Resume Making Workshop is a document of the session conducted by the entrepreneurship cell, IIT Bombay, for helping the first year undergraduate students prepare their resume.

1. Getting that 1st
Resume
right…
Resume Workshop –Freshies/ Sophomores

2. What is a resume?
• The resume is your first interaction with a potential employer.
It is a marketing tool and an introduction to you and your
experiences. There is a need for effectively presenting
yourself in text form to the interviewer
Resume Interviewer
Consumers
Student
Brochure
Product

3. What is a resume?
Deliver high impact
▪ Relevance to position applied for
▪ Skill sets
▪ Attitude and aspirations
▪ Organizational capabilities
High quality of
▪ Content
▪ Size and arrangement
▪ Appropriate language
▪ Formatting
Decide which messages are most important to your audience, and
communicate these messages succinctly and clearly in a visually appealing
format
Basic Details Academic Achievements Positions
of Responsibility
Project Information Extra Curricular Activities
Awards
120 seconds!

5. The Three Phases of Resume-
Building
CONTENT-
MINING
PRESENTATION PERSONALIZE

6. Content Mining
Take a look
back…
Getting the Content for Your
Resume

7. RELAX! and you can start by going
through some Seniors’ Resumes
to kick-off the thinking cycle and
then sit back and Make an
Exhaustive List of whatever past
experience/notable achievement
you have had till now
Though it might look like a
daunting task initially and you
might even come to Dead End
when thinking about your
RESUME CONTENT
Getting
Started

8. Presentatio
n
Written and Visual
aspects

9. Organize
with
Sections
Too much information?
Divide your content by organizing your Resume with
Sections.
Focus on Proper
Formatting and
Indentation

10. It's not just about the Headings, but
explaining
YOUR
CONTRIBUTION
in them

11. IMPACT &
QUANTIFICATION
Then focus on the IMPACT you’ve had on them
QUANTIFY Your Achievements
.

12. PERSONALIZ
E
Your Resume
Be creative, Take
Feedback

13. Take Feedback from Friends & Seniors from
Insti.
Take Feedback from atleast ONE non-IITian
senior or relative
FEEDBACK

14. Some Questions
now!
Raise your hands for saying
Aye!

15. Sections in a Typical 2nd
Year Resume
Scholastic
Achievements
Projects Internships
PoR Extra
Curriculars
Miscellaneous

16. SCHOLASTIC
ACHIEVEMENTS

17. Scholastic Achievements
• Also called as Academic Achievements
• Sample points
– Pre-Insti
• KVPY, NTSE; CBSE/ICSE Topper, State Board Topper
• Regional Olympiads, National Camps, International
Olympiads
• Other Competitive Exams
• JEE/AIEEE AIR (Only Top 100, else %ile (ONLY 2 DECIMALS)
– In Insti
• IR 1,2,3/ DR 1,2,3; AP in any course

18. Case-in-
Point

19. Case-in-
Point
… AIR / state ranks > 100, better mention in
percentile
… AP Grades, Minor Degree, recognition (KVPY, NTSC,
DAAD)

20. Project
s

21. Summer Projects
You can include any NON-PROFESSIONAL projects here
– Dept Projects
– Course Projects
– Summer School
– STAB projects
– GSOC, etc

22. Projects
For Projects
Aim/objective of project (should be seen distinctly)
What is done till now (action words ending with–ed eg.
Analyzed)
What is being done (action words ending with –ing eg. Designing)
Scope of work (could start with ‘Future work involves...’)
IMP– Make an attempt to quantify results
(% accuracy, % growth, impact of project)

23. Case-in-
Point
… Quantify your results to make it more
impactful
… Manage given space (balance of blank space and text)

24. Case-in-
Point
Table format, Highlight your technical skills (no need to mention it in separate
section)

25. Internship
s

26. Internships
• Self-explanatory
• Any internship outside insti
– Start-ups
– Contact-jugaad wale internships
– Can include training disguised as Internships :P

27. Case-in-Point
(Internships)
… Quantify results at every stage
… Clearly state what was done by you and its impact

28. Case-in-Point
(Internships)
… You may also mention training of smaller duration (1-2 months)
… Certified industrial courses and software learning

29. How you can present it
Company Name (Dept., Location, Time Duration )
2 sections -
Responsibilities (Projects handled)
Initiatives & Achievements (Impact)
Skills which can be portrayed (eg. certified courses, software
training)
Mention project size (eg. INR 2 billion project etc.)
Impact (% increase in productivity/sale, y-o-y % reduction in time)
Awards (Best intern of the division)

30. POR
.

31. PoR
• Sample:
– Hostel Secy
– Cult Club Convener
– MI/TF/E-Cell Co-ordies and
Orgies
– Dept Secy’s (?)
– CRs

32. Positions of
Responsibility
• PORs (TA, RA, UG Level, Academic Council, Student Companion,
Techconnect, SARC, STAB, Placement Cell, PG Cult, PG Sports, Department/Hostel
level, Insight, Clubs – E-Cell)
1st
line – Team size, no. of students catered to, main
objective/ work done
2nd
line – Individual contribution, Initiative (individual or in a
team, which stands apart from other team members)
3rd
line – Impact, Achievement (attempt to quantify)

33. Explain the role you played
Can write about Mentoring/ Guidance given to students (
Mention number of students handled)
Preparation of Assignments, Question papers & Tutorials etc.
Extremely Relevant For University/ Research Jobs
Teaching Assistant
(TA)

34. Case-in-
Point
… TA work is also your POR
…mention why, what and how !!!

35. … even a sports POR

36. Extra-
Curriculars

37. Extra-
curricular
• Most will fall under the umbrella of
Sports (GC, PG Sports, Inter IIT, District/State/National level)
Cultural (GC, PG Cult, dance, drama, music, foreign languages (no.of
hours, level of proficiency, grade obtained, academy))
Technical (workshops, competitions, courses online/offline, boot-camps)
Organizational ;PORs with less impact (volunteered for..., coordinated…,)Ϳ
Social activities (Abhyasika, Abhyuday)
Order of mentioning
Awards > Courses/Certificates > Participation > Hobbies

38. Case-in-Point (Extra-
Curricular)
… sub-sections under extracurrics

39. … not an issue if you cannot make sub-
sections

40. Case-in-Point (Extra-
Curricular)
… presentation
matters

41. … presentation matters Part
2

42. Miscellaneou
s

43. Miscellaneous
• Space-Filler
• Try to avoid this section
• Submit 1-page resumes only if you have less content
SOMETHING IS NOT BETTER THAN NOTHING
But if you must do it, then here are a some sample
ideas:
• Courses Taken – Only the ones with Good Grades
• Programming Languages known

44. Case in point
*Note – Avoid mentioning career objective, strengths/weakness explicitly in your
resume. These qualities should be visible through your projects, internship/work-
experience, achievements and extra-curricular activities. A declaration is also
not required in IIT Bombay resume format.*
…can mention if you were not able to portray these through
projects

45. General Notes on formatting
▪ Fonts:
▪ Please do not use pre-historic fonts like Times New Roman
▪ No fancy fonts, no italics, etc
SIMPLE YET CLASSY
▪ Suggestions for good fonts:
▪ Calibri
▪ Cambria
▪ Arial Rounded
▪ Gill Sans
▪ Segoe UI
▪ Tahoma

46. Skill-sets to
show
• Leadership ;Led a team of..., Supervised..)
• Managerial ;Planned and executed..)
• Adaptability/Willingness to Learn
• Team work ;Worked with..., Collaborated with.
..)
• Technical expertise gained
• Software Skills

47. Action Verbs

48. Summary
1. Make an exhaustive list of points first
2. Refine them
3. Beautify them
4. Minimal is AWESOME
5. Keep it simple yet classy
6. Lots of white spaces
7. Avoid Grey shading
8. Get it reviewed by atleast 2 peers and 2 seniors
9. Take a print out of your resuŵe to check it’s overall look
10. Place 3-4 versions side-by-side to compare which looks
best

49. Questions?

50. All the
Best!
Credits
to:
Aum Jain
Manasi Ghadge