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Framing Undergraduate Research on Your Resume

Learn how to effectively showcase your undergraduate research experience on your resume to make yourself more marketable to employers.

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Framing Undergraduate Research on Your Resume

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  1. How to Frame Undergraduate Research on Your Resume Elizabeth Kleinfeld, Ph.D. Writing Center Director Associate Professor of English

  2. Your UR Experience Makes You More Marketable • But it’s your job to help employers see how

  3. How To Do This • Figure out what skills and competencies your UR experience helped you develop • Make the connection between those competencies and what employers are looking for • Articulate those connections clearly in your cover letter, resume, and interview

  4. What Employers Want* • Jot down how your UR experience helped you develop in any of these areas *Based on the annual National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) survey of employers

  5. Verbal & Written Communication Skills • Ability to establish rapport quickly • Communicate despite barriers • Learn through listening and observing • Present results in different formats • Communicate results to different audiences

  6. Analytical/Research Skills • Think critically about a problem • Function with a high level of ambiguity • Suspend judgment • Articulate research questions • Inquire into causes

  7. Ability to Deal with Conflict • Understand and appreciate other perspectives • Cope with stress and rejection • Handle difficult situations • Persevere • Work with others

  8. Ability to Manage Multiple Priorities • Handle concurrent projects • Manage time well • Adapt to change

  9. Ability to Plan and Organize • Achieve goals despite obstacles • Manage time well • Ability to see the big picture as well as the details

  10. Problem-Solving/Creativity • See obstacles as opportunities • Think like a freak • Identify problems and find solutions

  11. Ability to Collaborate • Be flexible • Act as leader and team-member • Communicate well with others

  12. Motivation/Self-Motivation • Work without direct supervision • Demonstrate work ethic • Be dependable

  13. Willingness to Learn • Be inquisitive • Be open-minded • Take criticism well

  14. Computer Literacy • Create graphics or spreadsheets • Learn computer programs quickly • Use computers to solve problems

  15. Let’s Practice • How might UR experience qualify someone for these positions? • Admissions Counselor • Marketing and Sales Manager • Laboratory Manager

  16. For each skill/competency • Come up with a specific example from your UR experience to illustrate the skill/competency • Write it up using an action verb • Think about how it could be worked into a cover letter, resume, or interview to help the employer understand its value to them

  17. Where to Mention UR • In the resume • In the cover letter • In the interview

  18. Resources • The Writing Center • King Center 440 • http://msudenver.edu/writectr/ • Career Services • TIV 215 • http://www.msudenver.edu/career/

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