Getting Started
- Review the Resume Handbook
- Select a resume template from below (if you don’t already have a resume)
- Tailor your resume utilizing the information mentioned in the resume handbook and based on the position you are seeking.
- Visit weekly Drop-In Career Counseling for additional assistance.
Resume Handbook
Our comprehensive Resume handbook is useful guide for creating or updating resumes and or cover letters. This guide will help you highlight your relevant skills, work experience, educational background that motivates employers to invite you to an interview.
Access our comprehensive Resume Handbook (PDF, 2.1 MB) that includes information on:
- Resumes
- Cover Letters
- Thank you letters
- Professional References
Resume Templates
- Chronological Template (MS Word, 37.9 KB)
- Skills Template (MS Word, 39.7 KB)
- Combination Template (MS Word, 32.8KB)
Resume Samples
- Sample CV (PDF, 393.4KB)
- Anthropology Sample (PDF, 137.2KB)
- Studio Art & Photography Sample (PDF, 240.1KB)
- Graphic Design Sample (PDF, 782KB)
- Biology Sample (PDF, 150.0 KB)
- Business Management Sample (PDF, 153 KB)
- Business Marketing Sample (PDF, 152.1 KB)
- Chemistry Sample (PDF, 233.3 KB)
- Biochemistry Sample (PDF, 180KB)
- Chicana/o Studies Sample (PDF, 291.1 KB)
- Communication Sample (PDF, 169.2 KB)
- Computer Science & Software Engineering Sample (PDF, 189.8 KB)
- Early Childhood Studies Sample (PDF, 172.7 KB)
- English Sample (PDF, 152.7 KB)
- Environmental Science Sample (PDF, 129.7 KB)
- History Sample (PDF, 103.0 KB)
- Liberal Studies: Teaching Sample (PDF, 160.4 KB)
- Information Technology Sample (PDF, 172.1 KB)
- Mathematics Sample (PDF, 101.9 KB)
- Nursing Sample (PDF, 192.1 KB)
- Political Science Sample (PDF, 400.1 KB)
- Psychology Sample (PDF, 180.9 KB)
- Sociology Sample (PDF, 218.8 KB)
- Spanish Sample (PDF, 103.3 KB)
Cover Letter Samples
- Application Cover Letter (PDF, 403 KB)
- Prospective Cover Letter (PDF, 291KB)
- Networking Cover Letter (PDF, 156 KB)