If you're looking for jobs or internships, you might be feeling overwhelmed in a sea of rejection emails, or worse, not even hearing back. When you're looking for a job in your field, everything you are comes down to a piece of paper that doesn't even come close to summing you up as a person.

Remember, as you are combing through those heartbreaking and frustrating emails, that you are more than the sum of the words on your resume.

Your resume will never convey...

1. Your passions

Of course, a potential employer will know you're passionate about the field or job you're applying for... That's why you're applying. But they may never understand from a single piece of paper what specifically drives you, what specific passions have brought you to where you are.

2. Your dedication

I have spent hours upon hours working on projects to make them above and beyond. I've done jobs that didn't fall under my position but wouldn't have gotten done otherwise. Working extremely hard consistently doesn't go unnoticed in the workplace... But you have to get into the workplace first, and unfortunately, hard work can't fit on a resume.

3. Your sense of humor

Your resume can't tell the HR representative that you are the comedic relief and that your friends, co-workers and even strangers can expect themselves to laugh because you're around.

4. Your kindness

Making space for all of your numeric accomplishments and all relevant positions you've held doesn't leave room to convey how good of a person you are.

5. Your selflessness

You might be able to convey this through volunteer work or non-profit experience, but all of the things you have done for friends or family out of the goodness of your heart just don't have space on your resume.

6. Your personality

Getting an interview is the best feeling because you know that you don't just have to rely on a list of achievements anymore, you can finally allow your personality to come through and show that you are the (wo)man for the job.

7. Your creativity

If you get to the point of providing a portfolio, hopefully, this is enough to show your creative side. But without a face-to-face conversation, your 12 pt. font list of accomplishments isn't going to show off your creativity very much.

8. Your close friends' perception of you

You can learn a lot about a person based on what their friends think of them. (And, in a sea of rejections, take comfort in knowing that what those who love you thinks of you is more important than the perception of someone who glances at a piece of paper about you, always.)

9. Your strength

A resume will never show the things you went through to get to where you are, the obstacles you overcame or the burdens you bear daily.

10. Your uniqueness

Different colors, fonts or layouts can only do so much. A resume, try as it might, cannot always definitively say why one candidate is better than the next.

11. You

The bottom line is that your resume will never be indicative of who you are. And obviously, it isn't supposed to. It is supposed to provide a quick glance into why you are or aren't qualified for a position.

But as you close out of another rejection email or sadly wait for a response you know just isn't coming, remember that your resume is NOT you. One piece of paper cannot fully convey the amazing, hard-working and passionate individual you are. You will be OK.