By: Suditi Jindal
The following tips which are easy to understand and execute will help you in writing a winning Résumé.
- Résumé is the print advertisement of the new product entering the job market, i.e., YOU.
- Résumé is the first communication from you to your prospective employer.
- The selection in a Campus Place Induction Programme only happens during a Personal interview. The review of the Résumé is a rejection stage.
- Pitch the product well-present a crisp, and pertinent Résumé.
- Most of your Personal Interview is dependent upon your Résumé.
- Résumé is a french word meaning ‘Summary’. Summarise your skills and knowledge according to the job profile.
- An effective and ideal Résumé does not exceed one side of an A4 sheet.
- A Résumé is divided into 3 sections: Header, Main Body, and Footer.
- You may think you are ‘James Bond’ but make sure your email address does not shout out ‘007’.
- A Résumé has one Formal Font Style and two Font Sizes for Headings and Finer Print.
- Does an advertisement have ‘ADVERTISEMENT’ written on top of it? Then why does your Résumé have Résumé written on it? Let the product shine- let YOUR NAME shine on your Résumé.
- A Résumé is always sparsely worded, with no use of the first person ‘I’ or ‘my’; except in the objective or the declaration.
- A Résumé is always written in reverse chronological order.
- Customize your Résumé according to your job profile. Hence, a person can have ‘n’ number of Résumés.
- The Contact Information in the Résumé is your present place of residence and no permanent address.
More helpful tips to follow in the succeeding blog post.