For making a resume let us firstly understand about the meaning and need of resume :
What is a resume ?
A resume is 1-2 page document that sums up the jobseeker’s qualification for the job they are applying to . Resume helps employers make hiring decisions and help you get your first interview while displaying your skills and qualities . It is your first impression as a potential candidate and only source of information about you . Hundred’s of candidates apply for the same job but it is difficult for the company to invite everyone for the interview , here a good resume can help you to grab their attention and you can get shortlisted as a potential candidate in the company .
NEED OF A GOOD RESUME :
- Throughout your career , you must be able to summarize you work history , outline your skills and emphasize traits you have that could qualify you for future work . it is important for making the transition from school to the workforce .
- Employer’s only source of information about you ,which helps in grabbing the attention of the company from hundred’s of applications .
- Opens door for the opportunity , shows how you’re a match for a position and most importantly , gets you a job interview .
HOW TO MAKE A RESUME :
Think a resume as an advertisement of you ,to receive an interview call you need to see your resume as your marketing too. There is no standard rule of putting together a resume .To format your resume , begin by organizing all of your information into resume outline . Only add important information , do not give very elaborated statements .Don’t use font which is not readable and comprehensible . We would recommend to create your resume to a maximum of 1-2 page displaying all important skills as per the job requirements .Out of hundred’s and may be thousand’s of candidates hiring managers only spend few seconds to your resume , this is the reason you should not create a very long resume it should be short , crisp and to the point .
RESUME FOR FRESHER’S
- FORMAT& KEYWORDS -Firstly , choose right resume format which is more relevant for fresher’s although there is no certified way to write a resume . Add key words for AI based tools .
- EDUCATION – If you’re a fresher mention your education before your experience , list down your institution name , degree , time period in reverse chronological order upto your 10th standard and don’t forget to have a separate column for your percentage or CGPA .
- EXPERIENCE – If you are a fresher there are not many things you can write under the experience section but here are few things that you can mention : you can mention about some mini projects in every semester , describe what the project was about in 1-2 lines ; Mention any internships you have done , even if you used to take tuitions for kids or worked part time to pay your fees [it tells the hiring manager that you are committed and have developed a sense of professionalism early in your life ; Mention any paper you have worked on with your faculty.
- ADDITIONAL SECTION- Here you can mention anything ( but don’t make it too long ) like the best being your competitive exam score be it IIT , JEE or even your cat rank ; you can mention the college fest that you had participated in , coding contests , paper presenting contest , even write about the initiative you took while you were at college like taking care of your college website , newsletter , or even maintain your own blog .
RESUME FOR UNION MANAGEMENT :
- SUMMARY : You may include a headline or summary statement that clearly communicates your goals and qualifications . Your resume summary should focus more on initial jobs , key accomplishments , education and about your extracurricular activities .
- EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE : Write about your education qualification and percentages upto 10th in reverse chronological order .List about the internship and job you had in 1-2 lines only, it distracts the hiring manager from focusing on how qualified you are . Only include the work and experience relevant for the job .
- SKILLS : When writing your resume highlight your skills that are also mentioned in the job description . you can mention some of the common skills of union management like teamwork , decision making , problem solving , delegationand time management .
- OBJECTIVE : Most of the people forget to mention about the objective in their resume . Try to highlight about your objectives in the resume to grab attention of the hiring managers.
RESUME FOR MIDDLE MANAGEMENT :
- PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY : Adding your professional summary at the top is a quick way to grab attention of the hiring manager by concisely convey your core competencies .
- SKILLS : You can highlight your relevant skills in this column like financial planning and analysis , cost management , strategic planning and many more . Also don’t forget to mention the skills mentioned in the job descriptions .
- EXPERIENCE :In this column you can add about your experiences with respective companies and the postion you were in and also add about the description of that company ( will save hiring mangers time from having to look it up ) . Try to be more descriptive about your recent job, you do not need to mention about your first job .
- ACHIEVEMENTS : Always try to be specific about your achievements . Adding numbers to your achievements give hiring manager confidence in your abilities . You don’t have write long paragraphs about your responsibilities , just 2-4 lines important points are enough , make it short , crisp and to the point . Quantify as many bullet points as possible .
RESUME FOE TOP LEVEL MANAGEMENT :
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY : Highlight most relevant bullet points in your summary that sing and jump out on the page and want to motivate reader to choose you . For instance , if you’re gunning for a COO role , you certainly may benefit yourself as an expert in methodology and who has driven significant growth or revenue results .
- SHOWCASE WHERE YOU HAD MADE AND SAVED MONEY : This may sound capitalistic but every position contributes to revenue , you are either supporting or making it . you may have launched a new product line or may have helped enhance an upsell effort . For saving money , you don’t have to be person who holds the purse strings to save , if you are a marketing director by how you costs with ads that you are doing online and saving money in the process in your role
- WHERE YOU MITIGATE RISK : Where you can ensure that your company isn’t exposing itself to risk . you can write about where you had minimized risk that your company is embarking . Count your knowledge, experience ,research ,it is important to quantify about that .
- INITIATIVES : Initiatives that you take on where demonstrated leadership , and how you had contributed to the company culture is another way of putting it . You may also mention about what leadership committees are you a part of.