Why develop a resume?

Developing a professional resume or curriculum vita is a necessity for securing internships, other temporary positions, and permanent opportunities, and frequently is necessary in the pursuit of fellowships, assistantships, other honors, and admissions to graduate and professional studies.  Opportunities which surface through on-campus recruiting generally demand that a resume be available online through OrangeLink, the web-based system used to coordinate student consideration for interviews. A solid resume can also play an important role in networking.

When should students start developing a resume?

Undergraduate students should start developing a resume as early as their first year and should commit to keeping it updated on at least an annual basis, if not more frequently as new knowledge and experience is acquired.  Graduate students without resumes should start immediately to build a resume or curiculum vitae.

Where is help available?

Students should connect with both the career services offices in their home colleges, and with the Center for Career Services, for print and/or online guidance on resume writing. Career-specific materials from the college offices are complemented by guidance and examples available in The Career Guide and Job Choices, publications distributed by the Center for Career Services, and by general guidelines and examples found on the Center's web site.

Critiquing services, i.e. chances for students to sit with a career advisor and go over a resume draft, are available at the Center (235 Schine) Tuesday and Friday from 12 to 2:30 pm, Monday and Thursday from 2 to 4:30 pm, and Wednesday from 3 to 5:30 pm, on a drop-in/no appointment necessary basis, and may be available on other bases in the college-based offices.