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.5” – 1 “ First Name – Use your first name only (if you go by that name) or use your first name and you preferred name in brackets if you go by something
other than your first name. For example: Michael Brown OR Michael (Mike) Brown; Shuang Zhu OR Shuang (Cindy) Zhu
Designation – Only include a designation if it is already earned e.g.: PMP, CFA, CPA, MA, PhD (leave off undergraduate degrees)

First Name (Preferred Name - optional) Last Name, Designation (Arial bold size 14)
(416) 123-5555  [email protected]  LinkedIn URL (Arial size 9)

EDUCATION (ARIAL ALL CAPS size 10)

Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario (Arial bold size 10)
MBA Candidate, Year of Graduation
• Entrance Scholarship, Year (Arial size 10) Bulleted items should include all education-related achievements, awards, or
• GMAT; GPA activities at the University where you earned them:
• Award for…, Scholarship for…
• Dean's List, Year • Rotman GPA (include if 3.50 or above with 2 decimal places – no rounding up)
• Elected First Year Representative of X • GMAT (if above 700)
• Dean’s List or class ranking
• Participated in XX case competition • Elected executive positions, associations, or clubs relevant to career goal
• Member of X Association or Y Clubs • Case competitions – include if you placed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd
• Marquee Group workshops; Data Manipulation, Financial Modeling I, II, III, IV
• Completed The Marquee Group’s X workshops, YEAR

Earned Professional Development or Designation, City, Province or Country (Arial bold size 10)
( e.g., CFA Charterholder - CFA Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2014)

Name of Undergraduate University, City, Province or Country

Degree, Year of Graduation
• Specialization in XXX Professional Development or Designation should be listed in one line
Use for CFA, CPA, PMP, post-graduate diploma, etc.
• Entrance Scholarship, Year For example:
CFA Charterholder - CFA institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2017
• Dean's Honour List, Year Passed CFA Level I - CFA Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2018
CFA Level III Candidate - CFA Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia
• Elected Positions, XXX Student Group You can add the month and year you passed an exam but not a date you ‘expect’ to
pass. Future dates are not permitted.
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE (ARIAL ALL CAPS size 10)

Name of Employer, City, Province or Country (Arial bold size 10)

Optional: Include a brief one line description of employer (in italics) if the employer is not well recognized in North America
Job Title, 2006 – Present (Start year and end year only; only include months if the experience was under one year)
• Led and performed competitive analysis of XXX leading to $XXX development of XXX
• Initiated market segmentation study, involving XXX and XXXX; presented findings to CEO; recommendations adopted

Name of Employer, City, Province or Country Work experience is listed in reverse

Job Title, 2004 - 2005 chronological order
• Conducted a competitive analysis of XXX by …… leading to $XX development of XXXX
• Introduced a product line valued at over XXX by…. increasing market share by XX% by Q3
• Bullet points are to showcase
• Managed the marketing and product launch of XXX, realizing over $XX million in revenue specific achievements and the
• Investigated a local and global XXX opportunity for new XXX technologies resulting in XXX skills that you used that are of
interest to a target employer
• Do not list job responsibilities;
Name of Employer, City, Province or Country instead, provide your best
examples
Job Title, 2002 - 2004 • Use up to 3 lines, but do not use
• Conducted competitive analysis of XXX by…… leading to $XXX development of XXX periods within or at the end of a
bullet point
• Introduced product lines valued at over XXX, increasing market share by XX% by Q3 • Do not use personal pronouns

For help, see the Resume Tips

ADDITIONAL INTERESTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS (ARIAL ALL CAPS size 10) (DOC) on the Rotman Career
Centre website → Prep →Personal
• Completed 5 international marathons, including Boston (best time 3:21) Branding & Marketing → LEARN

• Fluent in French; proficient in Cantonese

• Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, 2015 - 2019
• Advanced in VBA, Java, SQL, VB Script, C++, SAS
Use either ADDITIONAL INTERESTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS or ADDITIONAL INTERESTS AND SKILLS
About this section – your bullet points:
• Should be interesting – but also relevant – to a target employer
• Should demonstrate your personal impact on community or social/professional associations
• Feature volunteer experiences, hobbies or interests that show leadership, perseverance, drive, stamina, excellence, or creativity
• Include association memberships pertinent to your target function/industry
• List noteworthy international travel/experience
• Include language fluency other than English, don’t use the word “Native” and only include languages where you are fully proficient
• Include significant club memberships or varsity/intramural sports, prior to Rotman
• Avoid information or links that might offend or put off an interested employer
• Include technical skills that are relevant for your target function/industry; only list those for which you have a working proficiency