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Resume Advice for Students and Recent Grads

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><img class&equals;"wp-image-2910 aligncenter" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 5px&semi; margin-bottom&colon; 5px&semi;" title&equals;"resume" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;collegecareerlife&period;net&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2008&sol;10&sol;resume&period;jpg" width&equals;"299" height&equals;"200" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">Creating a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;collegecareerlife&period;net&sol;things-you-must-have-on-resume&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0000ff&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;0000ff&semi;"><strong>resume<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;a> when you have little or no work experience is challenging&comma; but not impossible&period; Whether you&&num;8217&semi;re a student or recent graduate&comma; the skills you&&num;8217&semi;ve developed and knowledge you&&num;8217&semi;ve acquired in school can be transferred to any job&period;<strong> <&sol;strong>Below is a list of sections that a student or recent graduate should include on a resume&period; <img class&equals;" tzgibffwdpamwmrtuhti tzgibffwdpamwmrtuhti xknpvnbbksmnnbakatju xknpvnbbksmnnbakatju xknpvnbbksmnnbakatju xknpvnbbksmnnbakatju xknpvnbbksmnnbakatju sxpudlcfvpixbcjalwwh" style&equals;"border&colon; none &excl;important&semi; margin&colon; 0px &excl;important&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;assoc-amazon&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;colcarlif-20&amp&semi;l&equals;as2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;0982706308" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Relevant Coursework<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;You&&num;8217&semi;ve worked hard in your classes&comma; so why not put them on your resume&quest; List any classes that relate to the position for which you are applying or that demonstrate technical knowledge&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Projects and Presentations<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;List the major projects or presentations you have completed&period;  Briefly describe each project and include the grade received if you did especially well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Computer Skills<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;This includes software such as Microsoft Word&comma; Excel&comma; PowerPoint&comma; and Access&period; If you know HTML or any other programming languages&comma; you can include those as well&period;  Software used during part-time jobs and internships can also be included&comma; but don&&num;8217&semi;t claim proficiency if you haven&&num;8217&semi;t used the software extensively&period; &&num;8220&semi;Familiarity with &lbrack;software&rsqb;&&num;8221&semi; or &&num;8220&semi;experience with &lbrack;software&rsqb;&&num;8221&semi; will work if you aren&&num;8217&semi;t proficient but have experience with a software program&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Languages<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;You don&&num;8217&semi;t have to be extremely fluent in a language in order to list it&comma; but you should be able to conduct basic conversation with native speakers &lpar;be honest about your level of fluency on the resume&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Community Involvement<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;If you&&num;8217&semi;ve volunteered or done any community service&comma; be sure to include it on your resume&period; Tutoring volunteer work that you can do on your own and looks impressive on a resume&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Honors and Awards<&sol;strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;Honors&comma; awards&comma; and academic scholarships you&&num;8217&semi;ve received should be on your resume&period; You should also put if you were on any honor rolls &lpar;President&&num;8217&semi;s List&comma; Dean&&num;8217&semi;s List&comma; etc&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Resume writing can feel like a daunting task for anyone&comma; but especially so for less experienced job-seekers&period;  However&comma; resumes don&&num;8217&semi;t have to be comprised of just work experience&period;  Your skills&comma; projects&comma; coursework&comma; and other activities can prove valuable to potential employers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Digiprove&lowbar;Start--><span class&equals;"notranslate" lang&equals;"en" style&equals;"vertical-align&colon; middle&semi; display&colon; 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