Include your complete local and permanent contact information: name, address, phone number and email
List education appropriately---degree, university, expected graduation date, GPA, minor
Include relevant work history and involvement
Spell out everything including words in your address, the names of states, type of degree, etc.
Include related professional information, like honors, awards, volunteer and internship experiences
Use bullet points that start with action verbs to highlight skills and work experiences
Expand and quantify your bullet points to give a better scope of your skills---no two-word statements!
List references’ contact information on a separate page, using the same heading you used for your resume
Format/Design:
Make formatting consistent---use of bullets, spacing, font effects, word tenses, and indentations should be easy to read
Prioritize everything listed---either list experiences in reverse chronological order (most recent first), or list the most important experiences first
Have correct spelling and grammar
Be one full page, no partial pages
Keep font and color professional
A Weak Resume
Content
Includes inappropriate personal information like hobbies, photos, age, personal interests
Includes abbreviations
Includes personal pronouns (I, me, you, etc.)
Includes outdated and/or not applicable information
Includes casual writing or slang terms
Has grammatical or spelling errors
Format/Design
Has overwhelmingly fancy fonts or colors
Is based on a resume template, which is unoriginal
Has excessive white space that makes the resume lok sparse
Has partial pages---one full page should be sufficient for an undergraduate
References are listed on your resume---they should be on a separate page