Résumés and Cover Letters
When applying for opportunities, your résumé, cover letter, and application materials are your first impression.
This can help you land an interview, so it is important to detail your experience and accomplishments clearly and concisely.
Get Started
- Review our Résumé Guide and Cover Letter Guide for all majors and industries. It outlines suggestions for creating, formatting and organizing your content, and includes suggestions for word choices.
- Review your résumé and cover letter with a peer career advisor during Quick Questions.
- Refer to the Core Professional Competencies and be sure to highlight the skills you have gained during your experiences.
- Need to a Curriculum Vitae (CV) instead of a résumé? Then schedule an appointment with one of our Advisors.
Please note, to edit these résumé templates you need to first go into the Google Drive word doc version (noted with a *), download it, and then edit it.
PDF to Google Document
- Upload to Google Drive: Go to drive.google.com and click + New, then File upload, and select your PDF.
- Open with Docs: Find the uploaded PDF in your Drive, right-click it, hover over Open with, and choose Google Docs.
- Edit: Google Docs will open the PDF as a new, editable document, allowing you to make changes.
PDF to Microsoft Word
- Open Word: Launch Microsoft Word on your computer.
- Open PDF: Go to File > Open, find your PDF, and click Open.
- Confirm Conversion: Word will ask to convert the PDF; click OK.
- Save as DOCX: After editing, go to File > Save As and choose Word Document (.docx).
**NOTE: With either of these conversions, you will be required to format your résumé as the conversion process losses some of the formatting.
