1️⃣Sections and Orders

Since recruiters spend only about 6 seconds (on average!) looking at your resume, the type of sections and order matters because you want to make sure they can scan it as fast and efficiently as possible. Below are how the sections should be ordered an what they should include:

1. Contact Info

• Email address (should be short, professional, and easy to type)

• Phone

• LinkedIn (should be formatted as Linkedin: Username and hyperlinked)

• Github (should be formatted as Github: Username and hyperlinked)

2. Education

• Grad date ( month and year, don’t include starting date)

• GPA

• Major and Minor

• Relevant Coursework

• Technical Skills

  • Languages

  • Tools & Frameworks

  • Certifications

3. Work Experience/ Research

• Should include internships, research experience, TA experience, Tutoring experience, and any other paid experience

• Bullet points should be formatted using Question model explained below

4. Projects

• Should include class, personal, or open source projects

• Bullet points should be general overview of project and include technologies utilized

• No more than 3 one line bullet points should be used, preferably use 2

5. Leadership Experience

• Should include organizations. awards, scholarships, and any other extracurricular activities

• If you run out of space, you can create 2 columns