What is Effective Resume Writing?

What is Resume?

Before 1992 we used to prepare only ‘Bio-data’. But after 1992 when our economy was opened up and MNC’s flooded in India they came with a new concept called ‘Resume’.

Resume is a mandatory document for all fresher’s who is looking after career & job in the private and government companies be it small, medium, and big companies after passing final exams of any courses. This is a document which includes candidate’s complete information not exceeding in any case more than 2 pages and any fresher can use this resume for next 3 years. The information includes candidate’s education, personal details with complete address (not height, weight & complexion etc.), project reports & training, major strength, major achievements, extra-curricular activities, hobbies etc.

Resume are part of your job application letter. They are technical as well as marketing documents which present you’re past and present performance to your prospective employers so that they can assess your future potential.

What is Bio-data?

Now-a-days this is used only for ‘Matrimonial” purposes because it consists of information on hobbies, interest, height, weight, complexion, family background, likes & dislikes, partner’s preference, marital status, emotional condition etc.

What is Curriculum Vitae (CV)?

This is for experienced person (more than 3 years) who has something extra to add. In other words, we can say that it includes all information related to experience, expertise, any additional responsibilities & duties etc. This should not exceed more than 6 pages otherwise it will come under the category of ‘Profile” which may be up to 50 pages.

Types of Resumes

There are three types of resume:

1. Chronological (Preferred by most employers)

This resume emphasizes your education and work experience and is most effective when such experience clearly relates to the job you are seeking. List your all entries in ‘reverse’ order, beginning with your most recent qualification and experience. Under each position, describe your responsibilities and accomplishments.

2. Functional

This type emphasizes individual fields of competence and is hence used by applicants who are just entering the job market, who want to redirect their careers, or who have little continuous career-related experience. In a nutshell, it demonstrates the applicant’s ability to handle the position they are applying for.

3. Hybrid / Combination

This includes the best features of the chronological and functional resumes. It tends to be very lengthy that is why it is not so popular.

4. Electronic Resume

As against the paper copy resumes which are intended to be read by humans, electronic resumes are scanned by computers.

A. ASCII Resumes

It stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. Many companies no longer hire people to read resumes. Instead they use OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software for applying their modern technique called electronic applicant tracking.

B. HTML Resumes

It stands for Hyper Text Mark-up Language. If you choose this form of electronic resumes, you need to create an HTML coded document that can be uploaded to the internet to post on a web page.

Warning!!

Do not attach and include your covering letter with the resume when sending mails; always remember you are supposed to write covering letter on the body of the email space provided by Google/Yahoo/Rediffmail etc. when you click on “Compose”.

Note – 1: Covering letter should not exceed more than 1 page in any case for fresh students. Only experienced students can take this up to 3 pages.

Note – 2: Use only ‘Times New Roman or Arial’ & Font Size only 14 for ‘heading’ and 12 for ‘sub-headings’.

Standard Format of Resume

Santana Sharma

21, Female, Indian

F-161, Sector 2, Ranchi, Jharkhand – 160056

Phone: 6200293458

Email ID: anantokumaardass@gmail.com

Career Objective

Being an Accountable and Responsible World Citizen.

Education

2012 Newton College (JNTU), Hyderabad, A.P. 65% (CSE) B.Tech

2008 Newton Convent Senior School, Jabalpur, U.P. 60% (PCM) Class XII

2006 Newton Convent Senior School, Jabalpur, U.P 70% (All) Class X

Technical Skills

Languages C, C++, VB.Net (Intermediate), HTML (Novice), Data Structures

RDBMS MS SQL Server (Intermediate)

OS Windows 2000/XP

Others Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop

Project Reports

8 weeks Industrial Training at PLR InfoTech Pvt. Ltd.

Career Manager:

June-July 2008

The idea behind the application was to help maintain the data and the information regarding colleges during counseling process along with information about the availability of the seats in each college. Technologies Used: Front End: VB.Net; Back End: MS SQL (Enterprise Manager). Text Editor, Mobile Display in C++

May – June 2008

Worked on a couple of applications, the first one being an editor with features like Append, Insert, and Delete etc. Technologies Used: C / C++.

Major Strength

Available 24*7

Ready to relocate anywhere in India & Abroad

Perfectionist

Unsupervised

Team Player

Strong Follow-up

Achiever

Self-Motivated

Self-disciplined

Major Achievements

Academic

Among Top 5 students in Computer Science batch at St. Peter’s Engineering College.

Represented in program development competition in Intra College Technical Festival

in September 2006 at CNE.

Participated in Programming competition in 2008.

Sports

Represented Hyderabad in Carom at District Level (Under 18) twice in 2000-2002 at Delhi / NCR.

Part of the core team which won gold in Inter College Badminton Championship held in Jamshedpur on 23^rd & 25^th December, 2007.

Won silver in Inter College Badminton Tournament in Ranchi in October, 2006.

Cultural

3 year graduations in Kathak dance

3 year graduations in Bharat Nat yam

Head of cultural programs organized in the college

Participated in National seminar on ‘Drucker’s Wizard’.

Extra-curricular activities

Member of CRD (Campus Recruitment Division)

Worked in a team of 30 members in CRD core team, handling the placement process and assisting the company’s recruitment team. Responsibilities involved organizing seminars, presentations and other activities at the college

Executive Member of Bits ‘n’ Bytes (Technical Club of Computer Science)

Responsibilities as committee coordinator involved managing the Technical & Cultural festival and other regular activities at college

Lead a team of 10 as a technical coordinator to decide the rules and events of the technical fest ‘Techno Wizard’ in 2007.

Inter-college technical festival at SPEC

Part of the core team to organize the Technical Fest ‘Tech Fiesta’ in the college.

Personal Details

Date of Birth : 14^th November, 1989

Father’s Name : Sri C.K. Sharma

Nationality : Indian

Marital Status : Unmarried

Languages Known : Hindi, English, Telugu,

Passport Number : NA

Hobbies : Academic Writing, Cooking, Chess,

(Santana Sharma)

Standard Format of Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Santana Sharma

21, Female, Indian

F-161, Sector 2, Ranchi, Jharkhand – 160056

Phone: 6200293458

Email ID: anantokumaardass@gmail.com

Career Objective

Being an Accountable and Responsible World Citizen.

Work Experience

Techno Group – June 2018 to May 2019 (Award – Employee of the month)

Work experience – 1 year Designation: Finance Associate

Team Role: Account Receivable and automating the process by Implementing Field Glass (SAP) managing master data, data migration; Client handling and interaction (American express, Samsung). Generating Invoice and submission; follow-ups and Reporting Collection in ERP (ACCPAC) for B2B, Debit and Credit note, Responsible for performing credit collections on past due accounts, Ensures proper control, recording of transactions and internal audit;

Newton Airlines. (July 2017- June 2018)

Work experience- 1 year Designation: Finance FCU

Team Role: Analyzing and Refund; Generating Invoice and submission; analyzing the Debit and credit cards payments, collection and follow-ups etc.

Oxygen for windows and Mech Machines (Feb 2011- May 2014)

Work experience - 41 months Designation: Team Leader

Role: Effective and Efficient workflow and performance of the Accounts Receivable,; Responsible for organizing and maintaining accounts receivables reports; managing master data, Generating Invoicing and submission and keeping an accurate aging report; Follow-ups, Collection and reporting in ACCPAC; Client interaction; Responsible for performing credit collections on past due accounts, and internal audit etc.

Coporate Internship Programe (CIP – PGDM)

Newton Group (Internship)

April 2017 – July 2017 (3months) (Finance Consultant)

Project title: A study on order to cash (Areas covered: Finance and Accounts)

Description: The project was on cash cycle works and how a company can accelerate the process by automation. The study also covers that how a company can migrate from oracle 11i to oracle R12. Thus I worked in up gradation of software from oracle 11i to oracle R12 as well as migration of data and end to end testing so that smooth rollout of billing could happen; Collection & cash management; Invoicing and submission

(I worked under the guidance of Mr. Sinha (Vice president) and my faculty mentor

Prof Dass).

Courseware projects completed during my PGDM

1. Analysis of Ratio- Analysis the company annual report; calculating the ratio; Interpretation of ratios etc.

2. Analysis of companies in the same industry- Studying Annual Reports of the companies; Evaluating Financial statements Performing Ratio Analysis and analyzing trends; Peer Comparison etc.

3. Risk analysis of ACC Cement- Fundamental Analysis through ratios; Finding Jensen’s Alpha and comparison with peers; Fundamental Valuation using FCFE approach etc.