Transcript Guide to a Great Basic Resume MINES CAREER CENTER Basic Overview  One page  Clear formatting  Eye is drawn easily to sections 

Guide to a Great Basic Resume
MINES CAREER CENTER
Basic Overview
 One page
 Clear formatting
 Eye is drawn easily to sections
 Highlighting Your Strengths:
Education
Skills
Projects
Work
Objectives
 Seeking summer research position to apply problem-
solving abilities, quantitative reasoning skills,
and can-do attitude as a valuable asset to team goals
and projects
 Seeking summer internship in the mechanical
engineering field to apply education, skills and
knowledge, returning to graduate school in the fall
semester
Education Section
Education
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Minor: Mining
Green Mountain High School, Lakewood, CO
Honors & Activities
• Mines Merit Scholarship
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Student Member
• Mines Band – Tenor Saxophone
B.S. May 2016
GPA 3.0
May 2012
GPA 3.2
Hints for Success
 Use bulleting format for easy skimming by the reader
 Employ action verbs to describe your experiences
 Include any skills that you learned
 Use 10-12 point font
 No pictures, colors or logos
Skills Section
Computer Skills:
LabView, MatLab, SolidWorks, Windows, Linux, LaTeX, Visual Studio, C++
Vacuum Science & Hardware:
Mechanical, cryo, condensate, and turbo pumps; thermocouple, convection, cold cathode and
hot cathode gauges; magnetic transfer arms
Electronics & Instrumentation;
Digital and analog electronics including oscilloscopes, functional generators, circuit
construction, FPGA’s, STAMP microcontrollers, digital electronics components, LabView,
Machine Shop Design & Fabrication:
Basic operation of end mill and engine lathe; conventional, climb, plunge, slot milling and
threading
Basic principles of optics & optical design, thin film deposition technology, and surface characterization
techniques, safety & laboratory techniques
Projects Section
Academic Engineering Project Experience
CSM EPICS Team Project:
Wheelchair Harness with Craig Hospital
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Researched, with multidisciplinary team, materials and costs
Designed model with retractable arm, using SolidWorks
Constructed functional prototype of design model allowing patients to stay
in good posture or move freely at will in order to increase patients
independence
Compiled technical paper with viable options according to different types of
loads for adapting an existing harness, drawings, summaries
Presented project to client in oral presentation to panel of judges.
Accomplishment: Prototype was successfully tested by Craig Hospital
Personal contribution: Project management
Work Experience
Engineering Internship Experience
Company Name, City, State
Neutron Science Intern
Summer 2013
 Constructed a beamline darkroom to facilitate experiments
 Experienced building and monitoring vacuum systems
Carmody Recreation Ctr, Lakewood, CO
 Front Desk Support
 Customer Assistance
 Cashier
2011-2012
Career Center Services:
• Two Career Days per year (Fall & Spring)
• Career Planning & Counseling
• Assistance with your Job Search A to Z
• Website: careers.mines.edu
• Resume & Cover Letter Reviews
• DIGGERNET The Mines On-Line Recruiting System
• Campus Interviews with companies
• Workshops throughout the year
• Optimal Resume with practice interviewing portion
• Salary Negotiation Reviews
• Award Winning Job Search Manual:
THE MINES STRATEGY: TOOLS FOR ENGINEERING
YOUR JOB SEARCH
Questions?
VISIT THE CAREER CENTER
HOURS 8-5 MONDAY – FRIDAY
BEN PARKER STUDENT CENTER
303-273-3233
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