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Resume Writing Tips
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The 15-second test: Give your resume to a bunch of people and ask them to spend not more than 15 seconds and pull it back. Now ask them what salient features they remember. If they are able to highlight your main accomplishments, then the resume has achieved its purpose.
Typically a resume gets scanned for less than 15 seconds (Imagine yourself as an HR person who receives thousands of resumes; how much time will you be able to spend on each of them?). For an undergraduate, it is recommended that the resume be not more than ONE page. You have to very carefully plan how you use this invaluable piece of real-estate. Fitting your resume in one page should not be achieved by using tiny fonts and very little margin.
Resumes of students typically is packed with information spreading across two or three pages; one has to resist the temptation to state everything. You need to highlight your main accomplishments only.
Avoid physical traits, you should be avoid putting picture of yours unless the employer specifically requested it.Always avoid sending the same profile to many companies. This is the most common mistake that everyone makes.
Using colored background,irrelevant fonts or images will not attract the employer. Yeah,you might think that the little flowers will cheer up the document, but the next minute your document will land up in the store room.
Don't list all courses---just the relevant ones for the specific internship, job, or admission sought. Listing DSP as a course obviates the need to mention Networks and Systems because you can't have done DSP without N&S. Such paring down helps you use the limited space judiciously. Moreover, most people know the typical undergrad curriculum. Hence stating a course must serve a purpose: if an internship demands knowledge of DSP, then stating you've done that course maybe necessary. An advanced elective such as "Error Control Coding" deserves to be listed because it is not part of the standard UG curriculum.
Everyone knows that we are good at something or the other, or we may have some good hobbies. But avoid mentioning them in your resume. If you are 100% sure that they might support you candidacy, go ahead!!!
Sending you resume to a technical person is far more effective than sending it to HR. For email, if you have an active Institute address, give that (and not Yahoo!, gmail, etc.)
You need multiple versions of your resume, each targeted to the specific application---which means you highlight different aspects in different situations. A Google search using the phrase "resume writing tips" will give you lots of hits. Take a look at some of them and pare down
your resume to one page.
At last but not the least, Do not fold i repeat DO NOT FOLD your resume at any cost.
Some useful links are:
http://www.collegegrad.com/resumes/index.shtml (see the link 'Best College Resumes' and 'Sample Resume')
http://www.collegeboard.com/article/0,3868,2-7-0-36957,00.html (see 'Resume Resources' at the end)
http://www.jobweb.com/resources/library/InternCoop_Programs/The_ResumeInternship_155_01.htm
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ResumeRead.html
http://ncsu.placementmanual.com/develop/index.html
http://careers.villanova.edu/Students/Sturesumeguidelines.htm
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/resumes/20020130-marcus.html
http://www.hodu.com/resume.shtml
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