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Student worker resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a student worker 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 student worker-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 student worker interviews.

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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:

  1. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description in your resume. Look at the job listing and consider which of the listed skills you have experience with, along with related skills.
  2. Include as many relevant hard skills and soft skills as possible from the listing.
  3. Use the most up to date and accurate terms. Don't forget to be specific.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some student worker interviews.

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

  • Customer Service
  • Front Desk
  • Twitter
  • Financial Aid
  • PowerPoint
  • Computer Lab
  • Alumni
  • Scheduling Appointments
  • GPA
  • Windows
  • Mathematics
  • Administrative Tasks
  • Food Preparation
  • Office Equipment
  • Clerical Support
  • Word Processing
  • Computer System
  • Telephone Calls
  • Data Collection
  • Troubleshoot
  • Computer Software
  • Office Machines
  • Computer Programs
  • Clerical Tasks
  • RUN Errands
  • Office Tasks
  • Library Materials
  • Research Projects
  • Athletic Events
  • HTML

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How to structure your work experience

A work experience section is a vital part of your resume because it shows you have the experience to succeed in your next job.

  1. Put your most recent experience first. Prospective employers care about your most recent accomplishments the most.
  2. Put the job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
  3. Include only recent, relevant jobs. This means if you're a fairly experienced worker, you might need to leave off that first internship or other positions in favor of highlighting more pertinent positions.

How to write student worker experience bullet points

Your resume is your chance to show your biggest accomplishments. Don't just list your job responsibilities, instead take the opportunity to show why you're really good at what you do. Here is how you do that:

  • Start with strong action verbs like managed, spearheaded, created, etc. Your goal is to show what you did and verbs will help demonstrate your contributions.
  • Use numbers to quantify your achievements. Did you save time with a new report? Increase revenue? How large was the team you managed?
  • Keep it concise. You're highlighting your achievements. Consider if all details you are sharing are relevant, or can be written more efficiently.

Here are great bullet points from student worker resumes:

Work history example #1

Corps Member

Westwood College

  • Worked on improving literacy among 3-5 year olds Americorps 300 hour Education Award
  • Acted as team Mathematics Coordinator creating school wide math initiatives & RTI lesson plans for focus list students.
  • Implemented a mastery learning program.
  • Developed and taught various allied health courses in the online and traditional learning environments, including Medical Terminology.
  • Created and implemented lesson plans for American Literature classes Collaborated with teachers in modifying lesson plans for ESOL students Sponsored Civics Club

Work history example #2

Student Worker

Hofstra University

  • Assisted students with Internet and MS Office - related queries, and other technical issues.
  • Used camtasia and photoshop to complete different objectives.
  • Forwarded information by receiving and distributing communication.
  • Processed a variety of personnel actions with the use of various HR databases and software applications to accomplish day-to-day office operations.
  • Coordinated the setup of events with Auxiliary Services team.

Work history example #3

Student Office Worker

LAW OFFICES OF WINN SIMS

  • Completed tasks using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Internet/online research.
  • Researched probate codes and internet databases regarding estate planning and probate issues.
  • Performed various tasks for the IT department - Helped troubleshooting with the campus's internet - Ran fiber optics throughout the campus
  • Responded to inquiries from staff regarding timekeeping, payroll warrants, benefits, policies, and reference manuals.
  • Created letters, time-sheets, and payroll.

Work history example #4

Work-Study Assistant

University Of Nc At Wilmington

  • Managed & maintained databases for office projects & inventories.
  • Maintained filing and database system to improve communication efficiency with students, parents and social workers.
  • Demonstrated the integration of Microsoft programs: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Publisher, Access,FrontPage and Outlook
  • Assisted in communications between the office and guest faculty.
  • Aided students with internet navigation, participated in campus job fairs.

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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 for resumes:

Master's Degree in business

University of Maryland - College Park, College Park, MD

2009 - 2010

Doctoral Degree in business

Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

2015 - 2018

Highlight your student worker certifications on your resume

Certifications can be a crucial part of your resume. Many jobs have required certifications.

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 student worker resume:

  1. Microsoft Office Specialist Master Certification (MOS)
  2. Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA)
  3. Microsoft Office Specialist: Expert (Office 365 and Office 2019)
  4. Certified in Public Health (CPH)
  5. Certified Medical Office Manager (CMOM)
  6. Microsoft Word 2013 Certification
  7. Nationally Certified Medical Office Assistant (NCMOA)
  8. Student Electronics Technician (SET)
  9. Microsoft Office 365
  10. Certification in Forensic Social Work (CFSW)

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