Bullseye Resumes - Spotlighting Education on the College Grad Resume

Millions of college students, grads and recent graduates seeking internships, co-ops and other career opportunities will pound the pavement and troll the on-line job boards over the next few months, resumes in hand. Unfortunately many of those resumes will be less than perfect. Frankly, most will be bad.

Despite the volume of FREE resume writing advice on line, campus career centers stocked with FREE job search resources , most college students, grads and recent graduates still do a last minute rush job with their resumes and hope for the best.

For the last minute resume writer, trying to write a bullseye resume , here are some pointers to focus attention on the Education section of your college resume.

1. Move Education close to the top of the resume - The EDUCATION section on the college resume immediately follows the OBJECTIVE, if you choose to have one. It should not go to the bottom of the resume or after your EXPERIENCE. The fact that you are completing your college degree, is the single most important thing that employers are interested in right now. It needs to be in the top 30% of your resume.

2. High School Activities - As a rule, do not mention High School beyond your college Sophomore year unless you had significant and outstanding accomplishments there. For example if you held leadership roles, set academic or athletic records and you can add them without exceeding a page - go ahead and include them. If you are in college and beyond your Sophomore year, you should have enough activities to replace the ones from high school. If you don't, make that your goal.

3. Can You Name Your Degree? Visit the Registrar's office on campus to find out the correct name of your program. Are you working on a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration or a Bachelor in Business Administration? Is it a BS, BA or BBA? You should know this and state it correctly on your college resume.

4. Major - What was your area of emphasis within your degree? Was there an emphasis? Did you double major? Did you have a Minor?