May 2026 economics graduate with a 3.7 GPA, a financial analysis internship and research experience in Excel and Stata. Built a vendor spend model during a finance internship that found $85,000 in duplicate payments. Seeking an entry-level financial or business analyst role.
Experience
Finance Intern, Lakemont Health Partners (Milwaukee, WI)
Jun 2025 – Aug 2025
Built an Excel model of vendor spend across 1,400 invoices that found $85,000 in duplicate payments
Prepared weekly variance reports for 6 clinic managers
Presented findings to the CFO at the end of the internship
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Badger Ridge University, Department of Economics (Madison, WI)
Sep 2024 – May 2026
Cleaned and merged county labor market data for a faculty study on minimum wage effects
Ran regressions in Stata and produced 12 charts for a working paper
Projects
Senior Capstone: Housing Affordability in Mid-Size Cities
Analyzed rent and wage data for 40 metro areas in R and presented the results at the department's honors symposium.
Education
Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Minor in Data Science, GPA 3.7, Badger Ridge University (Sep 2022 – May 2026)
Skills
Analysis: financial modeling, variance analysis, regression, data cleaning
Tools: Excel with pivot tables and XLOOKUP, Stata, R, Tableau, SQL basics
Communication: written reports, presentations, PowerPoint
How to write a Recent College Graduate resume
A strong Recent College Graduate resume shows the skills you can prove from school, part-time work, volunteering, projects or an earlier career, and how they carry over to the role you want next. Put Education near the top and use projects, internships and coursework to show what you can already do.
Sections, in order
Summary
Education
Experience
Projects
Skills
Length: One page. Recruiters expect a single page for early-career candidates.
Summary: Keep the summary to two lines: the role you want, your strongest skills, and one result from a project or internship.
Skills to feature
Communication
Customer service
Teamwork
Time management
Microsoft Office and Google Workspace
Problem solving
Reliability and punctuality
Learning new tools quickly
Organization
Role-specific certifications
Example bullet points
Served about 120 customers a shift at a busy campus cafe and trained 4 new baristas on the POS system
Built a sales dashboard in Excel and Power BI as a certificate capstone, cutting a weekly report from 3 hours to 20 minutes
Kept the books for a 400-family school PTA during a career break, closing each year with a balanced audit
Tips from recruiters
Lead with the strongest evidence you have: put Education first if you are still in school, and a recent certificate or project first if you are changing careers.
List a career gap as one honest line with dates, then add volunteer, freelance or caregiving work and the courses you took during or after it.
Rewrite past duties in the language of the job you want, for example "handled cash and inventory" becomes "reconciled $8,000 in daily sales and ran weekly inventory counts".
Recommended templates
Classic (ATS-friendly): Jake's-style LaTeX classic: small caps and hairline rules
Ivy (ATS-friendly): Harvard-style Times layout with centered headings
Modern (ATS-friendly): Clean single column with accent headings and rules
Recent College Graduate resume FAQ
What should a Recent College Graduate resume include?
A Recent College Graduate resume should show the skills you can prove from school, part-time work, volunteering, projects or an earlier career, and how they carry over to the role you want next. Use these sections in this order: Summary, Education, Experience, Projects and Skills. Put Education near the top and use projects, internships and coursework to show what you can already do.
What is the best resume template for a Recent College Graduate?
Classic, Ivy and Modern work well for Recent College Graduate roles. They are single-column with standard headings, so applicant tracking systems (ATS) parse them reliably.
How long should a Recent College Graduate resume be?
One page. Recruiters expect a single page for early-career candidates.
Which skills should a Recent College Graduate put on a resume?
Prioritize the skills named in the job posting. Common ones for Recent College Graduate roles are Communication, Customer service, Teamwork, Time management, Microsoft Office and Google Workspace and Problem solving.
How do I write strong Recent College Graduate resume bullet points?
Start with an action verb, say what you did, and end with a measurable result such as GPA or honors, customers served and hours volunteered. For example: "Served about 120 customers a shift at a busy campus cafe and trained 4 new baristas on the POS system."