CE - Resume Template Challenge

[The_Big_K]

well, the wisdom comes from the experience. The interviewer ( looking at my one-page-resume) had asked "Where are the other pages?"

and I had answered "they were irrelevant, so I did not bring them with me"

-The Big K-

[rick]

and then he asked Big K to go out of the room

nice posts here! integratdbrains template rocks! I think achievements and extracurricular activites can be clubbed. I did have my dob on resume but it never mattered to anyone

[The_Big_K]

Dead thread!

Anyone for the challenge?

We sure need more templates

-The Big K-

[kidakaka]

Ok, have formatted my resume and over the 4 yrs of passing out of my engineering college, the resume has undergone a metamorphosis... now its a one-pager...

1. There is not career objective, I feel there is no need to put this in the resume, you are wasting space ... if you feel that your resume is empty, then you can go for this section, otherwise better to skip it.

2. Personal details, keep that to the minimum... I keep name, mobile, address.. thats it, and all those in the footer of the resume

3. Educational background - This is a tricky part, if u have got great acads then u can elaborate on this part slightly (not too many tables plz!!). my acads are far from great ... so I keep it crisp, fortunately i have a postgrad which looks good on paper, so more elaboration can be done on these parts. also, electives can be mentioned (i tailor my resume for every job interview, so the electives keep on changing ).

4. academic achievements (if any) - keep it short and crisp, and try to avoid trivial achievements from the resume. are they really relevant for this job. include projects done as a subheading, it can be a different section as well if you have done many noteworthy projects. if you have published any papers, then this is the place to put those in. articles in magazines, you can put, but its your call.

5. work experience (if any) - Keep It Short and Simple. No one is interested in knowing what code logic you did in what particular module, try to reduce the techno-jargon in this, but keep the keywords.. lead designer, client liason.. helps.

6. extra curricular achievements (very important) - this is where u make the cut or not. throw in as many things which show off a different facet of your personality in here. starting from appearing in singing competitions, to national level tennis, to being the IT secretary of an institute, whatever that has the "WOW" factor. put those in.

7. positions of responsibility - this one is optional, but if u have done some leadership or responsibility roles, put those in .. student council, lead developer, treasurer, those go here as well. I know it kinda overlaps with the extra currs... but if you have done my roles, then better to showcase them in a different section.

8. Hobbies and interests - now, try to keep away from music, reading, computer games, cricket, etc. its too common. put in something which is unique, guitar, website designing, something along those lines. also, put in your KRA (key result areas) ... some achievements that you have done in all these fields.

And as always, be prepared for questions on all these headings!!

[jayaprakash]

Thanks Integratdbrains,

The format of resume which you shown for us is simply superb and I decided to follow it because i am fresher it is very useful for me .

My suggestion for resume format:

- Times new roman font will be good
- Areas of interest should be included
- colors should be avoided
- Personal details should be avoided

[instruite]

Have not gone through all the replies in the post but after reading first few posts

Font - most widely used is "Times New Roman"
problem - verdana (my fav) but in certain softwares/OS it may not be present by default, Arial - problem with japanese OS, some times it becomes Arial Black and bold of Arial black looks bad

and One Page biodata may create a negative impression, the employer might think that person doesnt have write any thing to write. Its based on my personal experience
during my campus interview our college resume format had one page format in which the things I wanted to write never sufficied and neither it had a place for photo
So I normally used to write my resume in my own format.
When I went for interview and presented my resume, the reaction from employer was 'Ah, I was looking for resume something like this'

I have to go now, Will write more later...