How to Build a Resume Recruiters Actually Want

Your roommate swears by bullet points listing every campus club they joined freshman year. Your cousin says GPA does not matter. TikTok tells you to add a QR code linking to your Instagram. And that career services template from 2019? It looks like it was designed in Microsoft Word 97.

Here is the truth: most student resumes get six seconds of attention before a recruiter decides whether to keep reading or move on. Six seconds. That is less time than it takes to microwave leftover pizza. So, how do you write a student resume that does not get tossed into the digital void? You stop guessing and start building a resume that speaks recruiter language while you are still in school. Let me walk you through it.