Graduate research and teaching assistant resume examples for 2025
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How to write a graduate research and teaching assistant 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: Mention your current job title or the role you're pursuing.
Step 2: Include your years of experience in graduate research and teaching assistant-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 graduate research and teaching assistant interviews.Hi, I'm Zippi, your job search robot. Let me write a first draft of your summary statement.
List the right project manager skills
Your Skills section is a place to list all relevant skills and abilities. 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 graduate research and teaching assistant 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 a graduate research and teaching assistant resume:
- Lab Reports
- Laboratory Equipment
- Research Projects
- General Chemistry
- Undergraduate Courses
- Graduate Research
- R
- Molecular Biology
- Data Analysis
- TA
- Data Collection
- Synthesis
- Statistical Analysis
- C++
- Literature Reviews
- Physiology
- Organic Chemistry
- Course Materials
- SPSS
- PCR
- Python
- HPLC
- NMR
- SAS
- SEM
- Research Paper
- PowerPoint
- GIS
- Lab Sessions
- UV-Vis
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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 graduate research and teaching assistant experience bullet points
Your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. Instead, it is your chance to show your accomplishments and show why you're good at what you do.
- Use the What, How, and Why format. Answering these questions turns a bland job description into an effective showcase of your abilities.
- What were your responsibilities or goals?
- How did you accomplish them?
- Why were your results important? (How did it impact your company? Can you quantify the results in numbers? )
Here are examples from great graduate research and teaching assistant resumes:
Work history example #1
Teaching Fellow
University of Florida
- Published research in journals including Investigative Ophthalmology and delivered award-winning presentations at national and international conferences/symposiums.
- Mentored junior PhD Linguistics students during the 2014 academic year.
- Downloaded and processed data using Excel and SAS.
- Performed DNA extractions Applied and secured independent funding from federal and non-federal agencies.
- Published research findings in peer reviewed journals including American Journal of Physiology Renal Physiology.
Work history example #2
Biomedical Engineer
Dukane
- Organized and taught installation, operation and maintenance of devices for biomedical engineers.
- Worked in the area of FastEthernet switch firmware/hardware diagnostics for network R&D department.
- Implemented project operations, and specific engineer plan analysis for biomedical devices in all specialties.
- Conducted train the trainer sessions to facilitate and satisfy company-wide education and regulatory requirements.
- Assisted in maintaining the records of all equipment handled by the Biomedical Engineering Department.
Work history example #3
Teaching Fellow
Temple University
- Developed efficient multi-step organic synthesis for analogues of Mosesin-4 that can be made economically on large scale.
- Assisted tenured professor in teaching freshman level philosophy courses.
- Identified opportunity to improve utilization of LMS Blackboard; revised course layout for enhance student access, tracking and grading rubrics.
- Tutored individual Temple University athletes in general chemistry and calculus, weekly.
- Managed and analyzed data through SPSS and Excel.
Work history example #4
Graduate Research Assistant
The Leona Group
- Conducted literature reviews, data collection, entry, and analysis with SAS 9.4, STATA, and Excel.
- Administered MRI practice sessions and basic behavioral testing to participants.
- Achieved high speed all optical modulation of mid-infrared quantum cascade laser and optical induced wavelength modulation spectroscopy for high-sensitivity gas detection.
- Prepared and presented PowerPoint summaries to present data to Medical Center faculty and lab personnel.
- Collaborated with internal partners to resolve discrepancies.
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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 graduate research and teaching assistant resumes:
Master's Degree in mechanical engineering
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
2016 - 2017
Doctoral Degree in english
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
2015 - 2018
Highlight your graduate research and teaching assistant 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.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your graduate research and teaching assistant resume:
- Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP)