BBA RESUME GUIDELINES

All margins should be a minimum of 1/2 inch

Keep the resume to 1 page and the font size at least 11 point
The font size for your name should be slightly larger (14 point) than text
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James Dean
(name bolded)
Current Address: Permanent Address:
111 Beverly Hills Street 4323 Burton Drive, Apt 10
Austin, TX 78712 Wichita Falls, TX 75886
(512) 555-9999 (510) 555-0987
jdean@mail.edu
Put Education 1st,
Experience 2nd Bold university names
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Education The University of Texas at Austin May 20XX
Bachelor of Business Administration list your actual grad date here
Major: Finance
Minor: MIS
Overall GPA: 3.2 Major GPA: 3.5

Contributed 60% of tuition and expenses

Be sure the state abbreviation is in CAPS. (Example; TX,
not Tx)
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Experience Paramount, Inc. Los Angeles, CA
Summer 20XX Summer Intern
Bold company names • Maintained quarterly operating budget of approximately
And Italicize job titles $50,000 for costume department
• Prepared 25 detailed financial reports for upper management
Fall 20XX IBM Austin, TX
Financial Intern
• Updated six productivity reports regarding orders, shipments,
revenues and margins on a daily basis
• Reduced shipment down-time by 25% allowing orders
to increase by 30% for all Southwest
• Assisted four co-workers in monthly analysis of inventory

Activities University Finance Association - Vice President

& Honors Delta Sigma Pi
Undergraduate Business Council
- B.E.S.T Committee
- Parents Day Committee
Lambda Alpha Omega Honor Society
Skills Computer- MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, PageMaker
Language- Fluent in Spanish
BBA Resume Recommended Guidelines
The following are the recommended resume guidelines for BBA students. Use the sample
printed on the reverse of this sheet and the guidelines below to make certain your resume
meets these guidelines.

1. Single page resume with no smaller than 1/2” margins

2. Times New Roman Font—12 pt. with your name only bold in 14 pt.
3. Capitalize first letter of names and headings only (no all caps)
4. Name and address are centered or one at each margin, with a 1 pt. line below
5. Section headings and employment dates only are to the left of other resume text
6. Education, employment information etc. are indented and aligned on page
7. There must be a blank line between different sections, schools and employers
8. Dates of education and location of experience is lined up on the right side of the page
9. Your name, company and school names are bolded
10.Job titles are italicized. This also includes leadership positions held in a student
organization
11.All other type is plain type- no other bolding or italics
12.Resume sections are always ordered 1) Name 2) Address 3) Education followed by other
sections
13.The name of your degree listed on the page is the following: BBA or Bachelor of Business
Administration, not ‘Bachelors’ and do not use ‘Candidate for’, ‘Expected Graduation’ or
‘Anticipated Graduation’
14.Do not include personal information such as date of birth, marital status, children,
religion or weight
15. Your school name is The University of Texas at Austin not UT

For assistance, visit the Ford Career Center at CBA 2.116.

BBA Career Advisors are available for appointment and
walk-in hours to review and discuss your resume questions.
You can make an appointment over the web at http://fcc.mccombs.utexas.edu/bba/

BBA Walk-in Hours in Ford Career Library (CBA 2.316F)

Monday through Thursday

10 am to 4pm

Friday
10am to 2pm

BBA Career Services

Red McCombs School of Business
The University of Texas at Austin (8/06)
http:// fcc.mccombs.utexas.edu