Resume Sections
A resume will usually include the following sections:
HEADING: Your name and contact information. Include your email address, phone number, and current address. You may want to include your home/permanent address, especially if you want to highlight where you are from.
EDUCATION: The names, locations, degrees, and select information about your schooling. Relevant coursework and the titles of independent work (JPs and Senior Thesis) can go here, along with your GPA.
EXPERIENCE: Paid or unpaid internships, part-time jobs, volunteer work, work-study positions, and in some cases significant school activities that are particularly relevant to the position you are applying for (e.g. writing for the school newspaper if you are applying to editorial positions). For each entry, include the name of the organization, location, your title/position, dates of involvement, and a description that reflects your accomplishments and skills.
The EXPERIENCE section can be one or more sections on your resume, depending on the kind of experience you’ve had and what you are applying for. If you want to highlight particularly relevant experience, create a separate section, for example:
JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
RELATED EXPERIENCE or RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Non-relevant items can go under another section called ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE or OTHER EXPERIENCE
ACTIVITIES: Names and perhaps dates of clubs, groups, sports, and others activities you have been involved in. If you have significant leadership experience, you may want to describe it in a section titled LEADERSHIP and have an OTHER ACTIVITIES section following. Or you may want to group it together as LEADERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES. If you are applying to a public interest/non-profit position and have volunteered extensively, you may want to create a section called VOLUNTEER WORK to highlight this.
SKILLS: Any special language, computer, or technical skills that may be relevant to the position. If you are applying for a technical position (e.g. programming, lab, etc.), clearly list your skills. In those cases, you may even want to move this section up in your resume (following EDUCATION).
ADDITIONAL SECTIONS: Depending on your background and what you are applying for, you may have other sections. You can also have an ADDITIONAL INFORMATION section at the end which serves as a catch-all for special accomplishments (e.g. completed a marathon), special distinctions (e.g. filed a patent for an invention), or unique experiences (e.g. grew up in 3 different countries). You could also group SKILLS and INTERESTS under an ADDITIONAL INFORMATION section using subheaders.