Don't Junk Up Your Resume!
regarding their attempts to career advances. I felt the need forwriting such an article because:
Yesterday, I sent a mail seeking resumes of all of interested
guys for a technical job opening at the organization, where I am
working. I received responses from 4-5 people by the time of
writing this article and was really disappointed to see the
resumes attached therein. In my view, your resume is your first
impression upon your employer, and I am sure, no one intends to
spoil his/her first impression. I saw a number of blunders in
those resume, which could be sufficient reasons for an employer
to reject your profile into the trash. I am trying to articulate
them, and requesting you all to first look at the body of
anything you write before you send it to anyone else, be it your
resume.
* Run a thorough spell-check on your resume. [very
important, and I found many mistakes]
* Read it completely and let any one else with good semantic
knowledge of English read it, to check the flow in it. [I
found titles of projects and trainings, not matching the
description.]
* Don"t write much (don"t create fuss over) about the
small and irrelevant details, because you need to be packed with
the explanation for those things at the time of personal or
technical discussion.
* Elaborate on the projects, which seem relevant to the
particular opening. They increase chances of your profile
selection.
* Don"t repeat the description of the projects with each project
being added in your profile. They have to different
somehow! I saw this peculiar thing is the resume, I am attaching
herewith.
* Highlight those skills, which you really have!
Otherwise, interviewer having better knowledge on the subject
may screw you anytime during your interview. For example,
writing, Reading, as your hobby may attract a good discussion
between you and interview. That may end up exasperating you if
you don"t have guts or wits to justify all that.
* Have a specific career objective, which really shows
your interest in joining that particular company and highlight
your some particular skills matching their requirements, if
possible.
* Write a cover letter, especially for a particular opening, if
possible. More importantly, don"t let your friend copy
your cover letter, if he is going to apply for the same post in
same company