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Fellow resume examples from 2026

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a fellow resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Your 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 writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:

Step 1: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.

Step 2: Include your years of experience in fellow-related roles. Consider adding relevant company and industry experience as relevant to the job listing.

Step 3: Highlight your greatest accomplishments. Here is your chance to make sure your biggest wins aren't buried in your resume.

Step 4: Again, keep it short. Your goal is to summarize your experience and highlight your accomplishments, not write a paragraph.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some fellow interviews.

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List the right project manager skills

Many resumes are filtered out by hiring software before a human eye ever sees them. A robust Skills section can let recruiters (and bots) know you have the skills to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section:

  1. Start with the job listing. Frequently, the keywords looked for by recruiters will be listed. Be careful to include all skills in the job listing you have experience with.
  2. Consider all the software and tools you use on a daily basis. When in doubt, list them!
  3. Make sure you use accurate and up to date terms for all the skills listed.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some fellow interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a fellow resume:

  • Patients
  • Professional Development
  • Veterans
  • Mathematics
  • Math
  • Public Health
  • Community Outreach
  • Public Policy
  • PowerPoint
  • Data Analysis
  • Climate
  • Research Projects
  • Python
  • Public Speaking
  • Data Collection
  • Independent Research
  • Legal Research
  • Press Releases
  • Blog Posts
  • MATLAB
  • Facebook
  • Blended Learning
  • Economic Development
  • Machine Learning
  • Fact Sheets
  • Twitter
  • Public Schools
  • R
  • AmeriCorps
  • Leadership

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How to structure your work experience

Your work experience should be structured:

  1. With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
  2. Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
  3. Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
  4. Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.

How to write fellow experience bullet points

Effective job bullet points do more than just describe your job duties. Instead, they should be specific and measurable accomplishments. Here are some strategies to mastering job bullet points:

  • 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.

Here are great bullet points from fellow resumes:

Work history example #1

Legislative Aide

American Civil Liberties Union

  • Prepared General Officers and DoD leadership for testimony.
  • Awarded formal commendation from Partnership for Veterans Health Care Budget Reform for superior legislative services.
  • Communicated with a wide range of Congressional Representatives to produce and implement new systems which improved the handling of veterans.
  • Advised the Congresswoman on issues pertinent to key topics she would be addressing, briefed on, or defending.
  • Attended Caucus Committee meetings and public hearings assigned by the Legislative Director.

Work history example #2

Policy Internship

American Enterprise Institute

  • Conducted archival and internet research in English and Russian and provided analysis for published articles, book chapters, and projects.
  • Conducted site visits to workforce training and community college programs in Mass.
  • Researched political structure and climates to advance advocacy goals and expand IRC.
  • Researched current U.S energy policy for the Coal and Clean energy campaigns for Responsible Trade and Climate program.
  • Researched and drafted septic inspection legislation enacted in Michigan.

Work history example #3

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Genzyme

  • Refined new patient entry pathways to increase focus on the patient experience and communication with the care teams.
  • Engineered constructs to alter NPQ in tobacco plants with the aim of increasing carbon fixation and ultimately biofuel production.
  • Invented method of cloning gene targets of transcription factors and DNA binding proteins.
  • Assisted with the Veterans court and in the programming and development of new programs for local Veterans.
  • Collaborated with Community Strategies and Health Communication Divisions on Healthy People 2020 and health literacy e-learning modules.

Work history example #4

Public Affairs Internship

EBS Healthcare

  • Performed SPA (Special Protocol Assessment) analysis for the orphan drug products approved by FDA between 2005-2010.
  • Maintained school's social media accounts, including Flickr, Delicious and LinkedIn.
  • Conversed with FDA accredited third party reviewer regarding company's first 510(k) submission.
  • Participated in various investigations into diversion of pharmaceutical product and helped to coordinate case by case security requirements in the field.
  • Pioneered a movement that, at the time, only DMC and Mayo Clinic were experimenting with: Live Twitter Surgery.

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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 fellow resumes:

Doctoral Degree in political science

University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

2011 - 2014

Highlight your fellow certifications on your resume

Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.

Start simple. Include the full name of the certification. It's also good to mention the organization that issued the certification. Next, specify when you obtained the certification.

Here are some of the best certifications to have on fellow resumes:

  1. Certified in Public Health (CPH)
  2. Professional Researcher Certification (PRC)
  3. Project Management Professional (PMP)
  4. Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP)
  5. Fellowship in Central Service (FEL)
  6. Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)
  7. Emergency Medicine
  8. Consulting Fellow (CF)
  9. Certified Economic Developer (CEcD)
  10. Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS)

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