I am currently a second year university student looking to find an internship for this coming summer in SWE or Data science. After looking through a lot of the other student/internship-seeking resumes posted, I noticed that nobody included honors or awards as a section. However, I have competed in and medaled in some CS competitions, like ACM-ICPC and various other contests sponsored by trading companies. I was wondering if I should create a section dedicated to awards and if so, where this section should be placed relative to everything else.
#Achievements/honors section on resume?
ember finch
shrewd dune
Depends on what level you medaled at, what was the scope of the contests?
If these were scoped to your school, put them under your education, a separate awards section is for like... 1st place regionals or finalist world wide
woven tulip
I am currently a second year university student looking to find an internship fo...
I think it's worth including it because it's one relevant way to stand out from other candidates
As long as the awards are relevant (cs related) and meaningful (i.e the achievement is not trivial)
When it comes to student hiring, ultimately you are being compared to your peers not primarily based on technical experience or skill, so anything relevant that gives you a leg up and shows your commitment or achievement in the field helps
shrewd dune
When it comes to student hiring, ultimately you are being compared to your peers...
dude, you keep pushing this doomer, victim mindset when it's just... so out of touch
woven tulip
What is doomer or victim mindset about what I said
shrewd dune
"not primarily based on technical experience or skill"
woven tulip
what is doomer about that
shrewd dune
it's external locus of control and straight up lying to cope
woven tulip
what are you talking about there are plenty of other things you can control to improve your chances like personal projects community contributions hackathons list goes on and on
I'm advocating for all of those
shrewd dune
and those are ways of... drumroll please... showing technical experience/skill when you don't have the previous work experience
shrewd dune
"ultimately you are being compared to your peers not primarily based on technical experience or skill" is dangerous coping
woven tulip
ok
ember finch
If these were scoped to your school, put them under your education, a separate a...
I mean should it be close to the top like under the education section or below projects section or somewhere in the middle etc
i got 2nd place out of an icpc mid-atlantic region