You can tell a lot about a person from their resume. Just today I had the chance to go back in time and look at a number of my old resumes, and I thought it would be fun to show them off. I’ll do this in reverse chronological order, so you can see the progression as it happened.
Freshman Year
The one that started it all… Not bad on design, considering it was my freshman year. Pretty light on experience/information though.
Sophomore Year
HA, I have to laugh at myself after looking at this resume. Loving the cheesy dropshadow on my name. Finally got some real experience to put on the resume, despite it only being my second year at TAMU. The internship I got after my freshman year really paid off, and the CAD skills I refined would help me through the rest of my career.
Junior Year, just after my NI internship
Not much has changed since Sophomore year, other than another internship at National Instruments. After that experience, my objective statement changed to: “An internship at a company that provides both an outlet for my talents in computer engineering as well as opportunities to move into leadership and project management responsibilities, even as an intern.” I had a much better idea of where I wanted to go, but I was still not sure how I was going to get there.
2007
This was the first resume I created after my GPA had dropped significantly. Despite this, I had another two internships under my belt: one with Hewlett Packard, and a second internship with National Instruments. Previous to this, my GPA had been my big selling point; after it fell, I felt it would be better to focus on different aspects of my experience instead. This was the first time that I really put some personality into my resume. I hadn’t found what I was looking for yet, but I had started to find myself.
2009
My favorite resume so far. After a year and a half in a research lab, my experience had grown significantly. I wanted a way to better visualize the time I had spent while I was in school, so the split column layout seemed appropriate.
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