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Graduate student resumes: highlighting an academic project
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this tutorial follows on from resumes
101 it is specifically designed for
students who want to showcase their
research and academic experiences in
ways that capture the attention of
employers within and beyond the Academy
the following video focuses on how your
experience undertaking an academic
project can be used to highlight key
competencies that employers are looking
for this example demonstrates how
Mohammad showcases his engineering
project which required him to work with
a team of students to conduct an HDR
quality metric review and development
when describing an academic project
whether it is building a robot creating
a marketing plan or collaborating on an
analytical report it is important to
highlight your achievements and the
results of your work
it's what employers are looking for on
resumes and CVS present the work with
three bullet points highlighting the
scope skills and abilities applied
outline the goal of your project in this
example Muhammad and his teammates are
responsible for designing and testing a
new data set for evaluation of image
quality metrics with emphasis on
applications in computer graphics in his
resume Muhammad provides a background of
the project and its industry
implications by outlining achievements
such as the terms of reference and
project timeline that he co-created with
his teammates industry representative
and his supervisor highlight the skills
and abilities you applied during the
project specific references are made to
Muhammad's leadership and technical
expertise specifically with C++ and
MATLAB as well as designing an algorithm
that accurately estimates quality of
high dynamic range
what is the result of the project
Muhammad articulates three key results
for this project first the team's design
testing and findings exceeded the
industry representatives expectations
and earned the team on a plus second the
team's novel research will be
incorporated into a peer reviewed
journal article and third the team's
project and accomplishment will be
featured in UBC reports remember be sure
to articulate your accomplished
not just describing the process of a
project this example demonstrated that
you can present an academic project in a
way that highlights the competencies
that employers are looking for to learn
more about how you can transform your
academic experiences into professional
accomplishments please review our
library of Graduate Student resume CV
and letter samples and also check out
our expert advice video series
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