Test and refine

Navid put the “Education” section immediately following the “Summary of Qualifications” section.

Navid moved “Education” to the second page of his résumé so that “Relevant Experience” immediately follows “Summary of Qualifications”.

Navid wrote the first point of his “Summary of Qualifications” as follows:  

• Extensive experience in a university environment, including supporting first year students in transition 

Navid added the amount of experience he has in a university environment to the beginning of this first point. It now reads as follows:

• 3+ years of experience in a university environment, including supporting first year students in transition

Navid wrote the second point of his “Summary of Qualifications” as follows:  

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to actively engage students from various backgrounds  

Navid added additional information to the end of this second bullet in the “Summary of Qualifications” section. The point now reads as follows:  

• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to actively engage students from various backgrounds as evidenced by winning student-nominated Teaching Assistant Award  

Under his role as a doctoral researcher, Navid put the following bullet point first:

• Independently wrote two successful grant applications; awarded $50,000 of research funding

Under his role as a doctoral researcher, Navid reordered his bullet points. “Independently wrote two...” is now the fourth bullet rather than the first.

Navid worded the fifth bullet point under Doctoral Researcher as follows:

• Presented at an international conference

Navid added more information to this bullet point to highlight the impact of his actions. It now reads as follows:

• Presented at an international conference and was subsequently invited by one of the attendees to give a lecture at their institution as part of a guest speaker series

Navid worded the second bullet point under his teaching assistant experience as follows:

• Gave weekly tutorials to undergraduate students on various engineering topics.

Navid refined his wording choice for this bullet point and added additional information. It now reads as follows:

• Presented complex concepts in a clear, concise manner for up to 30 students during weekly tutorials using PowerPoint slides and interactive activities.

Under his international orientation facilitator role, Navid described his experience using the following two bullets:

• Enthusiastically encouraged student participation and engagement in social activities by facilitating personal connections among participants.

• Facilitated discussions and information sharing (in English and Farsi) with students regarding cross-cultural living and learning by establishing a respectful environment for open conversation.

Slightly altering these two bullets, Navid highlighted that he worked specifically with first year students:

• Enthusiastically encouraged first year student participation and engagement in social activities by facilitating personal connections among participants.

• Facilitated discussions and information sharing (in English and Farsi) with first year students regarding cross-cultural living and learning by establishing a respectful environment for open conversation.

Under Navid’s first relevant project, he described his data analysis evidence as follows:  

• Analyzed the probability of occurrence of extreme events such as floods (~100-year duration), rainfall, etc. using stochastic differential equations for predicting the probability of occurrence of such events

Navid altered this bullet point to make it less technical and content specific. It now reads as follows:  

• Analyzed data using quantitative analysis tech

Under his “Activities and Interests” section, Navid listed his role as a graduate student representative as well as his interest in yoga, chess and trivia.  

Navid reformatted his “Activities and Interests” section and added more information. He specified his role in the various activities, the name of the organizing body and when he was a part of the activity.