Master’s Resume Book
The UCLA Graduate Career Services Master’s Resume Book is a tool designed for master’s students and recent master’s alumni to help reframe academic work, communicate skills, share impact, and demonstrate the value of a master’s degree across a wide variety of career paths.
Download the Master’s Resume Book to view all of the resumes:
- next to the job descriptions they are tailored for,
- with precise formatting, and
- with annotations describing why certain design choices were made and why certain content was included.
The downloadable version also includes CV vs. Resume, Build Your Bullet Points, Resume Formatting Tips Checklist, Action Verbs, How and When to Write a Professional Summary, and Comprehensive Resume all in one place!
The Master’s Resume Book contains 30+ example resumes for diverse roles and fields including:
- Business (Analytics)
- Business (Finance)
- Communications/Marketing
- Consulting (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences)
- Consulting (STEM)
- Creatives (Architect)
- Creatives (Entertainment)
- Data Science
- Chemical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Software Engineering
- Higher Education Administration (Counseling)
- Higher Education Administration (Programming)
- Librarian
- Non-Profit/Advocacy
- Nursing
- Policy
- Public Health
- Scientist
- Social Work
- Teaching (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences)
- Teaching (STEM)
- Training
- UX Research (Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences)
- Federal Jobs
- CVs for Applying to PhD Programs
- CVs for Academic Funding Opportunities
- CV and Resume Formats for Teaching at a Community College