The Top 11 College Student Resume NEED-TO KNOWS By A College Student

The people who need resumes that are more than one page should have very, very technical jobs or at least 5 years of experience with another higher degree. College students just don't need more than one page, even the really exceptional ones.

Making resumes too long will leave a recruiter tired as they tend to skim the resumes - shorter resumes also mean the most important information is the information you're providing your hiring manager with.

My internships have been in Human Resources. I've lost count of how many hiring managers or recruiters have metaphorically and critically crucified a job candidate for some silly grammatical mistake.

Here's how you make sure you don't have a typo - read it a few days after you make it, it will be MUCH easier to catch a typo that slipped through. I'd also suggest giving it to at least two other people to glance over.

It's a phenomenal trick, really!

Here's how it works, recruiters tend to look for key skills and keywords. Google the position you're applying for and looking over various job postings from various companies - choose the phrases/words that you see the most often and make sure that they are well pronounced while you write your resume.

This is also a great thing to do for a quick resume refresher when applying to particular positions. Having the same resume that you apply to be a blue rocket engineer with should be different than the resume for yellow rocket engineer position.

Of course it may SEEM like the same type of job, but each company will have a different set of qualities to look for within certain titles and that's something you MUST be cognizant of.

If they don't ask for a cover letter, a summary or objective can be a powerful way of showing your interest. If there is a cover letter, ditch the summary or objective on the resume - there just isn't a point.

The picture is an example of a fairly good objective on the resume if you're interested in a real example.

Still, even without a cover letter, an objective/summary statement isn't particularly necessary in all cases or at all. One case when it is helpful is if you're using a resume that could be considered for many roles, an objective statement would clarify which role you want to be considered for.

If you don't like it or can't write a good one, just leave it out - NOT having one won't hurt you, but I can speak from experience that my objective statement has really helped me.

You're a college student, that means the thing most of the recruiters want to see first is your education and GPA. That should be the first thing that is outlined.

Put the school name, what degree you're getting, and when you're SUPPOSED to graduate. It doesn't hurt to list a minor under it or near it.

I'm sorry to all of you who might have a fairly low GPA (2.5 - 3.1) - but if you don't have work experience you need to put it. If you don't put it, you're even more likely to be asked because that's something that recruiters largely use as a defining factor.

If you have a good GPA, most definitely put it - even if you're 2 or even 3 years out of college, a 3.7 or higher says some very good things about your work ethic.

Now if you have a bad GPA, and I mean 2.5 or lower, you better find some work experience to overshadow how low it is - or DON'T PUT IT AT ALL. It won't help you. Get in the door with your great work experience and when you're asked about your GPA in the interview, explain why it is only a 2.5.

If it's lower than 2.5... it doesn't matter if you don't have much experience or not - don't put it on there at all. There will be nothing good from letting a recruiter see that. You might as well say goodbye to the job if it's not at... you know... McDonald's or something.

If you're a freshman on your first semester, just put 0.0 until you get a real GPA - the recruiters will know what you mean.

It really could help if you resume is nice looking.

I know that's a weird notion, but an aesthetically pleasing resume can help QUITE a lot. A hideous one can also lose you a job.

You could have the perfect experience and your recruiter will be so distracted by how hideous it is that they don't even take the time to read it. It's pretty shallow, but it's true. A bad looking resume shows laziness, and no one wants a lazy worker.

There is no point for you to have more than 4 bullet points. Look at ths person's position at MDDT Call Center, that first bullet point is absolutely useless.

Make sure that you bullet points begin with verb, you want to show action - you want to show what you're capable of.

The verbs you choose to start your bullet point with should be meaningful and powerful.

It's also great if you can use a different verb each time. What this shows is a beneficial illusion that your position had you doing many diverse things - even if all you were doing was putting in data.

Put some data in there, and to do this you have to pay close attention to how well you do on the job.

Find a percentage of work that you completed, a percentage of how MORE effecient things are, the moral of this short story is - find some numerical data to show how remarkable you are!

Numbers are much more powerful than words.

If you have any awards or honors - write the reward, then write HOW you got the reward.

"I didn't write how I got the reward because I wanted it to be a talking piece."

-_-

No one is going to care if they have no idea how you got it...

You want to make sure that your resume captures who you are as a person, and most importantly, as a worker.

Good luck!