2012dreams wrote:
i'm having trouble whittling down my resume. it's just a bit over a page, but extremely dense; i think it is just too heavy on text. could anyone suggest ways to get it down or if any students/resume experts want to critique, i'll be happy to send you an e-mail.
here are areas i think would save space, please provide your thoughts:
- summary of responsibilities before action/result oriented bullet points. i saw that resumes should have a brief summary of your role before going into the specific highlights, do you think this is necessary?
- a couple of lines about UG internship experience. being that i interned with a F50 all four years of UG, this is almost an year worth of wok exp and i think it adds to my resume, i also have an internship after graduating as i didn't start FT work until 9 months after graduating. i think that's too much time to leave unaccounted so i included the internship, the other half of that time was spent traveling. should i just leave this off and explain in the alt essay?
- tons of leadership and community involvement, how far back should i go? these are key roles that tell a lot about me and my level of commitment to community involvement. should i save UG extracurriculars for the application versus being on the resume?
- personal interests - is this even necessary? i see it a lot on resume samples for b-school and they say it helps provide for conversation during interviews.
thank you
I don't know if you have the answer to this question already, but I guess for those who will come across this with the same dilemma, I suggest that you choose which leadership and community involvement you think would greatly sway the recruiters in your favor. You don't need to include every single item, just those that could probably reflect the values of the organization you've submitted your resume. Choose those that you have really shown your leadership skills, or in the case of community involvement, those with measurable impact.
Hope this helps