Your Résumé

Revising for Graduate School

 Purpose
To display a history of your academic and work-
related experiences and credentials related to
further study.
 General Guidelines
• Keep the styles, fonts, and formatting consistent

• Only list entries once, not in multiple categories

• Use short phrases, bullet points, action verbs

• Use punctuation sparingly

• Do not use graphics like borders, gray scaling,

etc.
 Formatting
• Margins: 1 inch or about 25 mm

• Font: 11 or 12 point Helvetica (sans serif) or

Times New Roman (serif)

• Don’t overuse text formatting i.e. bold and italics.

No underlining
 Formatting
• Use caps, bold, and italics to highlight names of
institutions and titles. Be consistent.
 Contact Information
• Name, address, phone number, email address

• Include campus or company information if needed

• At least 11 point text

• Increase font for name by 2 points

• Include your name in the header or footer of each

page
 Contact Information
• NO date of birth, marital status, number of
children, religion, race or ethnic group, or other
personal information

• Photos are not recommended

 Education
• List degrees beginning with the most recent
(include diplomas but not high school)

• Name of institution, location, degree, and date of

completion (i.e. May 2015)

• Include the title of your thesis or nal research

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 Relevant Experience
• Include any paid or volunteer work that is related
to your career goals

• Name of institution, location, dates of service,

title or position

• Use 1-3 bulleted phrases to describe, with action

verbs, your responsibilities and activities
 Other Categories
• Names of awards, honors, fellowships, or
scholarships: institutions, dates received

• Memberships or professional af liations: list all

groups and of ces held

• Programs and workshops attended: name of

event, location, dates
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 Other Categories
• Language competency: list all languages with
documented levels of uency (i.e. TOEFL =<100,
IELTS =<7.5, or others)

• Publications, papers, and presentations: title;

authors; name of journal, periodical, or conference;
date

• References: always list at the end of résumé,

name, title, institution, location, phone number, and
email address
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 Résumé Sample
• https://www.internationalstudent.com/
resume_writing/sample-graduate-admissions-
resume-for-student/
Let’s continue to
revise