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Create ResumeAn internship resume in Singapore should be one page, cleanly formatted, tailored to the internship role, and built around evidence of potential rather than pretending you already have full time experience. As a student or fresh graduate, your strongest sections are usually education, relevant coursework, projects, CCA leadership, part time work, volunteering, competitions, technical skills, and any measurable achievements. The mistake I see most often is students writing a resume that says they are “passionate, hardworking and willing to learn” without showing proof. Employers already assume interns are there to learn. What they need to see is whether you can think clearly, communicate properly, handle responsibility, and bring enough useful skills to make training you worthwhile.
When a hiring manager opens an internship resume, they are not expecting a senior professional. They are asking a very different question:
“Is this student relevant enough, trainable enough, and organised enough for us to spend time interviewing?”
That is the real screening logic.
A strong internship resume in Singapore does not need to look impressive in a fake way. It needs to look credible, relevant, and easy to understand quickly. Many students overcomplicate this because they think the resume must somehow make them look like a working professional. No. A good internship resume makes your potential obvious without inflating your experience.
Recruiters and hiring managers usually look for:
A clear degree, diploma, or course of study
Relevant modules, projects, or academic work
Technical skills that match the internship scope
Evidence of communication, ownership, and teamwork
Any part time work, CCA, volunteering, or leadership experience
For most Singapore internship applications, use a reverse chronological, one page resume. Keep it simple. Your resume is not a design portfolio unless you are applying for a creative role and your portfolio carries the visual work.
A strong structure looks like this:
Name and contact details
Resume summary or career objective
Education
Relevant skills
Projects or coursework
Work experience, internship experience, part time work, or volunteering
CCA, leadership, competitions, or achievements
Basic professionalism in formatting, grammar, and structure
Signs that the student actually read the internship description
That last one matters more than students think. A generic resume gives off a very specific smell. It feels like the candidate applied to 40 internships in one afternoon while half watching Netflix. Employers can tell.
Additional information, if relevant
The order can change depending on your strength.
If you have strong projects but no work experience, put projects before work experience. If you have a relevant part time role, put work experience earlier. If your GPA is strong, include it. If it is not helping you, do not force it in unless the application asks.
Here is the recruiter logic: the strongest evidence should appear before the weakest evidence. Too many students follow a template blindly and bury their best material halfway down the page. A hiring manager should not have to dig for the reason to interview you.
Your internship resume should not be a biography. It should be a shortlist document. Every section must help the employer understand why you are suitable for this specific internship.
Keep this clean and professional.
Include:
Full name
Mobile number
Professional email address
LinkedIn profile, if it is updated
Portfolio, GitHub, Behance, writing samples, or personal website, if relevant
Do not include NRIC, full home address, marital status, religion, race, or a photo unless specifically required. In most Singapore internship applications, these details are unnecessary and can make the resume look outdated.
Your email also matters. A surprising number of students still use strange personal email addresses. Use something boring and professional. Boring is fine here. Boring gets hired more often than “cutieangelxoxo”.
For internships, a short summary is better than a dramatic objective.
The purpose is to position yourself quickly. It should answer:
What are you studying?
What internship are you targeting?
What relevant skills, projects, or interests support your fit?
What value can you contribute?
Weak Example
Business student seeking an internship where I can learn new skills, gain experience, and contribute to the company.
This says almost nothing. Every intern wants to learn. The employer is more interested in whether you can contribute.
Good Example
Business undergraduate with coursework in market research, consumer behaviour, and data analysis. Experienced in survey design, Excel reporting, and student led campaign planning. Seeking a marketing internship where I can support research, content planning, and campaign performance tracking.
This works because it gives the employer something to evaluate.
For students, education is not filler. It is often your main qualification.
Include:
Institution name
Degree, diploma, or qualification
Expected graduation date
Relevant modules
GPA, only if strong or requested
Scholarships, academic awards, or Dean’s List, if applicable
Do not list every module you have ever taken. Choose modules that connect to the internship. For example, if you are applying for a data analyst internship, “Business Analytics”, “Statistics”, “Python Programming”, and “Database Management” matter more than a general elective.
Your skills section should be specific and searchable. This helps both recruiters and applicant tracking systems.
Instead of writing:
Communication
Teamwork
Microsoft Office
Leadership
Write:
Excel, pivot tables, VLOOKUP, basic dashboards
Python, Pandas, SQL, Tableau
Canva, Adobe Illustrator, CapCut
Google Analytics, Meta Ads Manager, SEO keyword research
Market research, survey design, competitor analysis
Customer service, stakeholder coordination, event operations
Soft skills are not useless, but they need proof elsewhere. Anyone can claim “strong communication skills”. The resume becomes stronger when your experience shows you coordinated vendors, presented project findings, handled customers, or led a CCA event.
This is where many Singapore students are sitting on useful evidence without realising it.
Academic projects can absolutely belong on an internship resume, especially when they are relevant to the role. The trick is to write them like work evidence, not school homework.
Include:
Project title
Course or module, if useful
Tools used
Problem solved
Your role
Output or result
Weak Example
Completed a group project on Shopee marketing strategy.
This is too vague.
Good Example
Analysed Shopee’s customer retention strategy for a consumer behaviour module, using survey responses from 120 students and competitor benchmarking across Lazada and TikTok Shop. Presented recommendations on loyalty mechanics, app engagement, and promotional messaging.
Now the employer can see research, analysis, consumer insight, presentation, and market awareness.
Do not dismiss part time work. In Singapore, many students have retail, F&B, tuition, event, admin, or customer service experience. These can be valuable if written properly.
The mistake is writing only the task.
Weak Example
Worked as cashier and served customers.
This is technically true, but it undersells the experience.
Good Example
Handled daily cashiering, customer enquiries, and peak hour order coordination in a high volume F&B outlet, maintaining accuracy under pressure while supporting a team of 6 service staff.
This shows pressure, accuracy, teamwork, and customer handling.
For internship resumes, part time work can show:
Reliability
Customer communication
Time management
Handling pressure
Accountability
Basic workplace maturity
Hiring managers like maturity. They may not say it openly, but they notice when a student has already handled real customers, deadlines, money, complaints, or operations. It tells them you have met reality before.
Most student resume bullet points fail because they describe duties instead of evidence.
A good bullet point should usually include:
Action
Context
Skill used
Output, result, or scale
You do not always need numbers, but numbers help when they are honest.
Weak Example
Helped with social media posts.
Good Example
Created 12 Instagram and TikTok content drafts for a student entrepreneurship campaign, supporting product awareness and weekly engagement tracking.
Weak Example
Participated in a group project.
Good Example
Collaborated with a 5 member team to analyse customer feedback for a mobile app concept, using survey insights to refine user personas and present final recommendations.
Weak Example
Responsible for admin tasks.
Good Example
Organised participant records, attendance tracking, and email updates for a campus event with over 150 registered students.
Notice the difference. The good examples are not inflated. They are simply clearer. Good resume writing is not about making small work sound huge. It is about making real work understandable.
Below is a realistic internship resume example for a Singapore university student applying for a marketing internship.
AARON LIM
aaronlim@email.com | +65 9XXX XXXX | linkedin.com/in/aaronlim | Singapore
SUMMARY
Business undergraduate with coursework in consumer behaviour, digital marketing, and data analysis. Experienced in student campaign planning, survey research, content creation, and Excel reporting. Seeking a marketing internship where I can support campaign coordination, customer research, and performance tracking.
EDUCATION
Singapore Management University, Singapore
Bachelor of Business Management, Expected Graduation: May 2027
Relevant Coursework: Digital Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Marketing Analytics, Business Statistics
Academic Achievement: Dean’s List, AY2025
SKILLS
Marketing: Content planning, social media research, competitor analysis, campaign coordination
Data And Tools: Excel, pivot tables, Canva, Google Analytics basics, PowerPoint
Research: Survey design, customer interviews, market benchmarking, report writing
Languages: English, Mandarin
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Digital Marketing Campaign Project
Singapore Management University, Singapore
Developed a social media campaign proposal for a local F&B brand, including audience personas, content pillars, posting schedule, and engagement metrics.
Analysed Instagram and TikTok content from 5 competitor brands to identify common formats, messaging gaps, and promotional angles.
Created 10 sample content concepts using Canva and presented recommendations to a class panel of 30 students.
Consumer Behaviour Research Project
Singapore Management University, Singapore
Conducted survey research with 120 student respondents to understand purchase factors for food delivery platforms.
Used Excel to organise response data and identify patterns in price sensitivity, delivery speed, and promotion preference.
Presented findings on customer retention and promotional behaviour in a 15 minute team presentation.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Part Time Service Crew
Toast Box, Singapore
Managed customer orders, cashiering, and service coordination during peak hour operations in a fast paced F&B environment.
Handled customer enquiries and resolved simple order issues professionally while supporting daily outlet operations.
Balanced part time work with full time university studies, maintaining consistent weekend shifts and punctual attendance.
LEADERSHIP AND ACTIVITIES
Marketing Subcommittee Member
SMU Entrepreneurship Club, Singapore
Supported publicity planning for 3 student entrepreneurship events, including Instagram posts, email reminders, and event registration tracking.
Coordinated with internal team members to prepare event materials and update attendance records for post event reporting.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Availability: May 2026 to August 2026
Interests: Consumer brands, social media trends, digital campaigns, food and lifestyle marketing
One internship resume should not be used for every role. You do not need to rewrite the whole document each time, but you do need to change the emphasis.
This is where many candidates lose interviews quietly. They apply for marketing, HR, finance, operations, and business development internships using the same resume. The resume may be “not bad”, but it does not feel targeted.
Hiring managers do not shortlist the “generally capable” student first. They shortlist the student who looks most relevant to their problem.
For a marketing internship, emphasise:
Content creation
Campaign planning
Social media platforms
Consumer research
Brand awareness
Analytics and reporting
For a finance internship, emphasise:
Accounting or finance modules
Excel modelling
Valuation coursework
Financial analysis
Accuracy and reporting
Investment club or case competitions
For a HR internship, emphasise:
People coordination
Admin accuracy
Communication
Event coordination
Data tracking
Psychology, organisational behaviour, or HR coursework
For a data analyst internship, emphasise:
SQL
Python
Excel
Tableau or Power BI
Statistics
Data cleaning
Analytical projects
For a software engineering internship, emphasise:
Programming languages
GitHub
Technical projects
APIs
Databases
Debugging
Hackathons or coding competitions
The point is not to become a different person for every application. The point is to show the most relevant version of your existing experience.
Some mistakes are obvious, like typos and messy formatting. Others are more subtle and more damaging.
Many student resumes are filled with phrases like:
Passionate learner
Highly motivated individual
Strong team player
Able to work under pressure
Willing to learn
These phrases are not illegal. They are just weak when used without evidence. Recruiters have seen them thousands of times. They do not create confidence because they are claims, not proof.
Instead of saying you are a team player, show the project team, your role, and the outcome. Instead of saying you work under pressure, show the part time job, event, deadline, or operational situation where pressure existed.
Creative templates can look nice on Canva, but some are terrible for screening. Multiple columns, icons, skill bars, text boxes, and heavy graphics can make your resume harder to read and less ATS friendly.
If the design makes the recruiter work harder, it is not helping you.
A clean resume usually beats a “beautiful” resume because hiring is not an art exhibition. It is a decision process with limited time.
Students often put strong academic projects near the bottom because they think only paid experience counts. That is not true for internships. A strong project can be more relevant than an unrelated part time job.
If your project involved data analysis, market research, coding, business strategy, engineering design, UX research, or financial modelling, put it where the employer can see it quickly.
This is probably the most common problem. A generic resume is easy to send but easy to reject.
You do not need 20 totally different resumes. You need a strong base resume and different versions for different internship categories. A marketing version. A finance version. A data version. A HR version. That is already much better than spraying one resume everywhere and hoping.
Please do not turn a class project into “consulted for a multinational corporation” unless you truly did. Hiring managers are not allergic to student experience. They are allergic to exaggerated nonsense.
Strong candidates sound specific. Weak candidates sound inflated.
Recruiters usually do not read resumes from top to bottom at first. They scan.
In the first scan, I am usually checking:
What is the candidate studying?
When can they start and how long are they available?
Is the course relevant to the internship?
Are there any relevant projects, tools, or experience?
Is the resume clean and easy to read?
Does anything look careless, exaggerated, or confusing?
If the answer is clear, the resume gets a deeper read. If the answer is not clear, the candidate may be skipped even if they are actually suitable.
This is why clarity matters so much. Your resume should not make the employer assemble the story themselves. You need to guide the reader.
A good internship resume tells the employer:
“This is what I am studying. This is the kind of internship I am suitable for. This is the evidence. This is why I am worth interviewing.”
That is it. No drama required.
Many companies in Singapore use applicant tracking systems, especially larger employers, banks, multinational companies, government linked organisations, and structured graduate or internship programmes.
An ATS does not “hire” you. It helps store, filter, search, and organise applications. The human decision still matters, but your resume must be readable by both software and people.
Use these ATS friendly practices:
Use standard section headings such as Education, Skills, Projects, Work Experience, Leadership, and Achievements
Save your resume as a PDF unless the employer requests Word format
Use simple formatting with clear text
Avoid tables, text boxes, heavy graphics, icons, and skill bars
Include relevant keywords from the internship description naturally
Spell out important terms, such as search engine optimisation and SEO if relevant
Use exact tool names such as Excel, SQL, Python, Tableau, Canva, Figma, Power BI, or Google Analytics
Do not keyword stuff. A resume that reads like a list of copied job description phrases will not impress a human reviewer. The best approach is simple: use the employer’s language where it honestly matches your experience.
If the internship description asks for “market research, competitor analysis, and campaign reporting”, and you have done those things in a project, use those exact terms in your project bullet points. That is not cheating. That is alignment.
For most internship applications in Singapore, your resume should be one page.
There are exceptions. If you have multiple relevant internships, strong technical projects, research publications, competitions, and leadership roles, two pages may be acceptable. But for most students, one page is cleaner and stronger.
The real issue is not page length. It is judgement.
A one page resume filled with relevant evidence is strong. A two page resume filled with weak details is not. Do not include every workshop, every secondary school activity, every one day event, and every generic certificate unless it supports the role.
For university students, remove older school details once they are no longer useful. Your PSLE score does not need to be there. Your secondary school CCA usually does not need to be there unless you are very early in your education journey and have limited material.
A resume is not a storage folder. It is a selection document.
Before sending your internship resume, check it like a recruiter would.
Is the resume clearly targeted to the internship type?
Can the employer understand your fit within 10 seconds?
Is your education section clear and current?
Are your most relevant projects easy to find?
Do your bullet points show evidence, not just duties?
Have you included tools and technical skills from the internship description?
Is the formatting clean, simple, and consistent?
Is the resume one page, unless there is a strong reason for two?
Have you removed irrelevant personal details?
Have you checked grammar, spelling, dates, and alignment?
Does your resume sound honest and specific rather than inflated?
Would a hiring manager know what kind of internship you are suitable for?
The final question is the most important. If the resume does not make your target role obvious, it is not ready.
A strong internship resume in Singapore is not about pretending you are more experienced than you are. It is about presenting your education, projects, skills, and early work experience in a way that makes your potential easy to trust.
Written by Simar Malhi, a recruiter and headhunter with international recruitment experience. I write about CVs, job applications, hiring decisions, and the reality behind recruitment processes. My goal is to help candidates understand more honestly how employers, recruiters, and hiring managers actually select candidates.
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