Basic typesetting
1) font: If the school has no specific instructions and requirements, the commonly used font times new roman can be adopted, and the font size can be set to 1 1. Remember that each corresponding part must have a uniform font, which will give the admissions officer a serious impression.
2) Length: Try to keep it within one page, preferably no more than two pages. What if there is too much content? Then refine the content, adjust the format, adjust the font size, adjust the margins and so on to achieve the goal. Because the length is too long, it is easy to give the admissions officers a lengthy feeling and make them feel disgusted. You know, they have to review many long documents all day during the peak review period.
3) Format typesetting: resume, simple experience statement. Therefore, the resume should be simple, neat and clear at a glance. You can use different fonts or bold forms to emphasize the importance of the content. Generally, applying for a major should try not to be fancy. In addition, bullets should be as uniform and simple as possible. A resume, preferably no more than two bullets. Try to use one if possible.
Content aspect
A. Education background:
1) When writing the school background, be sure to pay attention to the capitalization of the school name, professional name and other initials! It's best to check whether the school has an official English translation of the school name and professional name. If there is, translate it in the official English of the school, if not, translate it yourself.
2) In the column of school background, if the applicant has a high GPA score, you can write it down to show your strengths; But if it is not high (for example, below 80/ 100, or 3.2/ 100), it is better not to write it down. If the school ranks in the top 15%, then you can also cut into a "ranking". Otherwise, don't write it down.
Special note: If the applicant's grades are good, but the school grading is strict, and the final GPA is not high, then the applicant can go to the school and ask the Academic Affairs Office to issue the relevant documents of the school ranking certificate and send them to the school together with the transcripts.
3) When listing academic qualifications, you can write professional name, degree, GPA and ranking, but it is generally not recommended to write courses. Because if you apply for this major, you can basically know whether you have a professional foundation through the professional name; If it is a non-professional foundation, it is not very helpful to make a list of courses. The most important thing is to submit your transcript when you apply, and you can see your courses on the transcript.
4) time expression: if you compare Chinese and English resumes, you will find that the time of Chinese resumes is generally marked in front of the event; English resumes are generally marked afterwards, which will highlight the position. These are expressions that western countries are used to. Since it is for admissions officers in western countries, let's play according to their rules!
B. Internship or research experience section: It is an important section, so be sure to write this section well!
1) As mentioned in the education background section, we must check whether the company has its own official English translation. If yes, use the company's official translation; Otherwise translate it yourself.
2) In addition to indicating the name and time of internship or research, we should also pay attention to highlighting the position held by the applicant at that time and briefly introducing the job responsibilities. In this way, introducing your work to the admissions officer can better show your relevant experience to the admissions officer and attract the attention of the admissions officer.
3) When introducing job responsibilities, you can use adjectives such as responsible or use verbs to guide. However, it is recommended to use verbs to better reflect your initiative. Verbs are usually past tense or continuous tense. Most importantly, when describing your responsibilities, you should not only summarize them in general, such as "sorting out documents", "statistically analyzing data" and "writing a report summary", but also summarize the specific work content concisely according to the major you have applied for. The students' resumes in the following figure are applied for finance major:
Intern in Financial Management and Analysis of Hong Kong Vantone Asia Limited 2065438 1 Month -2065438 February
Participated in training in capital market, financial management, risk management, retirement and investment. , and discussed with the CEO, and learned about the operation mode and business responsibility of the top 500 enterprises;
Conduct market research on the insurance industry and make "unpopular calls" on the street to obtain information about the sensitivity of Hong Kong people to financial affairs;
SWOT, 7S, 4P are used for case analysis of financial management and Excel is used for planning.
Made a 48-page PowerPoint report, compared the differences between China and foreign insurance, and awarded the "best presentation".
4) Regarding the position, it is best to indicate clearly, for example, it is summarized as an internship in financial management and analysis in the above example, or directly indicate the position name, such as financial analysis assistant and manager assistant. Instead of just expressing it as an intern.
C. Extracurricular Activities Section
1) Similarly, when describing extracurricular activities, it is best to state the role played by the application in the activity.
2) In the experience of extracurricular activities, if possible, try to write out the final result, which can better reflect a certain ability, such as communication ability and leadership ability.
3) When writing the experience, try to reflect the applicant's ability or describe his similar experience according to the applied major. For example, in the second activity described in the following case, students apply for marketing, so in this experience, students go to freshmen to promote clubs and recruit new members, which is similar to the process of marketing.
4) What if you are just a member of a club? Then you can show his/her importance through some key words, such as core members, which play a key/important/important role in …
D. Honorary part
1) unified format
2) When writing awards, how do you express if students are really excellent? And then use the data. In fact, there are not only awards, but also other experiences. As long as you can use data to show your ability and Excellence, try to use it. In this way, the data argument is clear and more convincing.
E. About photos
Many students will ask me if I need to add photos to my resume. If the resume is important, I will suggest that students add it. But I suggest not to add the words of western countries, at least when applying for the United States. I once asked our foreign teachers what they thought of adding photos to resumes. At that time, she said that in fact, in the United States, it is forbidden to add photos to resumes for work or further study. They don't judge people by their appearance in the process of finding people or enrolling students, and there is no gender discrimination. To some extent, some states even stipulate that it is illegal to require candidates to add photos to their resumes. It can be seen that resumes don't need photos.
In short, a resume should be simple and clear, detailed and appropriate, comprehensive in content and outstanding in specialty. The above is a summary of my experience. Welcome to correct and improve!