What’s the best way to get your cover letter noticed? Personalize it. Employers can tell when a cover letter is generic; always avoid sending in generic application materials.

Whether you are just starting a resume or looking to enhance your current draft, the following sample resumes can help. Keep in mind your resume should reflect your unique experiences and be tailored to each position you apply for!

Resume Samples

If you are still using a high school resume, you will likely need to make some significant edits. We suggest removing high school experience by your second year in college. 

How to: Resumes — Introduction

As an immigrant or a child of immigrants, you may have special interests and concerns when it comes to your future career path. Regardless of immigration status, you may be interested in learning about special resources and opportunities related to your background.

Identity Overview & How UCC Can Support

Religion, spiritual beliefs or practices may represent an important aspect of your identity. Differences in the expression of religion or spirituality reflect another form of diversity within a workplace. Day-to-day, your belief structure may require, support, prohibit, or limit aspects of daily life that can influence your professional experience.

As a veteran, you have unique skills and life experiences that are attractive to organizations. The leadership, discipline, sense of duty, and honor characteristic of those who serve in the military distinguish veterans in workplace settings. You have likely acquired technical and teamwork skills, along with a proven ability to handle responsibility, and these are specific attributes that organizations seek in candidates they recruit. Some may even offer signing bonuses for veterans.

As an older student preparing to enter the workforce, or to re-enter with new credentials, you may have questions or concerns that the Center can assist with. You may be concerned about discrimination or you may have questions about generational differences among workers.

The University Career Center recognizes that as an international student, you face a different set of challenges in your job search efforts than students who are citizens of the United States (U.S.). 

As a student or alum with a disability or with accommodations, you may have additional questions as you transition to the workplace. You may even have questions about whether or not you have a disability.

As a person who identifies as a woman, you may have specific concerns and additional questions regarding equitable access as you transition to the workplace. According to a report by the Thompson Reuters Foundation, the top five career related issues for women are: 

• Work-Life Balance
• Equal Pay
• Career Opportunities 
• Children and Career
• Harassment