Student Athlete Résumé Tips

Welcome to Career Development’s resource for student-athlete résumés. You will find here an attachment detailing how to maximize your time in AU athletics to create a stellar résumé. Included as well is a sample resume as an example.

If you want feedback on your résumé or have questions about best positioning your experience on your résumé, be sure to schedule an appointment with your career coach.

Transferable Skills/Experiences to Highlight

• Teamwork/Interpersonal: Focus as a team and work together to reach goals for the season/year
• Time Management: Participate in a full-time role which includes practicing, weight training, traveling and competing while balancing class work, study hall, and tutoring
• Motivation (Self and Others): Recognize personal strengths and weaknesses to work efficiently towards individual and team goals; raise team morale and spirit during stressful situations
• Mentoring/Leadership: Mentor younger teammates to ease their transition into college athletics and academics
• Resilience: Win or lose, pushing until the end of the time clock
• Flexibility: Adapt to current situation by playing multiple roles or positions; running multiple track events or playing different positions when needed etc.
• Coachability/Communication: Able to give and receive feedback, learn from mistakes and move forward; develop oral and listening skills
• Attention to Detail: Follow small plays that can make or break a game/meet
• Problem Solving/Analytics/Strategy: Develop strategy to advance the teams’ goals by studying the opponent or developing plays; making quick decisions during competitions
• Goal Oriented: Take on challenges head on and overcome hurdles in fitness tests, practices, or competitions
• Discipline/Responsibility: Committed to put full effort into school work, practices, and competitions; adhere to all team rules and guidelines established

Key Considerations

• When possible, quantify experience (number of hours spent in practice, games per season, students mentored, etc.)
• Start each bullet point with a strong action verb (try not to use the same action verb twice)
• Think about how these skills have shaped you and are transferable to the working world
• Include effective and relevant keywords, industry terms, etc.

Additional Accomplishments to Include