Traditional Resumes
Use a traditional one-page resume for jobs and internships in the private sector. Your resume is a compilation of your education, work experience, skills, and accomplishments, and should be tailored to a job description. See the Career Design Center Resume Handout
Success Statements
Your success statements should be more than just a list of duties and tasks. They should be focused on your responsibilities and quantifiable accomplishments.
Action Verb + Skill/Responsibility + Action/Tools + Benefit/Result = Success Statement
Examples
- Performed an EPA study using over 30,000 cells of carbon emission data from fleets, electricity consumption and other sources from seven Logan City departments
- Create a database for rivers in the Intermountain West using R statistical software, QGIS and ArcMap, and interviewing key stakeholders in rivers and watersheds
- Communicated information to the public about points of interest, available services, rules and guidelines, visitor safety, maps and directions within Timpanogos Cave National Monument and American Fork Canyon
- Oversaw True Blue Reuse thrift program, motivated by textile waste diversion and local humanitarian profits, collecting and reselling over 5000 pounds of gently used clothing
Sample Traditional Resumes
- Sample Traditional Resume - Wildlife Ecology and Management
- Sample Traditional Resume - Conservation and Restoration Ecology
- Sample Traditional Resume - GIS Technical Focus
- Sample Graduate-level Resume - Ecology
- NR Traditional Resume - Quick Guide
- NR Resume Template