
Accounting Technology 
Resume Format Guideline for Job Search Class 
 
 
John R. Smith 
 
College Address                Home Address 
260 Colony Manor Drive              123 Wickshire Lane 
Rochester, NY 14623                Buffalo, NY 13432 
 
 
OBJECTIVE:  To obtain a ten-week cooperative work experience in the field of accounting technology 
that will allow me to use my technical, organizational and communication skills. 
 
EDUCATION:  Rochester Institute of Technology 
      National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester NY 
      Area of Study:  Accounting Technology 
Associate’s degree anticipated May 2013 
 
TECHNICAL 
SKILLS:  Microsoft Office XP 2007; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher and Outlook; 
  QuickBooks, selected computerized general ledger applications and various internet sites. 
 
RELEVANT 
COURSEWORK:  Accounting I, I, III & IV     Applied Accounting Techniques 
      Cost Accounting I and II     Data Processing for Business Careers 
      Economics I and II      Fundamentals of Management 
      Fundamentals of Marketing    Keyboarding 
      Payroll Spreadsheet Applications   Records Management/Business Calculations 
 
EXPERIENCE:  Office Assistant       Summer 2010 
      Hyatt Legal Services, Buffalo, NY 
•  Maintained records of accounts receivable 
•  Processed incoming and outgoing mail 
•  Verified invoices from clients 
•  Processed checks for accounts payable and expenses 
 
Accounting Clerk      September 2009 
Marriott Food Services, Buffalo, NY 
•  Processed incoming and outgoing mail 
•  Performed bookkeeping duties including all areas of accounting 
•  Processed checks to vendors (Accounts Payable) 
•  Verified invoices from clients 
 
ACTIVITIES/HONORS:   NTID/RIT Dean’s List: Winter 2010, Spring 2009 and Fall 2009 
              Rockefeller Scholarship Recipient: Spring 2009 
              Kappa Theta Alpha, Member: Spring 2009 to present 
 
EMPLOYMENT CONTACT:  Dawn Lucas (585) 475-7654 or 
 
REFERENCES:  Available upon request