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Whitney Moore Career Counselor
Whitney Moore Career Counselor
• What is a Resume?
• Ge3ng Started
• Resume Sec8ons
• Crea8ng a Resume
• Resume Don’ts
• Resume Examples • Resume<-‐-‐>CV
• Ques8ons?
• Length: 2 pages for Masters or Ph.D. • O.5” – 1.0” margins (recommend 0.5” on all 4 sides) • Font: 10-‐12 point font (ex. Times New Roman, Ariel, Garamond) • Don’t use resume templates, tables, columns or other graphics • Single spacing • Headings should stand out and be different from other text (Ex. Bold,
ALL CAPS) • The most important informaTon should be toward the top (You don’t
have to include everything) • Balance of text and white space on page • Clean, consistent format and punctuaTon • Print resume on resume-‐based paper (stay conservaTve with color
choice) • 100% factual – don’t lie • Proofread!
• Write down all experiences – work, volunteer, leadership, internship, extra-‐curricular, projects, awards, etc. (MASTER RESUME)
• Organize resume into sec8ons based on your experience
• Define target audience (job, internship, graduate school, etc.) and write down related skills/qualifica8ons.
• For Examples see your Career Services Office (career.umn.edu)
• Create your resume specific to YOUR experience, not what you think employers want to see
• Name and Contact Informa8on
• Objec8ve • Educa8on • Professional /Industrial Experience
• Research Experience • Teaching Experience • Ac8vi8es • Skills/Cer8fica8ons
• Honors and Awards • Volunteer Experience • Leadership Experience • Professional Memberships • Professional Development
• Projects • Publica8ons • Presenta8ons • Patents
• Include your Name & Contact Informa8on • EXAMPLE:
Sally Johnson 7890 West Sixth Avenue
Anytown, MN 55698 651-789-1234 [email protected]
• An summary of qualifica8ons is op8onal—it helps to tell an employer how you fit their qualifica8ons
• What type of posi8on are you seeking and in what field? • What skills can you bring to the posi8on?
• Be clear and concise • EXAMPLE:
Summary of Qualifications • Two years experience in human resource development • Capable of working quickly and accurately to meet deadlines • Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems effectively • Proficient computer skills, including detailed knowledge of
Microsoft Office
• Must include: • Degree (Doctorate of Philosophy in _______ or PhD. in _______) • Ins8tu8on (University of Minnesota – Twin CiTes, college name) • Loca8on (city, state) • Gradua8on date rather than a range (May 2013) • GPA • Use cumulaTve and/or major/technical
• Other ideas: • Thesis 8tle or emphasis informa8on • Related Coursework and study abroad • Honors and awards (or under separate heading if more than 2) • High school informa8on not included
• EXAMPLE: Doctorate of Philosophy in Mathematics May 2010 College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN Dissertation Title: An Indefinite Nonlinear Diffusion Problem in Traffic Patterns GPA: 3.89
Master of Science in Mathematics May 2008 College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN Emphasis: Numerical Analysis GPA: 3.750 Relevant Coursework: Fundamental Structures of Algebra, Introduction to Numerical Analysis,
Introduction to Analysis I, II, Combinatorics A
Bachelor of Science in Mathematics May 2006 College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
Minor: Management GPA: 3.981
• Highlight addi8onal tangible skills relevant to the posi8on
• Heading can be specific – “Computer Skills” or “Language Skills”
• Subheadings of different types of skills
• May want to use level of mastery: proficient, knowledgeable, fluent, bilingual in, familiar with
• Example: SKILLS OperaTng Systems: Windows, Linux Programs: Microso` Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Matlab, MathemaTca, AutoCAD
Computer Languages: Java, C++ Languages: Fluent in German
• Title “Experience” headings based on industry of interest • Research Experience, Teaching Experience , Industry Experience, Laboratory Experience, Analysis Experience, Volunteer Experience
• Include: • Job Ttle • Company name and locaTon
• Dates of employment/involvement
• Bullet points discussing your duTes, responsibiliTes, contribuTons, and accomplishments (Skills Statements)
• Tips: • List your “Experiences” in reverse chronological order – most recent first • Make this secTon easy to read by using indents and bullets
• Use ac8on verbs at the beginning of skills statements to highlight your experience
• Do not use personal pronouns (i.e. I, My, We)
INDUSTRY EXAMPLE:
Technical Aide May 2009 – September 2009 3M Company Maplewood, Minnesota • Detailed description of your specific duties and responsibilities, as well as the skills used to accomplish these tasks • How you contributed to the company and your projects, accomplishments
RESEARCH EXAMPLE:
Graduate Research Fellow Fall 2009 – Present Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• Investigating the reductive dissolution of iron oxyhydroxide nanoparticles using quinones. Notable techniques: X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, high performance liquid chromatolography.
_________________________________________________________________________ Research Assistant Fall 2009-Present University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Center for Hardwood Ecology Project: European earthworms and deer in Midwestern hardwood forests Supervisor: Dr. John Doe
TEACHING EXAMPLE:
Teaching Assistant (ENGL 3003W-British Literature I) Fall 2011-Present Department of Mathematics, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities • Collaborated with visiting faculty to develop curriculum and seminars for 50 students on works of British literature, developing student skills in critical reading and essay writing • Graded and wrote assignments for class, tracking grades in Excel spreadsheet
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Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Modern Algebra, University of Minnesota, Fall 2012 • Collaborated with visiting faculty on developing curriculum and seminars for 50 students on topics
related to modern algebra
So, you're experienced? Before you adver8se this in your résumé, be sure you can prove it.
• Avoid loading your resume with vague statements
• Instead…use brief, specific examples to demonstrate your skills
• Use a variety of AcTon Verbs to describe your experience • Use the proper tense depending on when experience was completed
• Use field terminology where appropriate • WRITE SKILLS STATEMENTS
• EXAMPLES: Instead of... "Experience working in fast-paced environment“ Try... "Registered 120+ third-shift emergency patients per night“
Instead of... "Excellent written communication skills“ Try... "Wrote jargon-free User Guide for 11,000 users“
Instead of... "Team player with cross-functional awareness“ Try... "Collaborated with clients, A/R and Sales to increase speed of receivables
and prevent interruption of service to clients.“
• Think about your experiences in skill terms. Include a descrip8on for each experience that demonstrates skills you used and developed.
• Any experience can give you transferable skills!
• Skills are developed through work, volunteer, research, teaching, leadership experiences, etc. • Example: technical skills developed through your
coursework • Example: communicaTon skills developed through
working as a graduate teaching assistant with students • Example: teamwork skills developed through working with
a research group
• ORGANIZATION/PLANNING • SUPERVISORY/MANAGEMENT
• RESEARCH/QUANTITATIVE • COMMUNICATION
• CREATIVITY • LEADERSHIP • PROBLEM SOLVING
• TECHNICAL • TEAMWORK
What are the most important skills necessary for iden8fying a strong applicant for your hiring needs? • Ability to funcTon as a team
• Interpersonal communicaTon
• Ability to learn new ideas quickly • IdenTfy and Solve problems
• Ability to appreciate and interact with people different than themselves
• CreaTve/InnovaTve thinking
Source: 2011 U of M employer survey
Top Five Skills Employer Seek • Ability to work in a team structure • Ability to verbally communicate with persons inside and outside the organizaTon • Ability to obtain and process informaTon • Ability to plan, organize, and prioriTze work • Ability to analyze quanTtaTve data Source: Job Outlook 2012, Na?onal Associa?on of Colleges and Employers
• PROJECTS: Describe individual or group work you’ve done to demonstrate your ability to apply learning to real-‐life problems • Include: • Project Ttle, dates involved, and course Ttle project was completed for • A detailed descripTon of the work, your roles were, the technical skills used, and the findings
• PUBLICATIONS: Provide a list of published works you have been a part of (those submiked and under review), including the Ttle, co-‐authors, place of publicaTons, and dates similar to a bibliography page.
• PRESENTATIONS: List the Ttle, dates, and places of presentaTons you have given, along with any co-‐presenters.
PUBLICATIONS EXAMPLE: • Journal publica8ons • Anical, Michael, John Author, Bill ArTcle. Journal arTcle Ttle. InternaTonal Journal of MathemaTcs, 2011; Under review. • Anical, Michael, Joe Author, Goldy ArTcle. Journal arTcle Ttle. InternaTonal Journal of MathemaTcs, 2009; 126 (56-‐70): 1020-‐1056 • Conference publica8ons • Author, Mark Micheal Anical, Tom ArTcle, Title. Conference Ttle, Conference City, State, 2010.
PRESENTATIONS EXAMPLE: • Presented “Numerical Study of Natural ConvecTon in Solar Thermal Storage Vessels” at the Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers Conference 2011, St. Paul, MN, September 19-‐22, 2011 • Presented “Numerical Study of Natural ConvecTon in Solar Thermal Storage Vessels” at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Conference 2011, St. Louis, MO, June 4-‐7, 2011 • Presented poster of research work “Low Pressure Plasma Synthesis of Crystalline Silicon NanoparTcles” at the Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers Conference 2008, Minneapolis, MN, September 20-‐24, 2011 • Presented robot at University of Minnesota Robot Show Fall 2003, Minneapolis, MN, December 8, 2003
• List professional associa8ons/organiza8ons to which you belong.
• Include dates of membership • Having memberships in associa8ons communicates your professional commitment to your field.
• EXAMPLE: PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS International Association of Mechanical Engineers August 2009-Present American Society of Mechanical Engineers August 2007-Present Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers August 2006-Present
Lies & Exaggera8ons: • Employers typically conduct background checks, so everything on your resume
is fair game for discussion in an interview; Do not lie about or round your GPA. The UofM posts GPAs to three decimal places (Ex. 3.128)
Personal Informa8on: • Age, gender, poliTcal affiliaTon, race, marital status, sexual orientaTon, ID
number, test scores, course grades, pictures
Supervisor Contact Informa8on • Contact informaTon related to experiences may be included on a reference
sheet, and only a`er asking permission
Salary History/Requests • Disclosing this informaTon may make salary negoTaTon more difficult and may
rule you out of the candidate pool; More appropriate to discuss during an interview
Hobbies/Interests • Keep everything on your resume professional– hobbies are personal informaTon
• However, if it is unique or related, it may come in handy. Ex. Mechanical engineering student lisTng auto repair
Personal Pronouns • Example: I, I’m, My, Our, We, etc.; Begin statements with power verbs and do not write sentences
“References Available Upon Request” • Use a separate page for references provided during an interview. Employers assume you have them
GOLDY GOPHER 1234 Gopher Way ~ Minneapolis, MN 55414 ~ 612-‐555-‐5555 ~ [email protected]
SUMARRY OF QUALIFICATIONS • Pursuing a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering
• Obtained industry experience through internship at Boeing and collaborated on a project with BASF • Proficient in aerosol/nanoparTcle synthesis, sampling, measurements and instrumentaTon
• Experience in air filtraTon, cleanroom technology, engine emission, and flow measurement/CFD
• Knowledgeable about thermal-‐fluid problems, aerosol physics, and mechanical design
EDUCATION Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering Expected GraduaTon May 2013 University of Minnesota-‐Twin CiTes, Minneapolis, MN College of Science and Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering CumulaTve GPA: 3.87
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering May 2011 University of Wisconsin-‐Madison, Madison, WI
College of Engineering CumulaTve GPA: 3.76
RELATED INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE Intern, Boeing Seakle, WA Summer 2012
• Conducted systemaTc measurement for flow fields in a smoke test chamber at different heaTng and venTlaTon condiTons, using ParTcle Image Velocimetry
• Helped validate CFD simulaTon results for smoke generaTon and transport in commercial airplane cabins • Streamlined a key product characterizaTon procedure, improving reproducibility and turn-‐around Tme for manufacturing
• Designed and implemented comparaTve studies of various standard operaTng procedures in order to detect areas of improvements • Collaborated with a mulT-‐disciplinary team of so`ware engineers, electrical engineers, and aerospace engineers
• Interacted with customers, partners, subcontractors and suppliers • Presented findings and recommendaTons of project areas that could be developed to the internship coordinator and colleagues
SKILLS • Par8cle Genera8on: Nebulizer, Tube Furnace, Fluidized Bed, Diffusion Burner, Electrospray • Laboratory Instruments: Electron Microscopy (TEM, SEM, EDX), DifferenTal Mobility Analyzer, CondensaTon ParTcle Counter, NanoparTcle Surface Programs: LabVIEW, Matlab, ANSYS, Fluent, AutoCAD, Pro/ENGINEER, SolidWorks, ImageJ, Macromedia
• Computer Languages: C/C++, Fortran, HTML, JavaScript
PROJECT EXPERIENCE Developing Pulsed Aerosol Loading System, Center for Filtra8on Research (CFR) Spring Semester 2012 • Designed and built the control hardware and program of an experimental system for pulsed aerosol loading tests on filter media
Upgrading Control Sosware of UNPA, BASF Company Fall Semester 2011 • Improved the LabVIEW control so`ware of Universal NanoparTcle Analyzer (UNPA): Added new funcTons, such as parTcle diffusion loss correcTon; Enhanced program user interface and debugged code errors
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Graduate Research Assistant Sept.2011 – present Par8cle Technology Lab, College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota-‐Twin CiTes, Minneapolis, MN
• Collaborated with Donaldson Company and 3M through Center for FiltraTon Research (CFR) to study mass loading and pressure drop on Nanofiber filters • Performed experimental and theoreTcal studies on the filtraTon of fractal aggregates • Measured penetraTon of silver aggregates across model screens at various sintering temperatures
• Developed an analyTcal model for predicTng effects of parTcle structure on filter efficiency • ConTnued NSF funded research on real-‐Tme structure and mass measurements for agglomerated nanoparTcles
• Evaluated in situ the parTculate mass concentraTon of diesel engine emissions using a variety of instrumentaTon and methods • Developed new modules for and maintained a web-‐based so`ware on filter performance evaluaTon, dust cake loading and filter pleaTng design • Conducted numerical study on diffusion-‐limited aggregaTon of nanoparTcles
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS Journals • G., Gopher, L. Yang, A.B. Duggard, H. Aleckson (2011). Measurement of Metal NanoparTcle Agglomerates Generated by Spark Discharge using the Universal NanoparTcle Analyzer (UNPA). Aerosol Sci. & Technol., Accepted
Conferences • PresentaTon, Effect of Nanofiber Layer on Dust Cake FormaTon and Structure. XXth AAAR Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN, Oct 26-‐30, 2012
• PresentaTon, Online Measurements of Structure and Mass ConcentraTon for Airborne NanoparTcle Agglomerates. AIChE 2012 Annual Mee?ng, Minneapolis, MN, Dec 10-‐14, 2012
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Member of American InsTtute of Chemical Engineers 2011 – present Member of American AssociaTon for Aerosol Research 2009 – present
Member of American FiltraTon & SeparaTons Society 2009 – present
Curriculum Vitae Resume
Audience Fellow academics and researchers in your field
Non-academic employers
Length Flexible 2 pages
Focus Full history of your academic credentials
Experience related to the position
References Included Not included
