Resume templates for students

For a first part-time job, a summer internship or a campus role, when your experience is classes, clubs, volunteering and a weekend job. These templates give your education and activities room to carry the page.

Templates

Resume (document): A clean one-page resume with summary, experience, education and skills, ready to fill in and tailor to any job.
ATS-friendly resume (document): A one-page resume built to pass applicant tracking systems: single column, standard section headings, plain bullets and a keyword-rich skills line that ATS software reads correctly. Use it for any online job application.
Resume format for freshers (document): An ATS-safe fresher resume format for Indian graduates, with career objective, 10th, 12th and degree marks, internships, academic projects, technical skills and the standard declaration with place and date.

How to use these templates

Pick the classic resume for a local job or campus role, or the ATS-friendly one if you are applying through an online portal.
Tell the AI your school, expected graduation date and the job, for example "high school junior applying to be a lifeguard this summer".
List anything where you had responsibility: a club, a team, tutoring, babysitting, a family business or volunteering. Ask it to turn each into one result-focused bullet.
Download as PDF and name the file with your name, such as "Maya-Patel-Resume.pdf".

What to put on a student resume

Put Education at the top and write "Expected May 2027" for a degree or diploma you are still working on.
Include your GPA if it is 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale, or if the employer asks. Leave it off otherwise; nobody will assume the worst.
Add a "Relevant coursework" line with three or four classes that match the job, such as Accounting I or AP Computer Science.
Unpaid experience counts. Running a club fundraiser, coaching younger players or helping at a family shop shows the reliability first-job employers want most.
Use a school or personal email that sounds professional, and make sure your voicemail greeting is one you would want an employer to hear.

Frequently asked questions

What if I have no work experience at all?

Use a section called "Experience and activities" and include volunteering, school leadership, sports and projects. Employers hiring students expect this, and they mainly want to see that you showed up and took responsibility.

Should a student resume have an objective?

A one-line summary helps when your experience does not obviously match the job, for example "Reliable high school senior seeking a weekend cashier role". Keep it specific to the job.

Should I list high school on a college resume?

Usually only until your second year of college, or if the school is relevant to the employer. After that your college degree replaces it.

How long should a student resume be?

One page, always. Recruiters at career fairs and campus events read dozens of student resumes in an hour.