

CAREER GUIDE 2017–2018
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
clemson.edu/careerCENTER FOR CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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James L. Master
112 Clemson Lane, Clemson, SC 29634
(864) 777-7777
jmast@clemson.edu
EDUCATION
Clemson University, Clemson, SC
May 20xx
Master of Science in Computer Science
GPA: 3.85/4.00
Thesis: Anytime Solving by Solution Refinement
Clemson University, Clemson, SC
May 20xx
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
GPA: 3.65/4.00
Minor i Math matical Sciences
South Carolina Palmetto Fellows Scholarship
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Clemson University, School of Computing, Clemson, SC
May 20xx – Present
Junior Systems Programmer, Graduate Assistantship
• Assist in the installation, configuration, and maintenance of Solaris, Linux, and Mac OS X systems
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Investigate emerging technologies and setup test environments
• Write and maintain administrative scripts and C/C++ programs
• Create, destroy, and debug user accounts, and assist users at the UNIX helpdesk
• Led the way in introducing Linux to the public lab system
Cisco Systems, Research Triangle Park, NC
June 20xx – August 20xx
Systems Programmer Intern
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Assisted with the planning, installation, deployment, and maintenance workstations, file servers, disk arrays,
email servers, web servers, printers and print servers, databases, and various other systems
• Continually maintained adequate security and backups for all production services and data
• Planned, documented, and executed service migrations while minimizingdowntime
• Evaluated and implemented current and emerging technologies following industry best practices
• Generated reports on system usage and suggested improvements tomanagement
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Installed and maintained commercial and open source software packages
• Assisted research teams in capacity planning for upcoming or expanding research projects
• Wrote and maintained shell & Perl scripts and C/C++ programs to aid with job duties and to assist users
Cisco Systems, Inc., Customer Advocacy Lab Operation, Research TrianglePark, NC
June 20xx - August 20xx
Network Lab Operator Intern
• Recreated customer environments on the entire range of Cisco’s devices and operating systems to enable
support engineers to debug customers’ problems
• Performed full hardware configuration, initial software setup, and establish basic network connectivity of
environments ranging from 1 to 30devices
• Participated in the on-call night and weekend rotation for high prioritycases
• Led and attended group training sessions on topics ranging from IP routing protocols to MPLS to VPN
• Developed new methods to aid in device configuration and labmanagement
• Passed the Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) exam
Master, 2
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
The Bike Shop, Duluth, GA
May 20xx - Present
IT Volunteer
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Create and update website utilizing DreamWeaver andPHP
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Work remotely to ensure usability of web interface
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Increase the number of unique site visits through web design andmeasure using Google Analytics
Daniel High School, Central, SC
August 20xx - Present
Tutor
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Assist high school students with math coursework such as geometry, pre-calculus, and calculus
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Develop quizzes to help students understand mathematics material
Habitat for Humanity, Clemson, SC
August 20xx
Volunteer
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Volunteered 20 hours of service for 1 week during thesemester
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Helped to construct a house with other volunteers to give to thecommunity
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS
Association for Computing Machinery
May 20xx - Present
Association for Information Systems
May 20xx - Present
School of Computing Graduate Association
August 20xx – Present
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Operating Systems: Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, Redhat Database
Systems: Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB
Languages: Java, C++, OCamel, C, SQL, HTML, Perl, Visual Basic
Distributed Computing Technologies: Hadoop, ActiveMQ