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## Mission
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- Organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.
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- Building a Google for all of us to build helpful products for everyone
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- To build products that help billions of people reach their goals, we're bringing together talented people from everywhere, and empowering them to do their best work.
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> What is the purpose of a resume?
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- Beyond the basics: Your narrative
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- Making the first impression
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- Highlighting relevant qualifications
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- Your goal: The interview
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- An opportunity to open a door and get that interview
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- Give the employer a chance to say "hey this resume really sticks out let's talk about this person"
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- The Ultimate Outcome: Getting the job
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- Build a Google for all of us to create helpful products for everyone.
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- Bring together talented people from everywhere and empower them to do their best work, helping billions reach their goals.
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> **What is the purpose of a resume?**
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- Go beyond the basics: Tell your narrative.
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- Make a strong first impression.
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- Highlight relevant qualifications.
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- Your goal: Get the interview.
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- Open the door to an interview opportunity.
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- Give the employer a reason to say, "This resume stands outlet's talk to this person."
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- The ultimate outcome: Get the job.
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# Important Notes for First Resumes
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- High School Highlights: Know when to let go
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- Coding competition, hackathon organize, start a club
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- Don't let high school information overshadow other skills
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- Beyond the Classroom: Build your Story now
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- Want to see engagement outside of school
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- Tech hobbies?, Coding projects, Open source contributions
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- Skills that shine: Focus on what you can do
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- Instead of just saying "I am efficient in problem solving", demonstrate it with examples
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- Even without extensive experience, make sure that the skills that you have garnered are highlighted
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- Resume essentials: Clarity, structure, and impactful language
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- Every second word highlighted, different fonts, commas
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- Keep it simple, clear, and structured
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- Make sure you have the basic clarity, basic fonts, basic sentence structure that doesn't offput anyone
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- **High School Highlights:** Know when to let go.
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- Coding competitions, hackathon organization, starting a club.
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- Don't let high school information overshadow other skills.
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- **Beyond the Classroom:** Build your story now.
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- Show engagement outside of school.
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- Tech hobbies, coding projects, open source contributions.
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- **Skills That Shine:** Focus on what you can do.
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- Instead of just saying "I am efficient in problem solving," demonstrate it with examples.
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- Even without extensive experience, highlight the skills you have developed.
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- **Resume Essentials:** Clarity, structure, and impactful language.
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- Avoid excessive highlighting, fonts, and punctuation.
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- Keep it simple, clear, and structured.
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- Use basic clarity, fonts, and sentence structure that don't distract the reader.
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# General Resume Tips
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## Know your audience
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- Adapt and iterate, resume is never done
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- Quantify wins, show don't tell
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- Communicate your value, what makes you the right fit
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- Authenticity matters let your unique contributions shine
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## Know Your Audience
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- Adapt and iterate—your resume is never done.
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- Quantify wins; show, don't tell.
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- Communicate your valuewhat makes you the right fit?
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- Authenticity matters; let your unique contributions shine.
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## Formatting
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- Save as PDF
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- Bullet points and consistent formatting
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- Action + metric = results
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- Github & contact information
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- Attach a link to the portfolio (especially for US)
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## IMportant notes
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- **Review qualifications:** review minimum and preferred qualifications
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- **Coursework:** include relevant coursework pertinent to the role
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- Think DSA, OS, etc.
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- Showcase your foundational knowledge
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- **References and objectives:** do not include references or lengthy objectives
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- Better to skip especially early on in your career
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- Objectives are outdated
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- Only include when explicitly asked
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- **One page:** Please keep your resume to only one page
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- Aim for a single page, very selective, and most relevant information
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- Quality over quantity
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## What should I include?
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### Must have
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- Contact information
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- Name, email, phone
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- Location not really necessary
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- Education
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- Lead with this, major anticipated graduation montha nd year
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- Technical skills
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- Programming experience, not just about internships, personal projects, tehcnical skills
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- UX designs, hackathon wins, etc, whereever you have applied skills
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- Portfolio
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- Portfolio can showcase, well documented piece of work that can showcase skill
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### Good to have
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- Awards and Honors
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- Academic awards
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- *Interests*
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- Super selective
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- What can spark conversation with the interviewer
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- Tools
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- Figma, Adobe, Sketch, etc
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- Qualifications and Projects
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- 1 Page
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- Save as PDF.
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- Use bullet points and consistent formatting.
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- Action + metric = results.
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- Include GitHub and contact information.
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- Attach a link to your portfolio (especially for US applications).
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## Important Notes
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- **Review Qualifications:** Review minimum and preferred qualifications.
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- **Coursework:** Include relevant coursework pertinent to the role.
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- Think DSA, OS, etc.
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- Showcase your foundational knowledge.
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- **References and Objectives:** Do not include references or lengthy objectives.
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- Better to skip, especially early in your career.
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- Objectives are outdated; only include when explicitly asked.
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- **One Page:** Keep your resume to one page.
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- Be selective and include only the most relevant information.
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- Quality over quantity.
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## What Should I Include?
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### Must Have
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- **Contact Information:**
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- Name, email, phone.
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- Location is not necessary.
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- **Education:**
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- Lead with this; include major and anticipated graduation month and year.
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- **Technical Skills:**
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- Programming experience, not just internships; personal projects and technical skills count.
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- UX design, hackathon wins, etc.—wherever you have applied skills.
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- **Portfolio:**
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- Showcase a well-documented piece of work that demonstrates your skill.
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### Good to Have
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- **Awards and Honors:**
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- Academic awards.
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- **Interests:**
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- Be super selective.
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- Include what can spark conversation with the interviewer.
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- **Tools:**
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- Figma, Adobe, Sketch, etc.
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- **Qualifications and Projects**
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- **One Page**
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### Small Stuff
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- Consistency
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- Action-based language
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## Resume Flow: Our recommended structure
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## Resume Flow: Our Recommended Structure
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- Education (technical skills)
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- Work experiences
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- Projects (classroom & personal)
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- Leadership Updates
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- Leadership updates
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# Resume deep dive
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# Resume Deep Dive
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## Header
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- Name listed at the very top
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- Contact information
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- Email, phone number, LinkedIn, GitHub, portfolio link
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- Name listed at the very top.
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- Contact information:
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- Email, phone number, LinkedIn, GitHub, portfolio link.
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## Education
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- First section of the resume
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- dates attended post secondary education if finished
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- Graduation year and month
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- Relevancy for internships
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- Intended major
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- GPA if above 3.0
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- Optional.
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- Relevant coursework
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- Technical skills
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- Programming languages, level of proficiency
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- Tools
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- Concepts
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### How to position it
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- First section of the resume.
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- Dates attended post-secondary education if finished.
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- Graduation year and month (relevant for internships).
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- Intended major.
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- GPA if above 3.0 (optional).
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- Relevant coursework.
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- Technical skills:
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- Programming languages and level of proficiency.
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- Tools.
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- Concepts.
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### How to Position It
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- Relevant Coursework: Machine Learning, Data Structures and Algorithms, Operating Systems
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**Relevant Coursework:**
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Data Structures and Algorithms, Operating Systems, Machine Learning
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**Relevant Coursework:** Data Structures and Algorithms, Operating Systems, Machine Learning
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- Highlight the most relevant skills.
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## Work Experiences: Show Your Impact!
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- Employer, role, dates: The essentials.
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- Impact-driven bullets: Concise and results-oriented.
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- Highlight relevance: Tech skills and transferable strengths.
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## Work Experiences: Show your impact!
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- Employer, Role, Dates: The essentials
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> Accomplished X (what you did), as measured by Y (quantifiable metric), by doing Z (actions you took)
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# XYZ Formula for Bullet Points
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> Accomplished X (what you did), as measured by Y (quantifiable metric), by doing Z (actions you took).
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- Did you save cost?
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- Improve efficiency?
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- *Collaborated with Y amount of people*
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- Shows how well you work with others, how large of a team, etc.
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- Metrics speak volume
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- *Collaborated with Y people*
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- Shows how well you work with others and the size of the team.
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- Metrics speak volumes.
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# What if I don't have work experience yet?
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Experience & transferrable skills can come in many forms
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# What If I Don't Have Work Experience Yet?
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Experience and transferable skills can come in many forms.
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Instead of "Work Experience," consider naming it "Experiences."
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- Student organizations
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- Research opportunities, teaching assistantships, tutoring
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- Programming competitions, hackathons
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- Tech focused developmental programs
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- Tech-focused developmental programs
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## Projects
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- Impact-driven: Quantify your achievements.
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- Highlight both:
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- Course projects: Key projects, especially award-winning ones.
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- Personal projects: Showcase your initiative and passion outside of coursework.
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- Tech skills spotlight: Clearly list the languages used.
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- GitHub advantage: Include a link to your GitHub profile to showcase your code.
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## Leadership / Activities
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## What Excites You
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- Clubs and organizations
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- National society chapters
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- Programming competitions
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- Hackathons
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- Relevant publications, papers, patents
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- Conference presentations
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- Teaching assistantships
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- Research opportunities
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- Volunteering
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- Tech-focused developmental programs
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# Final Recommendations
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- Let your resume showcase your passion for tech and key technical skills.
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- Clearly state your degree and expected graduation date in the education section.
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- Highlight impact from projects, coursework, internships, and activities—experience is broad.
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- Quantify achievements using the accomplished X by Y by Z formula.
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- Make tech skills visible: Showcase your use of languages like Java, Python, C++, etc.
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- Tailor your story to the role and company: Connect your experiences to the types of roles you are interested in.
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- Align your resume with the job description.
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- Don't use the same resume for every application.

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