ATS-FRIENDLY INTERN RESUME TEMPLATE

Replace every bracketed section with your real details. Keep the section headings simple if you plan to upload this resume to an applicant tracking system.

NAME
[Your full name]
[City, State] | [Phone] | [Email] | [LinkedIn] | [Portfolio or GitHub if relevant]

TARGET TITLE
Intern

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Early-career candidate with internship, project, and coursework experience, eager to contribute research, analysis, and execution support.

Rewrite this summary with your own years of experience, strongest skills, industry context, and one or two proof points. Keep it short, specific, and aligned with the job description.

CORE SKILLS
- Research
- Excel
- Communication
- Project Support
- Data Entry
- Presentation
- Problem Solving
- Collaboration

ATS KEYWORDS TO CONSIDER
- internship
- entry level
- project support
- research
- communication

Add keywords only when they honestly match your background. Put them in skills, experience bullets, projects, certifications, or tools. Do not stuff keywords into a random list.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
[Company Name] - Intern
[Month Year] - [Present or Month Year]
- Supported weekly reporting by cleaning spreadsheet data and summarizing trends for the team lead.
- Created a competitor research brief covering 12 companies and 5 product categories.
- Prepared presentation slides used in a department update for 30 attendees.
- Documented recurring process steps so future interns could onboard faster.

Rewrite these bullets with your real work. Strong bullets usually include action, scope, tools, and result. If you do not have exact numbers, use honest context such as team size, frequency, project scope, customer volume, or time saved.

PROJECTS
[Project Name]
- Explain the problem, your role, the tools used, and the outcome.
- Include a link only if it is clean, current, and relevant.

EDUCATION
[Degree, Certification, Bootcamp, or Training]
[School or Provider] | [Year]

CERTIFICATIONS
- [Certification name, provider, year]

ATS CHECKLIST
- Use standard headings: Summary, Skills, Experience, Education, Projects, Certifications.
- Keep important information as selectable text.
- Use role-specific keywords truthfully.
- Avoid heavy graphics, tables, and text boxes for job portal uploads.
- Open the exported PDF before applying.