First Resume From Coursework and Part-Time Work
You are applying for your first internship or graduate role and your material is coursework, projects and part-time jobs
I am a student with no full-time professional experience. Build my first resume from the material below, and only from that material.
Summary When You Have Little History
You have coursework, projects, or a first internship rather than years of jobs
I do not have much work history yet and I need a summary that is honest and still worth reading.
Place the Course You Took During the Break
You studied or earned a certification while out of work and are not sure where it belongs on the page
During a break from work from [START DATE] to [END DATE] I did this study: [PASTE PROGRAM NAME, PROVIDER, DATES, AND WHAT YOU FINISHED]. Here is my current resume: [PASTE RESUME].
Organize Your Skills SectionStudent and New GraduateEarly CareerMid Career
Nursing credentials block, exactly as held
When your license, certifications and charting systems are scattered through the resume and a nurse recruiter has to hunt for them
You are helping me organize the credentials section of my nursing resume. Work only from what I paste.
Interview Me Before You Write a Single Line
You are staring at an empty page and want the AI to pull the material out of you before it drafts anything
You are helping me build the first draft of my resume. Do not write any resume content yet.
Verb and Specificity Pass
Your bullets are accurate but vague — the verbs are generic and a stranger cannot picture the work
Act as a line editor for my resume. Here are my bullets:
Mark Where a Number Belongs
When your bullets describe real work but read flat and you cannot tell which lines are missing a number
Here are resume bullets I wrote about work I actually did:
Summary Built Only From Your Resume
Your resume is finished and the block at the top of the page is still blank
You are helping me write the summary block at the top of my resume. My full resume is below.
Honest Gap Analysis Against One Posting
Before you decide whether a posting is worth applying to, or what your cover letter has to account for
You are reviewing my resume against one job posting. Do not rewrite anything yet.
Cover Letter From Your Resume and the Posting
You have a resume and a specific posting and need a full one-page letter that draws only on what your resume already says
You are helping me write a cover letter for a specific role. Here is my resume:
Turn Your Gap Into One Honest Resume Line
You have a gap of 6 months or more and want one factual line for it instead of an unexplained jump in dates
You are helping me write a single resume entry for a gap in my work history. The dates are [START MONTH YEAR] to [END MONTH YEAR]. Here is everything I actually did during that time, in my own words: [PASTE YOUR NOTES].