The Career Development Center
216 Davis Hall
817-272-2932
careers@uta.edu www.uta.edu/careers BASIC RÉSUMÉ TEMPLATE
Format:
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Margins should be 1 inch on all four sides.
The font should be between 10-14pt.
Use traditional fonts and bullet points.

NAME
Address, City, State Zip
Phone Number
Email
URL to your LinkedIn Profile (only if you have a strong profile) or professional website/portfolio (if applicable)

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
 The summary should grab the reader’s attention.
 Use Action Verbs throughout your résumé!
 List specific experience and educational accomplishments that are relevant to the job description.
 Include any relevant computer skills, leadership experience, and other relevant qualifications.
 Omit all use of pronouns, including “me”, “my,” or “I”; also the use of “an”, “the”, and “a”.
EDUCATION
Current Degree and Major (Spell this out; no abbreviations)
(examples: Bachelor of Arts in ______; Bachelor of Business Administration in ______)
Month Year (completed date; if not yet completed write “Anticipated: Month Year”)
Name of Institution, City, State
 Include GPA if it a 3.0 or better.
 DO NOT list High School.
 DO NOT include schools from which you did not obtain a degree.

Each résumé section should be in order of most relevant to least relevant AND in reverse chronological order
(most recent first).

EXPERIENCE
Current or Most Recent Job Title
Year-Year
Company Name
City, State
 List relevant accomplishments within your job duties. Don’t list job tasks.
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