Activities and Honors

Objective

• This section gives the employer a brief glimpse of how your qualifications will benefit the company. Try not to fall into the me-me-me trap of telling employers what they can do for you. Instead, show employers what you can do for them.

Example of "me-me": A position where I can gain experience in writing computer documents.

Revision: A position which allows me to use my background in computer science to write computer documentation.

Education

• This section is very important for most new graduates. It sometimes includes information such as university attended, degrees earned, major, minors, grade point average, date of program completion, and so forth.

Examples:
Purdue University
Bachelor of Arts: May 1997
Major: Professional Writing
Minor: Industrial Technology
GPA: major 5.5 overall 5.19

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B.A. Professional Writing, Technical Option
Minor: Computer Applications in Industry
Purdue University May 1997
GPA (6.0 scale): major 5.5 overall 5.19

Job Related Courses

• Some students wish to emphasize certain aspects of their education by listing course names (not university course numbers) of specific classes they have completed. You may want to specify courses that have provided skills and/or knowledge which would be beneficial to the position you are seeking. The employment recruiters are familiar with the basic requirements such as Introduction to Sociology and English Composition I and II. You should list the courses that set you apart from the crowd, not make you seem like just another graduate.

Examples:
Business Accounting (4 semesters)
Technical Writing
Writing for the Computer Industry
Molecular Biology
Cellular Neurobiology
Plant Physiology

Work Experience

• Work experience refers to positions you have held which are, in some way, related to the position you are seeking. This area may include information such as job title, company name and address, dates, and duties performed. Usually job descriptions are broken down into lists of action phrases that itemize the significant details of your duties.

Example:
Technical Writer, Documentation Department
Howard Sams and Company, 300 Parkway Dr., Indianapolis, IN 46202
[phone]
May 1994 - December 1997

• edit user manuals for electronic equipment
• design graphics for electronic schematic repair manuals
• write articles for monthly company newsletter
• use various computer software and desktop publishing applications

Skills

• If you are using a skills format, this section demonstrates the skills you have mastered that would be useful for the position you are seeking. These skills do not necessarily have to be the result of employment. Course assignments often provide valuable exposure to skills.

Example:

• designed resume handout currently used by Purdue University Writing Lab
• produced complete instruction manual for using Postnews/Readnews in Purdue Writing Lab
• wrote user manual for Mail-X mailer in technical writing course

Activities and Honors

• This section gives you a chance to note special activities you participated in or special accolades that you would like the employer to know you have received.

Examples:

• Dean's List (Fall 1992, Spring 1993, Fall 1994, Spring 1995)
• National winner of Society of Technical Communications Scholarship

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