MBA Résumé Templates

How to start?

Read the CRC Résumé Writing Guide and all the instructions below before you begin. The CRC highly recommends that students follow the instructions in the guide to create a "scannable" version of your résumé.

Select one of the following templates (Microsoft Word is required):

MBA Résumé Template #1
Description: Traditional résumé format and appropriate for most students with at least 1 academic degree and less than 3 years of full-time experience

View MBA Résumé Sample #1

MBA Résumé Template #2
Description: More than 2 academic degrees and more than 3 years of full-time work experience

View MBA Résumé Sample #2

Save your résumé to a disk or your hard drive using your Last Name_First Name as the file name. Example: Smith_John

Click on shaded areas in templates and appropriately enter your demographic, academic and employment information.

Bring a hard copy of your résumé to MBA Advantage.

Why use it?

Recruiters spend seconds deciding whether to place a résumé in the trash pile or interview pile. To increase your chances of securing an interview, you want create a résumé that effectively markets your qualifications in an error-free and easy-to-read format.

By reducing the time and energy spent on formatting your résumé, the CRC résumé template helps you focus your attention on developing the résumé content that markets your unique experience and skills.

Many other top management programs require students use a résumé template and recruiters are accustomed to screening candidates’ skills and experience via a résumé template.

Customized for UB School of Management students, the CRC résumé template guides students in writing a résumé but also offers the flexibility to make any adjustments if necessary.

The CRC résumé template is a traditional style résumé that lists your professional experience chronologically, starting with your most recent position. The majority of résumés are written in this format, and this is also the format most employers are accustomed to seeing.