I need assistance on my resume.

Career Opportunities & Internships
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<p>How exactly am I supposed to format a resume geared towards an internship? </p>

<p>The one I want the most is for a big television channel and it's really vague in what they look for in interns but does state to be proficient in using the internet and Microsoft programs and have knowledge about media and pop culture.</p>

<p>Currently mine's like</p>

<ul>
<li>Short Profile/Summary of me</li>
<li>Education [College/HS] --> I am transferring (not sure where yet, waiting on my top college before putting my back-up, so what do I put for college?</li>
<li>Work experience --> this mostly includes things NOT related to my internship or major. is that bad? it says its competitive lol.</li>
<li>Skills --> Here I've added my vast range of computer skills because I didn't know what else to add really!</li>
</ul>

<p>I really really want an impressive resume for this big company, so if anyone can shed some light, please do! What can I do to make mine stand out?</p>

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<p>Really try to tailor you resume to the internship. Think about what your responsibilities would be if you worked there/what you are expected to do. I’m not sure if you are just out of high school or not, but I’ve been told if you can to leave off high school activities. You can definitely land internships without work experience, you just have to play up your extracurricular activities. Even in your volunteer and other activities you probably had tasks that are useful for jobs overall. When you write the description, emphasize those skills. For example, say you volunteered at a museum over the summer, you can say something about your excellent customer service/communication skills. </p>

<p>Definitely touch on the computer programs you are comfortable with as that is what was one of the things they were looking for. I’m sorry I’m not sure how to answer your question about your school. I would say just put the current school you are attending and maybe note the school you plan to transfer to. I’m not sure about this.</p>

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<p>I’m currently a freshman and truth be told, without things I did prior to this year, it’s a really empty resume. My jobs and great volunteer experience came from high school. If I remove everything from high school I’d have 1 job. </p>

<p>Regarding adding EC’s, I think I only have about 2 that I’m actually very active in, but I did for one semester though (because I was abroad last semester). This semester I’m barely active in any, as I have been working many hours. No leadership positions yet!
Would this be sufficient to put on the work part, and just expand on my skills? Otherwise my resume would look so empty on the bottom!</p>

<p>Also, thanks Carey! IIRC, you are also aiming to be in the same field as I am? It’s great to get your help!</p>

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<p>I’d shy away from including a skills section on your resume. Although you may have a good understanding of the Microsoft Office Suite, you haven’t had business experience, which is what counts and will help you get jobs; a skills section in your resume has the potential to take away valuable space for more important, more helpful experience.</p>

<p>The term “relevant experience” is quite ambiguous. In reality, it’s just a matter of how you phrase things. Here are a few things I’ve learned about recruiting over the years…</p>

<p>Don’t bother talking about extra-curriculars if you didn’t actively, frequently participate. A list of activities at the bottom can be okay for you, but if you haven’t dedicated a ton of time to them, expanding on them doesn’t help (for example, I included my fraternity at the bottom of my resume, but I was just a member, not a leader; I included it just in case a recruiter happened to be an alumnus of the fraternity).</p>

<p>Many extra curricular activities in high school were structured and, while many participate in “leadership,” it’s rare for someone to actually perform leadership tasks that can be exported to the professional world (i.e. in high school, if you want to host a charity event through a school activity, the moderator is likely to handle the logistics of reserving space, price controls, etc. … this is expected since minors aren’t really allowed to deal with money too much!). That said, if you DID perform exportal leadership tasks, TALK ABOUT THEM! A good barometer is to ask yourself if it would make sense to pay people to do the things you did; if the answer is yes, then it’s definitely resume-worthy.</p>

<p>With regard to education, until you inform your current school that you have decided to transfer, you need to include your expected graduation date and no potential transfer school. If you have declared your intent to transfer and committed to a new school, you have the option of adding the new school and new graduation date or keeping the old school and graduation date (it’s still possible for you to change your mind until you matriculate in the new school). Once you matriculate into the new school, you need to have the years you spent at the school and the years/expected graduation date for the new school as well.</p>

<p>Feel free to shoot over your resume to me… I’d be happy to review it for you.</p>

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<p>Wow I feel old. I had to look up with IIRC meant :stuck_out_tongue: I think we are in the same field. I’m pursuing a degree in advertising/public relations anyway. Feel free to message me anytime if you have questions! I’ll try to help you best I can, but I’m still new to this also :)</p>

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<p>chrisw, </p>

<p>would the same apply to the “skills” section if my internship/jobs aren’t business-related? Like Carrie, my degree is in advertising/PR but this specific internship I am really going for is specifically geared towards media studies/mass communications. </p>

<p>If this is a yes I will exclude it, revise my resume, and send it to you. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Business is not to be confused with banking/consulting. Advertising is, obviously, a business, and entering advertising or PR requires business skills.</p>

<p>What are the skills you would consider listing?</p>