independent research – not required!!
Volunteer and club experience
Ok to list some lab activities as experience as long as you make it clear they were classroom not job experience (don’t oversell)
Maybe hobbies, maybe not
Clean layout
No repetition
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