Student resume keywords
What a student resume is screened for, and example bullets to adapt. Use the skills that are true of your experience, and put them inside accomplishment bullets rather than in a bare list.
Also covers: College Student, University Student, Graduate, Fresher, Recent Graduate, High School Student.
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Skills and keywords
These are the terms most consistently used to screen student applications. Spell tools and certifications the way postings spell them — a screen matches the words, not the meaning.
Example bullets
Each one has blanks in brackets. Fill them with your own figures, or rewrite the line — never keep a number you cannot explain.
- Completed project for course, using tool to outcome.
- Led club as role, growing membership from N to N.
- Balanced N hours of part-time work a week with full-time study.
Verbs that signal ownership
Open bullets with these rather than with “responsible for” or “worked on”: