Resumes

• Put your name in at least 14-point type.
• Include a professional-sounding email address that you check daily.
• Include a link to your LinkedIn profile and to your website (if you have one that is professional and appropriate)

Include an objective if it conveys the stated criteria for a specific job/industry. Experienced job seekers sometimes include a Summary of Qualifications section at the beginning of their resume. A summary should be specific, and it should include as many appropriate keywords as possible.

While you’re still in school, the Education section goes above the experience section(s). If you are applying for an internship as a freshman or sophomore, include your high school below Boston College (space permitting).

The education section remains at the top of your resume if you have recently earned a graduate or professional degree.

Include your GPA if it is above 3.0. If you want to emphasize your academic training relevant to the job or internship, include a "Relevant Coursework" section where you list a few courses that are most pertinent to the position you are seeking. Significant honors and awards can be included as a sub-category of your Education section. So can study abroad experiences.

Drawing on the highlights you prepared, choose a few sentences that encapsulate your skills, duties, and accomplishments at each job or activity. Don't limit yourself to paid work, especially if you are still in college or a recent graduate. 

Use bullet points to describe each experience on your resume and provide context. Great bullet points will not just state the responsibilities that you had within each of your experiences, they will include the problem you faced, the action you took, and the results you achieved. Follow the PAR method: Action Verb + Problem + Action + Result

• Start with an action verb. You want to start with an interesting verb that will catch the eye of the reader and showcase your work and contributions.
• For every one of your experiences, you want to make sure you tell the full story and demonstrate the value you added to your work. State the problem, the action you took, and the result. 
• Cite numbers to make your point (e.g. number of people supervised, number of children in classroom, size of event, budget you oversaw, etc.).
   

You can either create a separate section to describe your extracurricular or volunteer activities, or you can include them with your work experiences.

Include a skills section if you have specialized abilities or knowledge in areas such as computer systems and applications, world languages, or lab work.