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Your resume or CV is often a hiring manager’s first point of contact with you. Resumes and CVs represent you on paper, and showcase why you’re right for a position.

A resume is a marketing document and a concise, tailored summary of your experience, education, and skills. A CV is a complete record of your academic and professional achievements, typically used for positions in academia.

Dossier Services

A dossier services (also called “credentials services”) is an online platform that provides secure storage of confidential documents such as transcripts, letters of recommendation and writing samples. This page provides resources for students exploring the use of a dossier service platform.

Sample Resumes

These resume samples showcase ways to highlight your relevant skills, qualities and experience, that can be tailored to the company and position to which you are applying.

Creating an Undergraduate CV

Your curriculum vitae (CV) is a representation of your scholarly identity and trajectory in your field.

A CV is used to apply to research roles or other academic positions....

Student working on resume with counselor in CRC

Writing a Resume: Getting Started

If you’re applying for an internship or job, attending a networking event, or seeking a volunteer opportunity, chances are you’ll need a resume. We’ll walk you through the basics.

Resumes with Impact: Creating Strong Bullet Points

How can you make your resume stand out to an employer? This resource will help you learn how to use the STAR method to develop strong bullet points that highlight your skills and accomplishments relevant to a position.

Your Resume: What to Put In, What to Leave Out

Wondering how to organize the information on your resume? This resource overviews the sections to include on your resume, and what information to include in each of them.

Counselor and student going over resume in CRC

200+ Action Verbs to Spice Up Your Resume

Use varied, strong action verbs to grab the reader’s attention and make your resume stand out to potential employers. This resource includes over 200 action verbs you can use as a starting point.

How to Write a Resume Profile or Summary Statement

If you are in the process of changing careers, craft a powerful summary to highlight your accomplishments and relevant skills. Show an employer, at a glance, why you’re qualiﬁed for the job!

Optimizing Your Resume for Applicant Tracking Systems

90% of Fortune 500 Companies use Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to manage high volumes of job applications. 75% of candidates are “phased out of consideration” because they don’t pass a screening! Our tips will help your resume make it through ATS.

How to Explain Employment Gaps

Learn tips to address employment gaps on your application materials and in interviews.

The Engineering Resume

We’ve shared some tips for crafting a competitive engineering resume.

The Artist Resume and CV

An artist’s resume isn’t like your traditional resume. Make sure your resume stands out.

CCE On the Road in Chicago: What Columbia Undergraduates Should Know

Design Your Next Steps Series Kickoff: Resume Workshop with Nuveen

Employer Skills Design Your Next Steps Workshops

Your persuasion-ready pitch: applying your understanding of the employer in applications, networking, and interviews, your persuasion-ready pitch: how rhetoric can help you craft your appeal to employers.