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Qualification statements should be no more than two or three sentences communicating your academic strengths,
accomplishments resulting from employment/internships, computer skills (if important to the position you seek), achievements
through organization/volunteer/civic/professional affiliations and other achievements/recognition.
Examples:
Academic strengths?
• 3rd year AE/CM student with GPA of 3.00
• Excelled in thermodynamics and heat transfer classes
• Designed an HVAC system for a 100,000-square-foot office complex as a senior design project
• Tutored other students in calculus and physics
• Will earn two bachelor’s degrees: architectural engineering and construction management
Accomplishments resulting from employment?
• Worked in retail supervising 4 sales associates
• Teamed with 3 engineers to develop marketing strategies for new garden tractor product line
• Learned to use CAD program Micro Station
• Taught blueprint reading to 15 new manufacturing line employees
Computer skills?
If computer skills are key to the position you seek, it is recommended that they be listed as a qualification rather than under
computer skills later in the resume
Achievements/skills learned through affiliations?
• Active member of IEEE
• Passed Fundamentals of Engineering exam
• Elected president of Student Government Association
• Worked with Special Olympics as a member of Circle K organization
Other achievements/recognition?
• Proficient in German (foreign languages)
• Captain of intercollegiate hockey team
• Earned Black Belt in Tae-Kwon-Do
• Who’s Who in American Colleges & Universities
Qualification Examples
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