write a resume~

identificatiOn Or persOnal biOdata: 

• begin your resume with your name, address, telephone number and email address. Moststudents include a college address and a permanent address. Area codes and zip codes should also be included. Make sure you include a telephone number where you can be reached or where voice mail messages can be left. 

educatiOn: 

• as your education may be your biggest accomplishment thus far, it belongs at the top. You may also include honors, or awards related to your education.
• GPA – Listing your GPA is optional. The Registrar’s official policy is not to provide GPA or class rank to people outside of the College but in many cases, you will be asked to provide it on an application. You may calculate your GPA on your own and list it on your resume. A general rule is if you have a 3.0 or higher, you may want to include it. For more information about GPA and to compute your GPA using a special calculator, visit the Registrar’s website.
• Courses – In your Education section, you can choose to include a list of some of the courses you have taken. These courses should be tailored to the type of position you are applying for. If you prefer, “Relevant Coursework” can be listed as a separate section on your resume.
• High School: To list or not to list? – If including high school shows a geographic familiarity that may be important to the employer, significant honors or strengthens the representation of yourself, you may wish to include it. For many first-years and sophomores, it is appropriate to include high school and to list activities and awards received during that time. Only include data that is relevant.

experience:

• yOu can include any of the work that you have done, including full-time, part-time, paid, volunteer, on-campus, off-campus, summer jobs, internships, externships, college projects, independent research, or anything else that may have required time, effort, or skill.

• Breaking it down: When listing your experience, select a category title that matches the type of job you are applying for. For example, someone interested in teaching could have a “Related Experience” or “Teaching Experience” section that would include teaching and tutoring experience and an “Additional Experience” section that would include all other experiences (work, activities, etc.).

• Consider the transferable skills. They may indirectly relate to the job you presently seek through the skills you used or the content of the work you performed.

• Not all of your experience needs to be included on your resume. Communicate experiences that are relevant to your goal but make sure not to have unexplained gaps in time between positions.

prOfessiOnal affiliatiOn: 

• If you belong to professional organizations (either as a student or regular member) or hold professional certificates or licenses, a section on professional affiliations may be useful. Include membership, offices held, and work done for the organization.

interest, skills & activities: 

• these sections can highlight particular skills, show a breadth of interests, show your personal characteristics, act as an icebreaker in an interview, and provide common ground between you and the interviewer. These sections will be different for every person, depending on background.

• Skills: Special skills such as knowledge of languages, computers, public speaking, artistic ability, and any "extras" that may enhance your qualifications for a position

• Activities: Usually groups with which you may be involved, leadership roles, and volunteer positions, either in or out of college

• Interests: Usually individual longer-term interests such as music, horseback riding, chess, train travel, reading. Before adding any of the above optional categories, ask yourself what value the content will add.

putting it all tOgether..
When developing your resume and describing your experiences, focus on:

• Your highest level of responsibility in the position – limit your description of mundane tasks and instead describe interesting projects or ways you took initiative.

• Transferable skills – bridge the gap between what you’ve done and what you want to do.

• Accomplishments – emphasize ways you made a difference, took initiative, and how your role contributed to the larger goals of the group or organization. Quantify if possible.

Three main considerations in developing a resume are content, order, and layout:

• Content: Assess your interests, skills, competencies, and experiences in light of the career field you seek to enter. In doing this you will make decisions as to what to include and what not to include.

• Order: The format you choose makes a statement about the importance and relevance of your experiences for the desired position. Entries that appear first and/or take up significant space are perceived as more important than other entries – this should influence your arrangement of items.

• Layout: You want your resume to be well laid out, understandable, clear, organized, and above all, inviting to read. Employers look over resumes quickly; therefore, you want your qualifications to jump off the page. Your goal is to organize the resume to maximize its clarity, focus, and impact.

References: 

It is standard practice to end the resume with the “References available upon request.” Make sure you have your references lined up so you can quickly respond to a reference request. You should make sure your references are ready and willing to give you a strong reference. Some organizations/companies will simply want to contact the references by telephone. Others may want a formal, letter of recommendation. Some letters of recommendation are confidential and sent directly to the organization/company or delivered by the applicant in a sealed envelope. Others are less formal. It is a good idea to have letters of recommendation with you when you go to interview, unless of course they are confidential letters of recommendation. In any case you should have a typed list of references with you when you go to interview. References should be professional references, not personal references. Reference lists should include:

•  References full name and title(s)

•  Position in organization

•  Work Address

•  Work telephone number

•  email address

•  context in which they knew you (supervisor, professor, etc.)

•  how long they knew you

•  You should ask your physics faculty advisor to review the resume for content.

• Use a 10-12 point font in a style like Arial, Garamond, Helvetica, or Times New Roman.
• Margins – Try to keep about 1” on all sides of the document.

sOurce:
http://www.eduers.com/resume/Resume_and_Cover_Letter_Writing_Tips.htm