Career Development Office, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
SAMPLE RESUME, MEM, Urban Ecology/Environmental Design
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CAREER OBJECTIVE
Seeking associate level position working internationally on sustainable building design and
urban planning projects.
EDUCATION
Yale University, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies New Haven, Connecticut
Master of Environmental Management (MEM), expected 2015
• Concentration: Urban Ecology and Environmental Design
• Relevant Coursework: Landscape Ecology, Modeling Geographic Objects (GIS), Sustainable
Design, Cities and Sustainability in the Developing World
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
B.A. in Biology and French, 2007. Cum laude
• Guy T. Carswell Scholar
• Departmental Honors in French for senior honors thesis
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
"relevant experience" can
include paid and non-paid exp
Environmental Advisory Board Carrboro, North Carolina
Volunteer, April 2008-April 2012
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Advised local town government on environmental issues related to planning and new town
developments
Served as Chair of the committee for one year and started local green-building initiative in
collaboration with the Planning Board and town staff
Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina
Research Technician II, May 2008-July 2012
experience here not terribly relevant to
goal, but shows solid 3 years of work
and mastery of complex techniques
Conducted experiments in molecular biology and protein biochemistry
Managed all laboratory accounts and records
Responsible for ordering supplies, general laboratory maintenance and overseeing adherence to
institutional guidelines for general, chemical and radioactive safety
Became familiar with techniques such as Polymerase Chain Reaction, site-directed mutagenesis, cell
tissue culture, DNA and SDS-PAGE gel electrophoresis, Western blotting, nucleic acid purification
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North Carolina Sierra Club Raleigh, North Carolina
Legislative Intern, Summer 2007
• Researched environmental issues coming before the North Carolina state legislature
• Prepared packets of information for legislators on environmental bills coming before the legislature
• Wrote Action Alerts for Sierra Club members and helped with telephone outreach efforts to
encourage political action
SKILLS & INTERESTS
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Fluent in French; Proficient in ESRI ArcGIS software; proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and Access; knowledge of Grant ManagerTM v.10
International travel (5 continents), French cooking, marathon running (Boston in 2008)
recommend making interests specific as possible--i.e. don't write travel,
reading, but rather "Travel to 40 US states, avid reader of historical fiction"