Recent Graduate Resume: From Student to Professional in One Page
The week you graduate, your resume's job changes: it must present a professional who happens to be recent, not a student who happens to be done. That shift is mostly reordering and pruning.
What moves up
Any internship, co-op, part-time professional work, or substantial project moves above Education. Your degree matters, but it's now the supporting cast. Add a two-sentence summary targeting the specific role — generic graduate summaries read as unfocused.
What gets cut
High school (entirely), first-year coursework, GPA below 3.5, and club memberships without responsibilities. Keep leadership roles and anything with a number attached.
Handling the "experience required" wall
Postings asking for 1–2 years often interview strong graduates anyway. Bridge the gap by translating academic work into business language: a thesis is a year-long research project with a deadline; a group assignment is cross-functional collaboration. Never apologize for being new — frame it as current knowledge and trainability.
The one-page discipline
A new graduate's two-page resume signals inflated content. Everything you need fits on one well-organized page, and hiring managers know it.