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Career Services offers many resources, including sample résumés, cover letters, and more to help get you started on your job search! To get started, review our top résumé tips, templates, and resources to document your unique experiences.

Top Résumé Tips

  • Keep the résumé to 1 page in length and use a simple and clean format: Stay away from colors, pictures, icons, and multiple columns
  • Use a bullet point format to describe your experiences: What did you do + How did you do it + Why did you do it or What was the result
  • Make sure your bullet points highlight your achievements using numbers whenever possible rather than simply listing your day-to-day tasks
  • Make sure you have the following sections: Contact Information, Education, Work Experiences, and Skills (Additional Sections Could Include: Relevant Coursework, Research, Publications, Presentations, Volunteer Experiences, Certifications, and Awards & Honors)
  • Avoid using proper pronouns (I, me, you, he, she, we, it, and they)
  • It is a good idea to keep a multi-page “master résumé” with all of your experiences on it. You can use this to document and customize which skills and experiences best fit each position you apply for

Watch the video below to learn more about how to use Career Services resources to enhance your résumé and professional documents.

General Résumé Templates 

Résumé Rubric

Résumé Checklist

Please open templates in Microsoft Word to ensure proper formatting. Remember to delete comments before saving. When you are finished formatting your résumé, save the document as a PDF.

  • Résumé Template 1
  • Résumé Template 2
  • Résumé Template 3
  • Résumé Template 4
  • Résumé Template 5

Specific Résumé Templates 

Please open templates in Microsoft Word to ensure proper formatting. Remember to delete comments before saving. When you are finished formatting your résumé, save the document as a PDF.

  • Advanced Résumé Template
  • Art History or Studio Art Template
  • Career Change Template
  • Federal Jobs Template
  • Federal Jobs Résumé Checklist
  • Graduate Student Template
  • Military Affiliated Template
  • Music Résumé Template
  • Research Template
  • Standard Template
  • Theatre Template

Sample Résumés  

  • Aviation
  • Business
  • Career Change - New Industry
  • Career Change - Within Current Industry
  • Computer Science
  • Education
  • First-Year
  • Information Technology (IT) Master's
  • Science
  • Social Work

Sample Cover Letters 

  • Sample Cover Letter
  • Sample Email Cover Letter

Career Resource Guides 

  • College to Career Resource Guide
  • Accessibility
  • LGBTQIA
  • Veterans

Other Useful Resources 

  • Action Verbs
  • CV vs. Résumé Explanation
  • Describing Your Experience Worksheet
  • Sample CV
  • Sample Reference Page
  • Sample Resume

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