Anyone have good threads RE: resume advice saved?

Just finished first year in consulting after UG and want to start applying elsewhere. Few questions:

Graduated w/ 3.4 GPA (business major)... should I list it or not? Not stellar but they may assume worse if I don’t

I was president of an academic club at my school. Given that I only have 1 yr of professional experience, should I keep this on my resume?

Separate experience at my company by project, or lump bullets together?

Other advice?

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I probably wouldn't bother with the GPA. if it's a part of their initial filtering the application will ask for it.

You're close enough to school that you miiiight consider keeping extracurricular leadership experiences if you can make a compelling series of bullet points about it, but I personally left them off.

I have a section for 'selected projects', if you have more than, say, one internship where you have good bullets I would favor showing those instead.

If your positions at a single org were materially different to the point where you'd address them separately in an interview, AND you think they're both highly relevant, then separate them. Otherwise, I personally prefer to have a small set of lines listing previous position(s).

Remember, the resume isn't to tell your life story, it's more of a Wikipedia page about what's most relevant. Feel free to DM if you have specific questions you want addressed.

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Thank you this was helpful advice. I may reach out as I continue to fine tune

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