dr. bill williamson | associate professor of professional and technical writing

sample resumes

The resumes I provide here are generally solid designs. I try to point out key design decisions when I can. Don't use these as absolutely perfect models, but do use them to get a general idea of how to proceed. Although I designed all of these resumes, I did them several years ago. There are at least subtle things that I would change about most of them.

resumes

Model 1. This resume shows a basic format and provides explanation of what kind of information to put where.

Model 2. This is another model that shows a different arrangement of text on the page.

Sample Resume. This sample document is sort of fictional, and sort of not. It is all example.

Teaching Resume. This resume is the one my wife, Jennifer, just used during her job search. Note that it exceeds one page.

Jenson I/Jenson II. The two Jenson resumes together represent a good example of one person putting together two resumes for different kinds of positions. In this case, Kirsten was looking for work as a high school teacher or as a laboratory researcher. Note the similarities in content, and the differences in how information is prioritized by the format and order.

Turnquist I/Turnquist II. These two resumes present the same information in slightly different formats. I encourage you to play around a little bit with visual formatting, generally looking for a "look and feel" that you find comfortable. There are many standard formats, and many possible innovations on design. Again, I recommend that you stay generally conservative, but that doesn't mean that your design has to look exactly like everyone else's.