Resume Examples by Situation and Job Title

How to use these examples

• Copy the pattern, not the words. Each line in an example says what the person did, for whom and one detail. Your version should do the same with your own facts.
• The people, employers, schools and numbers in these examples are made up. Do not copy a figure; use your own, or a plain range if you do not know it exactly.
• The advice is ours. It is general guidance, not research, and employers differ, so read the posting you are answering.

By situation

• High School Student Resume ExampleA one-page resume for a teenager with no paid job yet, built from volunteering, a club role and informal work.
• College Student Resume Example for an InternshipA one-page resume for a college junior applying for internships, with one internship, tutoring and a course project.

By job title

• Customer Service Representative Resume ExampleA one-page resume for a phone and chat support agent, with bullets that show volume, the kind of problem and what happens after the call.
• Administrative Assistant Resume ExampleA one-page resume for an office administrator, showing who you support, what you keep running and the systems you use.
• Retail Sales Associate Resume ExampleA one-page resume for a store associate, showing the floor, the register and stock work, in a few specific lines.
• Entry-Level Software Developer Resume ExampleA one-page resume for a junior developer, with one job, one internship and a small open-source fix, written so a reviewer can check the claims.

After you have written yours

When your own version is ready, scan it in the CV Lab to see how it reads.

Which file type should you send? The one the posting asks for. Our guide to applicant tracking systems sets out what three vendors say about PDF and Word.

Want a different look? The CV templates come in eight layouts, as Word and PDF. Writing to go with it? See the cover letter templates.