CE - Resume Template Challenge

[The_Big_K]

Hello CEans!

Most of us will agree that resume writing is an art. You have to enclose your life's achievements in those A4 sheets. Now believe me, a lot depends on how you present your life on your resume. A resume can tell a lot more about you - not just those semester marks, your GPA & your bronze medals in drawing competitions.

So, to cut it short, you gotta be knowing how to write good resumes. So here comes the discussion thread that builds knowledge on resume writing. Flood in your ideas, tips & tricks about building a great resume. You may even paste a template (your own creation, no copy-pasting from WWW is allowed).

In my opinion, a resume should be a one page document. Of course, no one likes to read a 4 page resume!. So the challenge for CEans is to build a world class resume template that fits into a single A4 page.

To give it a kick, let us start deciding on the sections, fonts, colors, pictures (? ? ) should be present on the resume template. Let's get started! Quick!

-The Big K-

[rick]

finally!

Here comes my take -

Font: Arial (Black) , Size: 10

Colors won't look good on resume. Although I'd put my email address in blue.

Name should be bolded.

The resume must end in a catchy line followed by your signature. I'll search for one of my old resume for the structure. However it was a 2 page resume .

rick

[The_Big_K]

good going, rick

'Verdana', 10 is my favorite. I doubt if 'blue' for email link looks good. I agree that the Name should appear in bold and your resume should be signed (if its a hard copy).

The most important thing is to accomodate the stuff in single page. How do you do it?

-The Big K-

[Jerry]

I'm in for this challenge ! Verdana or Arial doesn't make much difference. The big issue lies in putting stuff at right place. Here is my attempt at the template -
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Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .email:

Address: picture (optional)

Project Details/Work Experience:
1.
2. ( be as brief as possible)

References:

Signature.
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Let me know if this works for you. In fact, that's the template I used an year ago

Jerry.

[The_Big_K]

That's a fantastic start! Jerry & Rick.

Jerry, don't panic with the formatting. Extra spaces are removed automatically. Your template looks fine. Sometimes, you have to mention extracurricular activities too. Can we accomodate one more section?

In my resume, I had introduced two columns in the middle of the document. One for academic achievements ( ) and one for extracurricular activities, achievements in sports etc.

My resume was all black & white and I didn't use colors. I'm not sure if colors would add value to resume. Any ideas regarding this are welcome.

Are we missing out anything here? Flood in your comments!

We have a good start

-The Big K-

[The_Big_K]

Although the responce to this thread is poor, I'll keep hoping that someone from Jupitor will come and revive this thread .

Let me explain the purpose behind starting this thread. Almost every week, I see people with their 3-4 page resumes wanting to hit the mark and get the job. Nothing irritates an interviewer than a poorly written resume and the stapled 'extra' pages do no good. On the other hand, think of a resume that is just one page and talks sense. Need I talk more?

So, here's our attempt to help all CEans have a perfect (well, at least we can try ) resume. Let us give it a try, say what?

-The Big K-

[crook]

Count me in , big! I'm a little busy with a personal project. This is indeed an interesting thread.

Watch out!

[Neha]

hi guys
well i am doing my B.Tech right now...so don't have enough matter to post in...but must say thread is really good especially for freshers like us...great going Biggie ...Keep the spirit high!!

[The_Big_K]

thanks !

Well resume template challenge is open for everyone to participate. It would be great if engineers-in-development take part in this challenge.

Fresh graduates need to be very careful while writing a resume. Imagine a compact yet comprehensive resume being presented to an interviewer. Won't it create a good impression?

So I'll encourage everyone to participate in this challenge. Its for us, after all

-The Big K-

[sristi]

its very helpful Biggie..but i have doubt reg the num of pages for resume is it compulsory to make all the stuff fit into 1 /2 pages (should we not include any exatra curricular activites apart from study related/sports stuff)

[The_Big_K]

Hi Sristi !

Well, let me answer your query. Your extracurricular activities do make an impression and it makes sense to include them in your resume. But our challenge is to make best use of the space available on a single page to 'fit' everything.

It breaks my heart when I see 4 page resume with lot of space 'wasted'. Can we come up with a template which has space for academic achievements, extracurricular activities, projects(/work ex.), contact address etc. Now one may ask what's wrong if we use two pages. Well nothing wrong, but why not try to get it in a single page? I hope I'm making sense here

So I hope, people join in for this challenge and come up with a template that is 1-page and cover-it-all type. Say what? Interesting?

-The Big K-

[The_Big_K]

Hi CEans! I'm including a template which I had used - Your comments & feedback are welcome.

Note: Replace dots with spaces

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++
Name..............................................Ph:123456789
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Home address (continued in same line)...............email: abc@xyz.com

Objective:

(column 1)................................................ .(column 2)
Academic Achievements.........................Extracurricul ar Activities
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Project Details/Work Experience
1.
2.

Closing Line (if any)

Signature
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++

I could fit everything in a single A4 size paper. Rush in your ideas please.

-The Big K-

[rick]

hey, good biggie! I liked that template. My only trouble is to fit the address in one line.

Nice use of space though.

[sristi]

good template biggie

[integratdbrains]

NAME (12)**********************A block of Address(n,12)
Email id**