Here are some helpful links to provide you with some advice and help, whether you go to graduate school or join the career force directly.
- Graduate School:
Applying to Graduate School- https://www.apa.org/education-career/grad/applying
More Than You’d Ever Want to Know About Getting into and Going to Graduate School PDF Article: Getting Into and Going to Grad School
- Joining the Career Force:
Tips for Joining the Career Force-
Résumé Tips-
Make your Résumé stand out in some way
- Use a different color for accent pieces (not too bold and flashy of a color, remember to still remain professional)
Consistency Matters!!!!
- If you have three bullet points under one of your educational experiences or jobs, try to put three on all the rest
- If you list your GPA for one school, list it for the other
Condense things as much as possible
- Instead of having so many separate categories, try to get your points across within categories (i.e., instead of having a separate section of accomplishments, try to put your specific accomplishments as bullet points under other categories)
Always use reverse chronological order (most recent listed first)
Make sure it is only one page
- omit jobs that may not relate to the position you want
Should always have these sections, typically in this order:
- Education
- Work Experience
- Applied Experiences (if you have enough, otherwise omit this)
- Skills