Marketing Your Resident Assistant Experience on Your Resume
 Skill
Development
In your tenure as an RA you have developed
an endless supply of skill and abilities and had experiences that are
going to be relevant to almost any profession. RA’s acquired
interpersonal, teamwork, communication, problem-solving, & leadership
skills through the job. Here are some examples of how to communicate
these skills and experiences in your resume.
- Created/Developed a positive living
environment designed to link community, faculty, and residents, often
resolving conflict
- Promoted academic excellence, addressed
student needs, and encouraged involvement among residents in a way that
supported the mission of the University and the Department of Housing and
Residence Life
- Promoted the interaction and construction of
social networks between community and residents
- Marketed/Developed/Led student centered hall
programs to promote social, education, diversity, health, emotional,
understanding and growth
- Maintained and updated the residence hall
website
- Assisted in the selection, evaluation and
training of incoming RA’s
- Communicated, corresponded & collaborated
with on and off-campus offices such as counseling, student activities,
campus security, Planned Parenthood, maintenance, etc.
- Implemented and enforced all University and
Housing policies
- Collaborated with orientation staff on
freshman opening week activities
- Budgeted and allocated money used for
residence hall/floor events
On the Resume
This type of information could show up on your resume in couple of different
places depending on how you have it set up. It could fall under you
Professional Experience or Employment History section as one of your
experiences or jobs. If you have “skills and abilities” outlined in your
resume, these activities could be listed as evidence of that particular
skill. References
Depending on the relationship you have built with
different members of the housing staff, there are many people to choose from
that will serve well as a reference including your Resident Director, Area
Director, Director or Assistant Director of Housing, VP of Student Affairs.
RA
Action Verbs
Administered, Advised, Assigned, Assisted, Allocated,
Budgeted, Collaborated, Communicated, Conducted, Coordinated, Corresponded,
Created, Delegated, Developed, Directed, Encouraged, Facilitated,
Implemented, Initiated, Investigated, Led, Maintained, Marketed, Mediated,
Moderated, Planned, Promoted, Provided, Purchased, Recommended, Selected,
Served, Supported, Trained...
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