Freshman Resume for this upcoming summer
Hey guys,
I am a Freshman at a Target and I will looking for an internship this upcoming summer (not looking at BB's, just possibly something unpaid and at home). I wanted to see how I can fix up my resume. I do know that there is not a lot that screams finance, or that shows related work experience (I am only a freshman with just one semester of college under my belt), but I hope as I finish up this year, my activities become more clear and I can get some experience to put on my resume.
Please advise.. the link is http://www.razume.com/documents/13181
thanks so much!
Repost the resume, it's showing up as being removed.
sorry, here's the actual link
http://www.razume.com/documents/13181
When showing cumulative GPA, write 3.8/4.0
Under Merrill, add an s to client to make it plural
For high school student goverment, try to add some major activities you may have helped done and what was involved. You want to show some of the tangible leadership stuff you've done.
Under interests, I'd remove social impact unless you can be more specific.
any leadership in your activities in college? the page seems a little light/blank, wouldn't be terrible to elaborate a little your club involvement/leadership instead of just listing them all
in addition, i've always been taught to list work experience in relevance AND chronology. that said, i don't think working at starbucks should be at the top of the list with an internship at a BB (or what used to be a BB) underneath.
depending on what else you have to say about yourself, i would consider even removing these types of side jobs that aren't very relevant to what you want to do. you only have 1 page to sell yourself, no reason to tell them you mowed the neighbor's lawn on the weekend. if it was a particularly unique experience (i.e. you started your own lawn care company with actual employees) that would be a different story
I agree with the above poster. As a freshman, you are certainly not expected to have multiple work experiences. I would delete Starbuck. Bankers are are always at starbucks so its hard to make that job sound more important (ie. highly stressful environment). Expand more on your Merril Experience. quantify something. how many reports did you generate? how much money was in the accounts that you were handling? Resumes look best with numbers on them.
Also I would separate into: 1.) Work experience and 2.) Leadership/Extracurriculars
You really only need Merril under number 1 and add one or two of your school clubs under number 2. If you are not in any, join a couple this semester. Those two sections should help you fill out space. Then as you progress through college, you can add your research work/workstudy/intership under number 1.
other than that, your credentials are amazings. good luck!
Make merrill be the first thing they see, create "Related Exp" or drop starbucks
I agree with the above poster on separating Work Experience and Leadership/Extracurriculars.
As a freshman, I think you have a pretty good start. Its important to keep building up your resume though. Try to become a leader in a few student organization, start a business, or study abroad. More importantly, try to do things that you're interested in or that you can really speak to.
This is actually why I would leave the Starbucks part in (after the Merrill internship though). It brings up something interested to talk about during interviews. Especially if you can bring up some funny stories or say how you were able to do well in high school but work at the same time.
Make sure you know everything about your listed interests. For example, if you put down Formula 1, make sure you know the current news, who won the world championship, how many teams are there. Same with the language part. If they are fluent in that language, they may ask you to conduct the interview in that language or something crazy like that.
I'm not a big fan of the bullet structure, but that could just be me. Since you go to a Target school, I would try to reach out to some seniors you may know that have internships in a field you're interested in. They can be invaluable for advice, and they might be the ones interviewing you when you go through your junior year.
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