Many of my students have completed their Graduation and are out in the world for jobs. Most of the time I have been asked about what should a resume/ CV must have to describe the best about you. I will start with defining what a Resume/CV is and what it should have (for a fresher only, as this post is for my students' reference).
So What is a Resume?
Well it is a written document containing summary of your experience and education. For a Fresher this will include your complete educational background, activities and causes you were involved in and our major accomplishments.
This will also include information about your skill set, hobbies.
Note: Hobbies let the recruiter know what tempts you and what you are passionate about and moreover if you are passionate at all (:P). Many times I have seen my friends copying hobbies from some other resume, like they typed "cricket" and when recruiter asked whats a LBW is they no nothing about it. so write the truth... you can also skip hobbies section.
What a resume shall have:
As a college graduate I did not participated in any of campuses at college so I had to walk a long distance for job search. Since those days till today I have undergone 4 successful career transitions and here I will tell you what my resume is about.
A resume shall have following Heads/Headlines/Titles whatever you call it.
- Name, email, contact no. at the top.
- Career objective/ resume headline: This describes what you are and what you are looking for. Example: Mechanical Engineer seeking full time position to learn, establish and grow.
- Experience (if any):
- Educational qualification (for a fresher this shall have a detailed scorecard with each semester SGPA and CGPA), Higher Secondary details and High School Details shall be of final Score only.
- Skills: This can have two sub heads "Software skills" and "Skills", add your computer skills, software you have worked upon and your personal skill set.
- Training/ Internships: Briefly and point wise describe the training and internships you have undertaken.
- Accomplishments: Have you been to school/college Cricket team, you you have won that Math Olympiad? Whatever you this you have accomplish and is of social value add it here.
- Personal Info (these days this may not be included, I will prefer including as a fresher for a safe side. This consist of your name, address, DOB, etc (it should be point wise). If you have already mentioned your address in Header then do not type it again. Never repeat any information in your resume.
I hope this will help.
Have a great future ahead. :-)
Regards,
ceepish@hotmail.com
Note: This is a general info and may differ from a standard one.
