<p>I just had a quick question in regards to putting a new position on my resume. I am starting a business analyst internship this coming week at CGI. I am also a senior in college and am starting to apply for full time positions elsewhere such as big 4, etc. I am a double major in accounting and ISOM. I have had past internships, but I would like to include this internship on my resume as well. However, the problem is that I don’t know what the job description is. They gave me something that was along the lines of
"Business Analysis: Develop knowledge of a clients industry, customers, organization and business objectives to help solve the clients problem. Assess user requirements, procedures and problems to create or improve a system.
Systems Testing: Identify, diagnose and document system issues. Assess how well a product adheres to its design, follows standards, is usable, and meets business needs. "</p>
<p>I have put these under my responsibilities, but what else should I put? Should I just make a new bullet point that says “more to come” or something like that? </p>
<p>Also, can I put a section for “Short term goals”? I plan to get my CAPM by the Spring 2014 semester and sit and pass my CPA during the summer and I would like employers to know this.</p>
<p>Don’t put “more to come,” that sounds like a cliffhanger for a news report. You’ll have the date you start the internship, so they will see you haven’t been there long to have a long list of accomplishments. </p>
<p>As for the short term goals, you can include that in a brief summary that states your goals, the type of positions you are looking for, and what you have to offer. Just make sure the goals are relevant for the positions you’re applying for.</p>
<p>If you start adding things that you’re uncertain of, and they bring it up in the interview, you won’t have much to talk about. Stick to what you know you’ll be doing, or have already done. Anything else is just fluff and is unnecessary.</p>
<p>This is an interesting one. My first inclination is to hold off on even putting the internship on your resume until you’ve been there for a few weeks and have an idea about what you actually do every day. That said, if you’re sending out resumes now (which, if so, good job), I’m with NovaLynnx… stick with what you’re 100% about. </p>
<p>As for goals, that seems more like a cover letter thing than a resume thing. </p>
<p>One last thing… the two bullet points you included were a little wordy for my taste… just be careful about unnecessary words, and as long as space permits, feel free to break things into multiple bullet points.</p>