Resume Writing Tips

August 8, 2012 SUIT UP again... 1

SUIT UP
again…

Dr A.N. Brijesh Nair
Associate Professor
Program Manager (Civil Engineering)
&
Prof. Deepa Madathil
Assistant Professor
Student Welfare Coordinator

My Disclaimer
• Not a professional resume writer
• I am talking from my experience
– Applying for jobs
– Interviewing


My Disclaimer
• These rules
– Not applicable
• To Mass Recruiters


Outline
• Resume
– Journey of a resume
– Writing a resume
– Do’s and Don’ts
• Interviews
– Do’s and Don’ts
• Questions


How many of you know the differences
between……


Resumes


Biodata


Resumes


Word “Resume” originated from
• French Word
– Summary


If “Resume” is “Summary”
• Ideally
– 1 page
– Cannot exceed 2 pages
• Resume
– Summary
• Employment
• Education Relevant to the job
• Other skills


Resume
• Never list out
– All your qualifications/education
• But
– Only those relevant to job advertised


Resume
• Written in third person
– To be objective and formal
• Use bulleted points
• Starts with
– Summary of Qualifications/Objective
• Reverse chronological order
– Focus on the most recent one


Curriculum Vitae originated from
• Latin Word
– Course of Life


Curriculum Vitae (C.V)
• C.V
– More detailed than Resume
– Usually 2 to 3 pages
• Can be even longer
– List every
• Skill
• Job
Chronological Order
• Degree
• Professional Affiliations


Curriculum Vitae (C.V)
• C.V
– General Talent
– Not the specific skill


Biodata


Bio-Data
• Short form for
– Biographical data


Typical Biodata
• Personal particulars
– Date of Birth
– Religion
– Sex
– Race
– Nationality
– Residence
– Marital Status


A common bio-data you may have
come across…


Typical Bio-data
• Chronological listing of
– Education
– Experience
• Can be more than 10 pages
• Example of a bio-data


So what do you have to make?


• Resume??
• Bio-data??
• Curriculum Vitae??


Majority of the time
• Resume…


So you send your resume for…
• Job
• Internship
• To professors
– To get scholarships
• To do MS


You apply via…
• Email
• Snail Mail
• Job sites like
– www.monster.com
– www.naukri.com


It is good to understand what
happens to your resume after you
send that


Assume…
• Opening in VIT University


Journey of a Resume


Journey of a Resume
• Assume 100 people applied
– For the post of
• Assistant Professor
• One opening
– Now HR dept
• Hands over the resume
– To Director of SMBS


Journey of a Resume
• Director of School
– busy person
– Glance through each resume
• Maximum for a minute
• Short lists 10 from that
• Others go to dust-bin
– Comes back later
• Goes in detail
– Through the 10 short listed resumes
• Selects five
– To call for final interview


Journey of a Resume
• What happened here?
– Ninety resumes were not even read properly
– Rejected
– Why?


Journey of a Resume
• It failed to create
“that” first impression


Journey of a Resume
• It is very necessary to
– Create that first impression
• If you need to be selected for Interview
• How can you do that
– Making your resume
• Short and sweet
• Being very specific


What happens when you send your
resume to the professor abroad for
MS admission?


Assume a situation
• You are a final year student in VIT
University
• One fine day you are getting a mail in your
inbox


You are getting a mail…


After reading this what will be your
reaction??


Your reaction?

$%&@ You!


Now a professor gets a mail


Professor Opens the mail


What will he do?

$%&@ You!


What will he do?


What do you understand?
• From job selection process in VIT
• Emails I showed you


More than 95% of the time, your
resumes are not even read before it
is rejected


Your resume should…
• Withstand filtering


Resume
• Short and sweet
• Being very specific


Two Examples….


Another Example


Will you invite this guy for interview?


Writing a Resume


Resumes – Do’s and Don’ts
• For a B.Tech Student
– One page ideal
– Worst case
• 2 pages
– Font
• Arial
– Heading 12 pt
– Text 10-11pt
– Minimize the white space
• Ideally “ZERO” white space


The new resume


Another Example


The transformation


Food for thought


What is this?


A roadside book store…


How do you select a book…
• Attracted by
– Author
– Cover
– Best seller


So you should
• Make yourself well known
• Make your work well known
• As a fresher both are not possible
• What is possible
– Make your resume colorful


How can you make it colorful?
• Adding all relevant stuff


Sections in Resume


Name and Address
Your email id
Your Name

• Give your permanent address
• Font
– Name
• Arial 14 pt
– Others
• Arial 10 pt


Email ID


partyanimalmohit@yahoo.co.in
onepromisewidlyf007@gmail.com

lovelylab@gmail.com
honeyjam619@gmail.com
wellwishervonmenschen@gmail.com sssaddicted@gmail.com
youcantceeme@gmail.com
honey.hima04@gmail.com
ashcruise.angle@gmail.com
shiv.therisingsun@gmail.com

breaker_venu@yahoo.com

cooldude.gupta06@gmail.com collegebeats.shubham@gmail.com

vishalferrari7@gmail.com
donnaroy.cutiepie@gmail.com

chocolateybhasker@gmail.com

beverselifebindass@gmail.com babablacksheep.kc@gmail.com

rohithdarknight@gmail.com importantsamanta@gmail.com


Email ID’s
• Most ideal
– First Name.Last Name@mail.com
• Never
– Funny names


Objective

• Should exactly match the job profile
• Objective should be
– Unique for the job
• Maximum 2 lines


Education

• Latest degree first
• Format
– Degree-specialization-School-CGPA-Month &
Year of Graduation


Academic Projects

• All relevant projects you did in class
– Last one first


Publications

• Last publication first
• Include ONLY publications
– Relevant for the job


Skills

• The various skills you possess
– In bulleted points
– Group similar skills together


Honors

• The various outstanding achievements
– Relevant to position applied


Relevant Courses

• Relevant courses
– Good for internship


Additional Qualifications

• Any other qualification you have
– That makes you a better candidate


Reference

• Optional
– You can always write
• “Reference will be provided on request”


Art of writing Reference


Internships

• If applying for industry job/internship
– This should come after “Education”


Professional Experience

• If you already have a job


Professional Affiliations

• The professional bodies you are affiliated to


So titles…
• Name and address
• Objective
• Education
• Professional Experience
• Academic Projects
• Internships
• Publications
• Skills
• Honors
• Relevant Courses
• Additional Qualifications
• References


Some thoughts on Resume
• Professional
Experience
• Internships Cannot develop these
skills overnight
• Publications
• Skills
• Honors


• Every month you do something
– Update your resume


• No two jobs can have same resume


• Never copy even a single
line of your resume
• My professor
– Shown me copied resumes


• Before you send the resume
– Make your resume
– Correct it
– Show it to your friends
– Correct it again
– Show it to someone who understands the job
profile
– Again correct it


Suppose you are applying for this
job


All titles should match these key
words
• Name and address
• Objective
• Education
• Professional Experience
• Internships
• Publications
• Skills
• Honors
• Relevant Courses
• Additional Qualifications
• References


Uploading your resume in Web


You upload your resume
• www.naukri.com
• www.monster.com


How is this different from other
ways of applying?


After you upload your resume
• Most of the time
– It is not for a specific job
– You register in that site
• Upload your resume
– Companies contact these websites
• Specifying key words
– “Structural Engineer”, “Network Engineer”
• Search engine picks up
– All resumes that match the key word


If you are uploading your resume
• To a internet site
– It should be rich in technical terms
– so that it comes up in internal search


The Worst Case


The Worst Case…
• You graduated from college
– Yet to get a job
– No campus placement
• Which is the best way to get
a job?


Networking…


A Successful Job Search – It is all abo


Let us move on


Interviews


Now you are called for interview


Types of interview
• HR Interview
– Group Discussion
– One to one interview
• Technical


Interviews – some get through
some won’t


Some HR interview questions


Interviews
• These questions look very easy
• Answers are not easy
• If you haven’t prepared
– You easily contradict yourself
– Flow of words won’t be there


Some HR interview questions


Interviews
• Be prepared for such questions
• Lot of books out there
– Do’s and don’t’s
• HR Interview
– Read at least one of them
• Make your own stories
• Connect that story
– To all the questions


Interview
• While going for an interview
– Read all that is available
• About that company
• At the end of the interview
– Ask one question (already prepared)
• That proves your knowledge about the company
– It can really help


Interview
• Once you are done with the interview
– Send a “THANK YOU” mail
– It makes a lot of difference


Conclude
• Resume
– No two resumes can be same
– Make resumes based on job requirement
– Limit it to one page
• Interviews
– Prepare well


More about jobs/resumes


Feedback
brijeshnairan@gmail.com
deepa.madathil@gmail.com

Brijesh Nair 9944642418
Deepa Menon
9488516404
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