<p>i'm applying for a job as a research assistent; basically doing the washing/cleaning of the labs after the work is done.</p>
<p>the prof requested that i send a resume, and i'm quite at a loss as to what to put in it, b/c i've really got nothing.</p>
<p>i'm a freshman in arts& sci, with no prior experience in the laboratory.
the only thing i can think of putting is my major, college, yr level, and courses.</p>
<p>should i not even bother sending this crappy resume?
it's not like i'm going to list my sat scores or ap scores like some college resume.</p>
<p>what should i do?
what do people normally put in their resume?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t apply for a job at a lab just to wash and clean up after them… Perhaps you should find yourself a better lab which lets you do something more intriguing, like, oh I don’t know, RESEARCH?</p>
<p>well i have no lab experience, so i need to start from the bottom and work my way up from there.
it’d be interesting to see them conduct research
but uh
is anyone going to answer my question? =D</p>
<p>list your college and major, high school, contact info, and any jobs you have previously held - pizza delviery - whatever.</p>
<p>list your goal - “doctor’ chemist” whatever.</p>
<p>don’t worry about it too much - the prof just wants something to start with - he is not expecting that a freshman has made strides in research - that’s HIS job!!</p>
<p>an ignore the poster telling you not to wash testtubes - its a start! and it pays!</p>
<p>I was just fussing with my resume recently, since even though I’m not itching for a new job it seemed like a good time to update it. (and there are always other contexts where it’s good to have it ready.)
here is a template based on what I remember of mine:</p>
<p>Facts: Name, email, phone, Home address, Current address.
Education: College, intended graduation date, any majors/minors you have
(there’s really no need to list your courses, I’d say.)
High school and when you graduated
Awards: I agree it’s not good to put SAT/AP scores on because no one cares, but I do think any major awards you got in high school are worth including. the professor would recognize that you don’t have anything new in college because you have hardly even arrived yet. for that matter, I’m a junior and I still have my AP scholar and national merit stuff on there since I figure they sum up what I did in high school in a nice way. you could leave out this section if you don’t have anything you really want to point out.
Employment: At this early stage, any work experience, like memphismom said.
Leadership or activities (whichever fits better):
I think as of freshman year my resume also still had a couple big high school leadership positions listed…if you did anything important there I think that is also worth listing. particularly if it had anything to do with science. Now I have removed them since I have things from Cornell I can list.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t be surprised if other posters had different ideas in terms of priorities and what to include but I don’t think anything on that list would be too harmful.</p>
<p>make everything look kind of reasonable, too…nice font, no mistakes. there are tons of examples you can check out online, and probably even at some Cornell career services site I’d bet. don’t be worried if it looks short, because again, it’s obvious you’re a freshman and no one is expecting you to be a superstar researcher.</p>
<p>did I steal my resume from the sample resumes? I probably did, since I know I made it up sometime after I was at Cornell but I don’t remember doing it. I think it’s still probably good advice, right? (certainly better than if I invented my own original style, when the whole point is conveying information…)</p>
<p>Since you never had a job before, this is a good job to start with. Think about what an employer wants from any employee - someone who is responsible, reliable, honest, trust worthy, intelligent, hardworking… Just because your’ve never had a job before, it doesn’t mean that you haven’t done anything to demonstrate those qualities. </p>
<p>List clubs - what did you do at those clubs? Were you a treasurer, president?<br>
Volunteer work - just because you didn’t get paid didn’t mean you didn’t show up on time and contributed greatly.
Sports - a player of 4 years shows consistency, commitment, team player…
Babysitting - a lot of responsibility, maturity…
ECs - debate, science, dance…</p>
<p>Even if you did minimum wage work, did you do anything over and above what’s required of you? I had someone who told me that he was “just a clerk at a store in the Collegetown.” I asked him what he did there. It turned out that he came up with a new wireless package to be marketed to freshmen, and he also designed an inventory database for the owner during his spare time. I told him to put that down. It showed he had marketing, organizational, and financial skills.</p>
<p>I always told my kids to build their resumes. Ever job leads to the next job, especially when you do over and beyond. Cleaning and washing after each lab, sounds boring, but you could always do more. Think of creative ways to make it more efficient.</p>
<p>I don’t go to Cornell but I recently took a position as a research assistant at Georgetown and the professor I’m working with told me I was chosen for conciseness, keep it to one page list the major important things…you’re not applying to college again so make things stand out. hope that helps</p>