Break out your suits and resume folders because it’s time to find an internship. Perhaps you don’t know how to format your resume or even where to begin? If you want to get offers from your favorite employers, you must set yourself apart from the rest.
So what if Susie has a 4.0? You have personality, and that’s what big companies are looking for. Here’s an example of the ideal resume below:
THIS IS MY RESUME Â Â Â Â Â Â
173 Harbin Hall, Washington, DC 20057; 555-555-5555
(I’m not the best at picking up calls so shoot me a text)
EDUCATION
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Cumulative GPA: Cura Personalis, right?
Major: Computer Science (I haven’t taken a class but I think I like technology and all that so it should be easy)
High School Cumulative GPA: 4.00 (Yup, high school was pretty much my academic peak. I still keep this on my resume to prove that I am smart.)
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Successfully skipped my 8:00 am Problem of God class 4 Fridays in a row and still got an A. (I can’t let class disrupt my thirsty Thursday festivities)
- Cumulatively stole 43 chocolate chip cookies, 30 apples and 5 pounds of Special K cereal from Leo’s in one year.
- Once fit 178 practice problems on a half-page formula sheet for my finance midterm. (#Aced it)
SKILLS
- Franzia connoisseur. (I can smell the difference between Sunset Blush and White Zinfandel from a mile away. They have quite distinct aromas. If you swish the Sunset Blush around in your red solo cup you can almost smell the oak.)
- Ask me to sing any Taylor Swift song and I’ll know the lyrics.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Photographer (My Instagram has 100 followers)
- Model (My aforementioned Instagram account only consists of selfies)
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
- GU(random letter I forget)A, Social Chair
- I threw really great parties. (I’m not really sure what the organization actually does though. I haven’t been to many of the meetings.)
- Freshman Class Committee, Chair                                                                                  Â
- Yeah we didn’t really do anything.
- Planed social and philanthropic events to unite 7,636 undergraduate students and better the Georgetown community.
- Managed and allocated $2,000 of funding during the 2013- 2014 academic year.
TECHNICAL & LANGUAGE SKILLS
- Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Word (I’m really technologically advanced, hence the Computer Science Major)
- Spanish (I took it in high school and remember how to say the important things, like enchilada)
So there you have it, Hoyas. Just follow our ready-to-go resume example above, and you’ll never need to visit the Career Center ever again!
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