A student resume has to make coursework, campus involvement, and part-time jobs look like credible early-career evidence. This example shows how to present academic projects with real tools and outcomes, connect leadership or volunteering to workplace skills, and keep everything on one clean page that both recruiters and applicant tracking systems can read.
Sample resume
Priya Sharma
Business Student · Seeking Marketing Internship
Chicago, IL
Professional summary
Second-year business student with hands-on experience from campus marketing projects and a part-time retail role. Comfortable with research, spreadsheets, and presenting results to a group. Seeking a marketing internship to apply analytical and communication skills.
Experience
Marketing Project Lead (Course)
Spring 2025
University of Illinois — Intro to Marketing · Chicago, IL
- Led a 4-person team to build a go-to-market plan for a local café, earning the top grade in the section.
- Ran a 60-response survey and turned the results into three concrete promotion recommendations.
- Presented findings to the class and instructor with a clear, data-backed slide deck.
Sales Associate (Part-Time)
2023 – Present
Urban Outfitters · Chicago, IL
- Helped 40+ customers per shift while consistently meeting store service standards.
- Balanced 20 hours a week around a full course load without missing shifts.
Education
- B.S. Business Administration (Expected 2027) — University of Illinois Chicago2023 – 2027
Skills
Sample resume summary
Student resume example that turns coursework, projects, volunteer work, and part-time experience into credible early-career evidence.
Achievement bullet examples
- Highlighted academic projects with clear tools, scope, and outcomes.
- Connected campus leadership and volunteer work to communication and ownership.
- Presented part-time work in terms of reliability, service, and problem solving.
Skills to highlight
ATS keywords
How to write this resume
Put education and projects near the top
As a student, your degree and academic projects are your strongest assets — list them before part-time work. Include your expected graduation year and any relevant coursework.
Show tools, scope, and outcomes
For each project, name the tools you used, how big the effort was, and what resulted. "Ran a 60-response survey and produced three recommendations" beats "did a marketing project".
Prove reliability with part-time work
Even unrelated jobs show you can hold responsibility, show up, and balance commitments. Frame them around dependability and service.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Listing courses as a wall of text with no projects or outcomes.
- Hiding a strong GPA or relevant coursework at the bottom of the page.
- Adding a second page when one focused page is enough.
- Using a template so busy that section headings are hard to scan.
Frequently asked questions
What should a student put on a resume?
Education with expected graduation date, academic projects with tools and outcomes, campus involvement, and any part-time or volunteer work framed around transferable skills.
Should a student include GPA on a resume?
Include it if it is strong (roughly 3.5+) or if the employer requests it. Otherwise, use the space for projects and skills instead.
How do I make a student resume stand out?
Lead with a specific, relevant project that shows real outcomes, keep the layout clean and one page, and tailor the summary to the exact internship or role.