New Grad resume — templates, keywords, and bullet examples
New grad resumes lead with Education and Projects because those are where the strongest signals live. Job experience hasn't accumulated yet.
How to angle a new grad resume
The single biggest mistake on new-grad resumes is leading with a thin Experience block. Lead with Education (school, degree, GPA if 3.5+, relevant coursework) and a strong Projects block. Internships go third.
A project bullet should look like a real engineering bullet: "Built a Flask + Postgres event-tracking service for a 12-person student club; logged 90k events in the first semester". Avoid coursework projects unless they actually shipped to someone.
Section order: Education → Projects → Experience → Skills → (optional) Activities.
Recommended templates for new grads
ATS keywords recruiters filter on
These are the keywords most new grad JDs use as their ATS-filter inputs. Make sure the ones you genuinely have evidence for are in your Skills section.
Starter Skills section
Paste this into the Skills section of the editor as a starting point, then prune to what you genuinely have evidence for.
Bullet examples you can adapt
Three starter bullets following the action-verb / quantified-outcome pattern. Replace bracketed placeholders with your actual specifics — never invent.