Administrative internship resume examples from 2025
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How to write an administrative internship resume
Craft a resume summary statement
Put a resume summary on the top of your resume to highlight your accomplishments. A resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to write a strong, impressive resume summary:
Step 1: Start with your current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.
Step 2: Next put your years of experience in administrative internship-related roles.
Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.
Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.
Hiring managers spend under a minute reviewing resumes on average. This means your summary needs to demonstrate your value quickly and show why you are the perfect fit for the administrative internship position.Please upload your resume so Zippia’s job hunt AI can draft a summary statement for you.
List the right project manager skills
Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:
- Look at the job listing and skills listed. You need to include the exact keywords from the job description to get your resume in front of an actual human. Do you have those skills? Fantastic! Be sure to list them.
- Include as many relevant hard or technical administrative internship skills as possible for each job you apply to.
- Be specific with the skills you have and be sure you are using the most up to date and accurate terms.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on an administrative internship resume:
- Data Entry
- Healthcare
- PowerPoint
- Administrative Intern
- Financial Statements
- Administrative Tasks
- Windows
- Human Resources
- Patient Care
- Front Desk
- Professional Development
- Salesforce
- Data Analysis
- Linux
- Office Equipment
- SharePoint
- Data Collection
- Event Planning
- Word Processing
- Press Releases
- Telephone Calls
- EMR
- Administrative Assistance
- HIPAA
- VMware
- Patient Satisfaction
- Scheduling Appointments
- Direct Calls
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How to structure your work experience
Your work experience should be structured:
- With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
- Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
- Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
- Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.
How to write administrative internship experience bullet points
Remember, your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. This is your chance to show why you're good at your job and what you accomplished.
Use the XYZ formula for your work experience bullet points. Here's how it works:
- Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
- Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
- Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.
This creates bullet points that read Achieved X, measured by Y, by doing Z.
Here are great bullet points from administrative internship resumes:
Work history example #1
Administrative Internship
Robert Half International
- Integrated seamlessly to quickly learn organizational processes, workflows, policies and procedures of various companies.
- Developed administrative training manual that was utilized throughou the Northern California offices.
- Processed bi-weekly payroll for hourly plant and office employees, including various pay incentives and pay rates.
- Supported the sales team in analyzing future potentials and producing reports using company designed database, Procom.
- Processed police reports, gun permits, police clearances and daily booking reports through Microsoft Office and manually.
Work history example #2
Clerk Typist
New York Public Library
- Instructed them on the use of the internet research, fact-finding, social networking, coupled with New Technology.
- Prepared weekly schedules and bi-weekly timesheets for payroll processing.
- Assisted patrons in locating library materials, with use of Internet and other computerized databases.
- Processed new Library cards and materials into database.
- Handled all office procedures needed for Code Enforcement Officers (certified letters, court summons, etc.)
Work history example #3
Administrative Internship
Kelly Services
- Created and maintained a database in Microsoft Access enabling more proficient reporting procedures for Heart Walk promotional events.
- Dispersed incoming mail to correct recipients throughout the office.
- Resolved field employee related issues, by coaching, counseling and ending assignments.
- Created sales brochures in MS Word, Adobe InDesign CS2, Photoshop CS2 and PowerPoint.
- Established strong relationships to gain support and effectively achieve results.
Work history example #4
Administrative Assistant/Secretary/Receptionist
DeKalb County Jail
- Created MS (Microsoft) PowerPoint Presentations.
- Provided clear and accurate communication to passengers, agents, flight crews and vendors.
- Ensured client concerns handled expeditiously.
- Answered multiple phone lines, filed documents, assisted with payroll documentation, and produced visuals for the company's programs.
- Developed, maintained, and revised policies, procedures and user training materials for Employment Services.
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Add an education section to your resume
The education section should display your highest degree first.
Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.
Here are some examples of good education entries from administrative internship resumes:
Bachelor's Degree in psychology
University of California - Davis, Davis, CA
2012 - 2015
Bachelor's Degree in journalism
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2013 - 2016
Highlight your administrative internship certifications on your resume
Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.
To list, use the full name of the certification and the organization that issued it, along with the date of achievement.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your administrative internship resume:
- Microsoft Office Specialist: Expert (Office 365 and Office 2019)
- Certified Medical Interpreter - Spanish (CMI)
- Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP)
- Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA)
- Certified Medical Insurance Specialist (CMIS)
- Certified Medical Office Manager (CMOM)
- Microsoft Office Specialist Master Certification (MOS)
- Basic Life Support for Healthcare and Public Safety (BLS)
- Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator (CHPA)
- Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (NHA)