The document provides an overview of best practices for resume preparation from an expert organization. It discusses recruiters' focus on structure, content, relevance and case studies. It recommends using a chronological or functional resume structure depending on experience. Points should follow the SAR (Situation-Action-Result) format and prioritize key messages from left to right. The career summary, academic projects, extracurricular activities and one-page length are also addressed. The presentation emphasizes aligning the resume with the required job description to increase relevance.
3. Who are we
A tech enabled platform which
recommends & connects
students to industry mentors
for choosing & preparing for
their careers through a
structured process
4. About cofounders
⢠PGP (2008), IIMA | B.E., VJTI, Mumbai
⢠IIMB, EY (Investment Banking), PwC, NTPC, LKP
⢠Harvard Published Case Author â 9 case studies
Suhruta Kulkarni
⢠EPGP (2013), IIMB | B.E., BIT Durg
⢠PwC (Consulting), NTPC
⢠Harvard Published Case Author â 1 case study
Alok Shrivastava
12. Recruitersâ focus - How
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13. Recruitersâ focus - How
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14. Recruitersâ focus - How
Headings
Sub sections
Left side
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15. Recruitersâ focus - What
Basic details
Last job details
Previous job details
Education
Spikes
(if you have shown
them)
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16. 2 key things which matters to recruitersâŚ
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Talent | Potential
Competence for
the job
17. Resume not getting shortlisted â frequent reasons
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18. Resume not getting shortlisted â frequent reasons
⢠âAbsence of fitment (IT/ Non IT, work experience range etc.)â
⢠âResume is all over the placeâ
(hence missing out on highlighting what is required in JD)
⢠âResume is very generic and hence is not able to stand out from its competitorsâ
⢠âResume was difficult to readâ
(hence could not get what they were looking for or anything of interest)
⢠âThe resume was very technicalâ
(meaning the resume could not show the transferable skill which candidate might
have)
⢠âSome of the claims were unbelievableâ
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19. Resume not getting shortlisted â frequent reasons
Missing
Focus
Fitment
Missing
âWhy Meâ
Missing
Business
Language
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25. Resume structure â When to use what
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Functional
⢠Roles which is
significantly
different from
previous
experience
⢠Your latest roles
are not relevant
Chronological
⢠Roles in-line with
your career
progression
26. How to write points?
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â˘Reduced cost by INR 300 mn through innovative contract packaging in
the purchase of INR 3000 cr key telecom equipments at Ericsson
â˘Developed 30 new vendors for critical parts required for the production
of Marutiâs first-ever Commercial Vehicle
⢠Led a cross functional team of 10 for formulating and
implementing vendor evaluation policy
⢠Improved new vendorsâ existing processes and standards
Legends:
Red â ? | Green â ?| Blue - ?
28. SAR Example
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â˘Reduced cost by INR 300 mn through innovative contract packaging in
the purchase of INR 3000 cr key telecom equipments at Ericsson
â˘Developed 30 new vendors for critical parts required for the production
of Marutiâs first-ever Commercial Vehicle
⢠Led a cross functional team of 10 for formulating and
implementing vendor evaluation policy
⢠Improved new vendorsâ existing processes and standards
Legends:
Red â Results | Green â Context | Blue - Actions
29. SAR Example
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â˘Achieved 10+ top management dashboards within a target of 50% of
time & effort required for critical mortgage loan business unit for a
large UK based Banking major
⢠Led a team of 5 for designing, developing and rolling out reports
⢠Coordinated extensively with 3+ business unit heads at onsite for
requirement gathering, expectation management and solutioning
Legends:
Red â Results | Green â Context | Blue - Actions
30. SAR Example
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Case
studies
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â˘Achieved 10+ top management dashboards within a target of 50% of
time & effort required for critical mortgage loan business unit for a
large UK based Banking major
⢠Led a team of 5 for designing, developing and rolling out reports
⢠Coordinated extensively with 3+ business unit heads at onsite for
requirement gathering, expectation management and solutioning
Legends:
Red â Results | Green â Context | Blue â Actions | Orange â Complexity
31. How to write points?
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1st way
â˘Reduced cost by INR 300 cr through innovative contract packaging in
the purchase of INR 10,000 cr key telecom equipments at Ericsson
2nd way
â˘Purchased INR 10000 cr key telecom equipments for Ericsson; saved
cost by INR 300 cr through innovative contract packaging
Legends:
Red â Results | Green â Context | Blue - Actions
32. Prioritizing key messages (L to R)
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1st way : Prioritizing on cost reduction message
â˘Reduced cost by INR 300 cr through innovative contract packaging in
the purchase of INR 10,000 cr key telecom equipments at Ericsson
2nd way : Prioritizing on telecom industry
â˘Purchased INR 10000 cr key telecom equipments for Ericsson; saved
cost by INR 300 cr through innovative contract packaging
Legends:
Red â Results | Green â Context | Blue - Actions
33. How to write points?
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1st way
⢠Responsible for developing and managing vendors for product development
activities for Maruti
2nd way
⢠Developed 30 new vendors for critical parts required for the production of
Marutiâs first-ever Commercial Vehicle
⢠Led a cross functional team of 10 for formulating and implementing
vendor evaluation policy
⢠Improved new vendorsâ existing processes and standards
34. Tangible aspect
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1st way : Generic message not impactful
⢠Responsible for developing and managing vendors for product development
activities for Maruti
2nd way : Point with more tangible aspects of work
⢠Developed 30 new vendors for critical parts required for the production of
Marutiâs first-ever Commercial Vehicle
⢠Led a cross functional team of 10 for formulating and implementing
vendor evaluation policy
⢠Improved new vendorsâ existing processes and standards
35. How to structure points
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Left to Right
SAR Tangible Aspects
36. Career Summary
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â˘The idea of summary is to give sufficient and impactful information
particularly to those recruiters who may not spend much time on
resume
â˘One study says the average time spent by a recruiter on a resume is 6
seconds!
â˘Should not be more than 3 to 4 points
â˘Should highlight the relevant key-words / skills required for the given
job
37. Career Summary - Example
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⢠XX years of experience in Production, Operations and Supply Chain
Management in Capital Goods industry
â˘Expertise in performance improvement & turnaround projects,
client/supplier relationship, sourcing and cost optimization
â˘Consistent professional achievements including fast tracked
promotions, academic achiever (4th Rank-Insti. Name); recipient of xxx
scholarships
Functions | Industry
Number of years of experience
Skills
Personal | Professional
|Academic accomplishments
38. Academic projects
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⢠Leverage this space to showcase your relevant projects incl. live projects
⢠Projects signal your interest in particular subject/ area and your action towards
them
Example
⢠Live project :Forecasting in-patient food consumption at Apollo Hospital;
o Analyzed 1000+ patient and food data points to design a forecasting model
⢠Strategy - Competitive strategy of UltraTech Cements
o Applied Porterâs model and Value Chain analysis
o Suggested differentiation strategy to compete in the industry
39. Extra curricular
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⢠Important for roles which require diverse experience/ interests
⢠Bucket your Extra curricular
⢠Give tangible and/or quantified work/ achievements etc.
Example
Club activities
⢠Elected member (representing 100 students) of Seminar club at IIM
⢠Conducted 10+ industry expert visits and knowledge sharing sessions
NGO
⢠Initiated community welfare program ; educated 300+ labor families
41. Other points
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â˘One pager ( Thumb rule : Upto 10 yrs ~ 1 page)
â˘Ideally any resume point should not exceed one line
â˘In case of point being longer than a line, break it in sub-points
â˘Avoid first person/ full stops
â˘Please check all the hygiene factors such as Facts, Grammar and Typos
42. Resume alignment with required job description
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43. Alignment with required JD
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⢠Strong and consistent academic credentials combined with distinctive professional
achievements
⢠At least two years of professional experience in strategy consulting or a company related
industry
⢠Extensive experience in working with international teams
⢠Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills
⢠Distinctive entrepreneurial and global mind-set
⢠Strong interpersonal skills and team orientation
⢠Convincing communication skills
44. Alignment with required qualifications
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Career summary
⢠7.5 years of experience in Power industry advising top management on various
strategic initiatives and Project management for xxxx projects in the company
⢠Consistently rated as Star performer at the company
⢠Awarded by <<Big personality>> for securing xx rank in the university and one of the
top academic performers in << MBA School>>
⢠Something related to working with international vendors
45. Align honestly with JD
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46. Type of role and hence resume â Overview (indicative)
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Career Resume
Consulting ⢠Show spikes
⢠Show impact
⢠Show industry/ functional words to show relevant industry/ function/
tools knowledge/ skills
⢠Client management skills, if you have
⢠If possible show experience in emerging technology as well
GM/
Leadership
⢠Leading a team
⢠Initiatives/ clubs/ extra curricular activities
⢠All round personality is preferred
Technology
Consulting
⢠Show experience in any technology/ tool/ function/ industry
⢠If possible show experience in emerging technology as well
⢠Client management skills, if you have
Sales/ BD ⢠Show impact in terms of revenue earned/target met etc.
⢠Clients handled/ Accounts managed etc.
47. Type of role and hence resume â Overview (indicative)
Recruiter
focus
Structure Content Relevance
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studies
Plan
Career Resume
Operations/
SCM
⢠Operations Management
⢠Operation Design
⢠Operation improvement
⢠Project/ program management
⢠Leading a team
Strategy ⢠Industry knowledge
⢠Skills of prior consulting/ report analysis/ any policy making work etc.
Product
Management
⢠Showcase product development experience even if it is creating a new module in some
ERP
⢠Showcase your involvement in any of the phase of PM including conceptualization,
validation, development, support, product roadmap, monetization, customer
engagement, analytics etc
⢠Design (UI/UX) experience
Analytics ⢠If you have worked in any analytics project, ETL project, BI project, data visualization
project etc., showcase that
48. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) - Consulting
Recruiter
focus
Structure Content Relevance
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Plan
Career Resume
Consulting ⢠Show spikes
⢠Show impact
⢠Show problem solving skills
⢠Show industry/ functional words to show relevant
industry/ function/ tools knowledge/ skills
⢠Client management skills, if you have
49. Consulting resume
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Career Summary
â˘XX+ years of experience in Operational Excellence and Asset
Optimization at xxxx capacity plant
â˘Demonstrated the consistent track record of professional excellence
o Received âStar of Businessâ out of 1000 employees at xxxxx Group
based on <<Consultant name >> assessment
o Rated as the Excellent performer for consecutive three years 2014-17
â˘Received âGold Medalâ for Academic excellence in xxxxx institute
â˘Showcasing relevance: âOperational Excellenceâ, â Asset optimizationâ
â˘Clear spikes : professional and academic excellence
50. Impact Example
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focus
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studies
Plan
Bringing impact in a crisp & front-loaded manner
Original
Introduced and executed dealer tie up
which doubled the car-loan business
from INR 150 Cr in March 2019 to
INR 260 Cr in December 2019
Recommended
Increased auto-loan business by INR
110 Cr (2X growth in 6 months) by
introducing & executing 100+ dealer tie
up
51. Example â bring client profile
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Specify client name/ profile useful for consulting roles
Original
Handled xyz solutions for the client
Recommended
Handled xyz solutions for a large (or a
US $ xyz bn) US based steel client
52. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) â GM/ Leadership
Recruiter
focus
Structure Content Relevance
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studies
Plan
Career Resume
GM/
Leadership
⢠Leading a team
⢠Initiatives/ clubs/ extra curricular activities
⢠All round personality is preferred
53. Showcasing GM/ Leadership experience
Recruiter
focus
Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies
Plan
⢠Projects
⢠Team size
⢠Vendors, Geographies
⢠âPotential Revenuesâ, âCost Savingsâ
⢠Emergencies
⢠Competitions
Examples
⢠Led a 30+ team as unit-in-charge for the operation of a xxxx unit, generating INR xxxx mn in
revenue per day
⢠Managed 20+ vendors as category manager to streamline supplies of critical raw material
worth INR 100 mn for 15+ plants across India
⢠Lead Organizer - âSamantranâ â a business conclave; hosted 20+ industry leaders and
managed a footfall of 1000+ participants
54. Example â I managed a large project, good, so what?
Tell why you were successful in completing project in-time/budget etc.
Original
Managed a INR xyz cr construction project
and completed the project 2 months ahead
schedule
Recommended
Managed an INR xyz cr construction
project; completed the project 2 months
ahead of schedule by innovative work
sequencing/ or by bringing novel
engineering techniques / or by
bringing more specialized vendors/
materials
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55. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) â Technology Consulting
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Career Resume
Technology
Consulting
⢠Show experience in any technology/ tool/ function/ industry
⢠If possible show experience in emerging technology as well
⢠Client management skills, if you have
⢠Bring business impact please
56. Example
Part of any ERP/ Technology/ Digital solution implementation
⢠Functional expert for manufacturing domain in implementation of xyz
ERP across organization
⢠Core team member in implementation of warehouse bar coding system
implementation project
⢠Automated end to end warehouse spare receipt process reducing manual effort
by 90%
⢠Coordinated with xyz consultants for design , testing and delivery
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57. Example â Use industry jargons (not throw industry jargons!!)
Bringing more industry term will help (use only if you understand)
Original
Lead cross functional, multicultural teams
of 15 developers, in end to end
implementation of new e-commerce
website and backend integration
Recommended
Managed entire SDLC of new e-
commerce website development &
backend (system/ platform) integration
for a USD XX bn US based Retail client
⢠Led a team of 15+ cross
functional and multi national
developers
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58. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) â Sales/ BD
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Career Resume
Sales/ BD ⢠Show impact in terms of revenue earned/target met etc.
⢠Clients handled/ Accounts managed etc.
59. Example â Show numbers
Show impact in numbers (sales, sales increase etc.) in BD roles
Original
Managed multiple RFPs
Recommended
Won (or Helped won) USD 1+ mn deals
by providing inputs to 10+ RFPs in
collaboration with pre-sales and sales teams
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60. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) â Operations/ SCM
Recruiter
focus
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Career Resume
Operations
/ SCM
⢠Operations Management
⢠Operation Design
⢠Operation improvement
⢠Project/ program management
⢠Leading a team
61. Example
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Operation Design
⢠Designed and launched new deliver capability across 5 metros for ensuring
âSame Day Deliveryâ for key household items
Operation Management
⢠Led a 30+ team as unit-in-charge for the operation of a xxxx unit, generating
INR xxxx mn in revenue per day
Operation Improvement
⢠Reduced transport cost by 10% through supply chain network optimization
62. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) â Product Management
Recruiter
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Career Resume
Product
Managemen
t
⢠Showcase product development experience even if it is creating
a new module in some ERP
⢠Showcase your involvement in any of the phase of PM
including conceptualization, validation, development, support,
product roadmap, monetization, customer engagement,
analytics etc
63. Good expansion of work experience for product management
Recruiter
focus
Structure Content Relevance
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studies
Plan
â˘Developed a patented $10 mn product for Enterprise Cloud solution
oCollaborated with 10+ customers across 5 countries for requirement
gathering
oLed a team of 10 including engineers and product managers to manage
the product development project
â˘Showcasing results upfront : âDeveloped a patented $10 mn productâ
â˘Showcasing all the skills in the sub bullet : Collaboration with customers,
leading a team, requirement gathering & project management
64. Product Management resume
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Product Management
â˘Developed a monetization strategy for âxxxxâ product
â˘Segmented ~ 10000+ customers by their transaction analysis
⢠Designed payment wallet app integration feature for the product
⢠Resulted in improved customer experience by lean product interface
Team Management
â˘Led 5+ team developing a SaaS product for analyzing customer drop
rates
â˘Showcasing relevance: âmonetization strategyâ, Customer segmentation,
app integration, SaaS product, customer experience etc.
â˘Team management skills
65. Example
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Trying to showcase product angle
Original
Led the design of integration framework of
WMS with 6 other value chain modules in
P2P/O2C cycle â In collaboration with senior
domain experts to design flow and inventory
reconciliation
Recommended
Designed integration architecture (or
framework) for WMS with 6 P2P/O2C cycle
products (or systems) in collaboration
with senior product (or domain) experts
66. Example
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Non Technology Product
⢠Showcase your collaboration with sales/ marketing/ customer support team/
customers
⢠If you are using any tool (simulation, CAD/ CAM/ modeling etc. show that)
⢠Showcasing leading team/ P&L/ Category etc. is very helpful
⢠Showcase emerging technology IoT, sensors etc.
67. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) - Strategy
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Career Resume
Strategy ⢠Industry knowledge
⢠Skills of prior consulting/ report analysis/ any policy making
work etc.
68. Example
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Strategy
⢠Devised âLong Term Fuel Import Policyâ along with external consultant PwC
to ensure fuel security for 15000 MW power plants
⢠Devised business case for âIoT Centre of Excellenceâ and convinced top
management for an investment of USD 1 mn
⢠Different type of business cases: Cloud adoption, AI-Ml use cases & adoption,
Pilots etc.
⢠Any Entry Strategy, BD project, set up of a capability etc.
69. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) - Analytics
Recruiter
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Career Resume
Analytics ⢠If you have worked in any analytics project, ETL project, BI
project, data visualization project etc., showcase that
70. Example
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Analytics
⢠Led a team of 6 & created 2 supply chain applications for XYZ cloud-based
platform
o Created a Network optimization tool for designing optimal supply chain
o Created an Intelligence tool to take supply chain decisions based on the
dynamic real-world conditions
o Provided inputs to the sales team for selling applications on a subscription
model to 2 Supply Chain clients
⢠Used Python, GCP, Tableau etc.
71. Creating relevant resume points during the course
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⢠Live projects
⢠Competitions : Microsoft, Diamond, Amazon Customer Excellence challenge
⢠Tools : Financial Modeling, R, Tableau
Live Projects Examples
⢠Live consulting project :Forecasting in-patient food at Apollo Hospital;
o Analyzed patient & food data to design a forecasting model
⢠Live IoT Analytics project : Data analysis for Air Compressors to model predictive maintenance for the
company
⢠Customer Pick up Model at xxxx : Evaluating companyâs proposed Customer Pick up model for reducing
logistic cost and improving customer experience
Competition Examples
⢠Runner-up (2nd out of 8000 ) in Amazon Customer Excellence (ACE) challenge; devised marketing strategy for
Amazon Prime
72. How many resume?
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Variant resume
for each target
industry/ function/
role & later on for
each JD
Master resume
Highlighting your
strengths / a base/
repository for your
future resumes
73. How many resume?
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Master Resume
1. Create an excel
2. List down all your work
3. Structure the work in âSARâ framework
4. Finalize the functional buckets
5. Use the resume template
6. Create a good quality resume
7. Get it reviewed
8. Re work and go to step 6
74. Steps for resume(s) building
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Variant Resume
â˘Understand the requirement of target industry/ company / role
â˘Finalize the buckets
â˘Highlight the relevance in career summary and functional/ role wise
buckets
â˘Leverage the Master Resume points with focus on prioritizing the
relevant experience
77. Some tips
Incoming
profile
Points to be brought out, if possible
Project
Management
⢠Size of Team and Project
⢠Client handled, Profile of client
⢠Impact in terms of Cost, schedule, risk, stakeholders, use of innovative methodology
⢠Top management reporting
⢠Change Management
⢠Technology worked (preferable emerging such as RPA, ETL, Visualization, Cloud etc.)
⢠Change Management
⢠Showcase Agile project management if you have done
Engineering /
PD/ R&D
⢠Collaboration with marketing/sales/CS/customers
⢠Uniqueness of product designed/ developed
⢠Model/ tools used
⢠Suppliers/Vendors developed/managed
⢠Stakeholder managed, client supported etc.
⢠Process improved/ automated
O&M ⢠Size of team led
⢠Planning process/ system used
⢠Procurement/ management of spares/vendors
⢠Project management- overhauling/ renovation & modernization
⢠Process improvement incl. automation/system implementation
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78. Some tips
Incoming profile Points to be brought out, if possible
Service delivery /
Application
maintenance &
Support
⢠Size / number / profile of client managed
⢠Team size managed
⢠Designing SLAs
⢠Any extraordinary SLA achievement
⢠Use of automation/ different tools
⢠Bringing more business through delivery excellence
Procurement ⢠Vendor development/ vendor management/ negotiations
⢠Size of purchase
⢠Participation in which part of purchase cycle
⢠Spend analytics, vendor performance framework, purchase
policy
⢠Reduction in purchase cost
⢠Comfort with creating cost estimates, BoQs
⢠Use of system / tools
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79. Some tips
Incoming profile Points to be brought out, if possible
Production ⢠Production planning
⢠Team management
⢠Digitization/Automation efforts
⢠Coordination with planning/ sales teams
⢠Process improvement
Construction ⢠Project planning
⢠Reporting
⢠Vendor/ team management
⢠Size of project
⢠Others similar to project management
Consulting ⢠Client handled/ profile/ name of client
⢠Impact created
⢠Tools/ methodology used
⢠Thought leadership demonstrated
⢠Industry/ domain/ technology expertise
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80. Some tips
Incoming profile Points to be brought out, if possible
Research ⢠Domain/ area/ topics / industries/ products covered
⢠Thought leadership publication
⢠Client managed/ handled
⢠How it created impact to your practice/ client etc.
⢠Tool/ database/ methodology used/ developed
⢠How did you add insights and its impact
Solution Architect / Pre
Sales
⢠Impact of your solution in winning clients/ improving business parameters
⢠How did you handle client
⢠How did you improve reusability of solution
⢠Collaboration with other experts/ teams
Finance ⢠Showcase finance skills, RoI/ IRR/ NPV analysis
⢠Excel/Quant modeling
⢠Convincing top management for investment
⢠Industry / domain knowledge
⢠Customers handled
⢠Process improvement/ automation
⢠Territory/ geography/ product handled
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81. Some tips
Incoming profile Points to be brought out, if possible
Development ⢠Profile of clients
⢠Function/ Industry domain worked (SCM, BFSI, Retail etc)
⢠Technology worked (preferable emerging such as RPA, ETL,
Visualization, Cloud etc.)
⢠Team leading experience, if any
⢠Development of any module/ end to end functionality etc.
⢠Use of Dev-Ops
QA ⢠Show your understanding of business scenarios
⢠Understanding of automation tools
⢠Migration from manual to automation
ETL/ Analytics ⢠Impact created
⢠Size / number / profile of client managed
⢠Understanding of tool, data, analytics models, visualization etc.
⢠Top management dashboard
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82. Some tips
Incoming profile Points to be brought out, if possible
BD/ Sales ⢠Sales achieved
⢠Account managed
⢠Repeat orders
⢠Growth
⢠Market share growth
⢠Client handling
⢠Objection handling
Defense/ Merchant
Navy
⢠Team leading
⢠Crisis management
⢠Planning
⢠Use of technology if any
⢠Logistics
⢠Project management
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Bring Tangibles / Results
Break it up two sections Development of strategy and Implementation of plan.
What is the tangible result
Can use keywords related to strategy/fin.
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Make it more specific
Quantify how much âfootprintâ (what is footprint : is it rev, profit, capacity, market share etc?) is
improved by intro of new business model
If business model is interesting/ innovative, bring one more point about that
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Use business terms
Instead of saying leaf spring try to bring more summarized term, maybe: Automotive product/component
(or whatever is appropriate).
Talk about product/ product line which you worked with target customer segments
Focus on part where you understand customer âbusinessâ requirement & then deliver an âOptimizedâ
design
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Quantify your responsibilities
Bring extent of business you were managing in terms of $/INR, #of geos/ stores/ designers etc.
etc.
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Elaborate points to leverage them
⢠Can bring keywords on how you improved process efficiencies
⢠M&R(Maintenance & Repair?) (use full form)
⢠Leading a âGlobalâ team of 14 is very important, write in such a way that it is visible to recruiter, right
now it can be missed
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Donât just bring activities, also bring impact & scope of responsibilities
⢠Bring project size
⢠Bring what were your achievement in this project?
⢠How many vendors managed
⢠Use Project Management KPIs
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Leverage this point, Bring more tangibles
⢠If it was done for more than 1 year, then highlight that
⢠Bring what was your sales target/ profitability target that you met
⢠Did you increase market share? Bring that?
⢠Did you grow sales/ any other KPI during your tenure? Bring that.
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Replace technical words with something easily appreciable, make point more tangible
⢠What is suite of ref. applications
⢠What is efficient delivery & mtc.? (did you have any KPI to measure this?)
⢠Can bring product angle, talk about your collaboration with Product Owners/ Product Mangers for
managing this âproductâ for these kind of âcustomersâ etc. etc. (something like this)
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Bring impact on availability/ efficiency/ cost etc.
⢠Quantify results
⢠Bring the aspect of predictive mtc/ Sensors/ IoT, if any
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Make it crisp
⢠Can you use terms such as : You automated (or something similar to your context)
⢠Created a âsensitivity analysisâ or âScenario analysisâ tool (find correct key word to your context)
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Bring tangibles
⢠How much revenue target you managed, grew
⢠Did you improve KPIs, what were they. If yes, how did you improve etc.
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Bring specifics & quantify results
⢠What type of technology/ business solutions?
⢠How many deals won/ what value
⢠What was your contribution etc.
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Can be leveraged better
⢠Was it technology innovation (IoT, Sensors, DCS etc.?), if yes bring that
⢠Showcase how did you shortlist the given technology (Business and technical analysis)
⢠Showcase the process where you convince the decision takers to âInvestâ in the POCs (business case)
⢠Showcase Planning aspect as a separate item
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Highlight outcomes
⢠Did you achieve 40x return, if yes, start with that
⢠What was the yearly sales, reach, growth etc. achieved (bring relevant matrices)
⢠Showcase the part that you developed the product from scratch, used which technology (whatever is
relevant) as a different independent point
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Bring business flavor
⢠What is flux minimization(what could be simpler word for this âreduction of wasteâ, âRaw material
impurityâ, â inherent process inefficienciesâ (whatever is relevant)
⢠How above helped in iron making vc (improved eff., improved yield, reduced cost ?)
⢠Same for Phosphorus management: How managing this ( a catalyst/ impurity/ whatever it is) helped
in improving KPIs of iron making vc
⢠Also quantify above results
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Too many messages in one sentence, break it down
⢠How many clients, revenue delivered
⢠Quantify high quality audits
⢠Make it more tangible: What did you do in practice development
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Use business terms
⢠Design and execution of 10+ projects for 10+ clients with budget bn 20$ (something like this)
⢠Worked on 10+ emerging technologies in oil exploration (something like this)
⢠Showcase your client management and how did you solve their âbusinessâ problems not just technical
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Bring business impact
⢠How much investment you enabled in new tech
⢠How these products helped you to gain KPIs of business (Revenue, client, profit etc.)
⢠Bring the process of how did you identify the business need and how did you conceptualized to deliver
the product(s)
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Donât just limit to your activities bring results as well
⢠What is CPT
⢠Bring more context why these campaigns were done
⢠What was the result of these campaigns with respect to marketing objective (show result in terms of
KPIs improvement)
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Talk about your role
⢠What have you done to make this happen
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Make it more specific
⢠How many products (numbers/ variety)
⢠How much cost is reduced y-o-y
⢠What are the key projects did you do to reduce cost (use key words, if you have done nego. Bring that
etc.)
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Bring business context and impact of this project
⢠Give specific of the project
⢠How it improved the model (quantitatively) and how that resulted in improved business KPI (maybe
reduced risk etc.)
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Bring business context and impact of this project
⢠For which client?
⢠How it helped client in terms of automation, user experience, reduced risk etc.
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Context is missing
What was business outcome
Bring KPIs such as Production/Sales achieved per year, growth etc.
Size of the Team managed
Size of Vendors/ budget managed
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Make it concise, use key words
For 1st point, you can use term such as Market Intelligence
For 2nd point, what is the increased sales due to new customers
Also how did you do it, bring in crisp manner
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Bring clarity of your role and your business impact
1st point, bring clarity for your role, what were your KPIs which you were responsible for, clearer scope
of operations etc.
For 2nd point, bring the result of GTM in terms of KPIs (for e.g. sales achieved, sales growth etc.
(whatever is relevant))
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Context missing, leverage this point to bring your skills
⢠Which business line (segment)/ clientsâ project (whatever is relevant)
⢠Bring how did you do that
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Quantify results, leverage this point
⢠How much market share & profitability is improved
⢠How did you do that, what is that strategy, bring crisply
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Bring your role and more specific details with outcome
⢠Which AI technology
⢠How did it help
⢠What parameter it improved or potential to improve
⢠Did you work with tech vendors/ consultants for this, bring that
⢠What was your role in entire process
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Quantify business results
⢠Budget managed
⢠Production targets
⢠Potential sales
⢠Talk about sales, production planning process
⢠Process improved/ Transformation done
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Bring specific projects & their details
Bring specific project(s)
Bring their business result
Bring work done in end to end project cycle (like project evaluation, business case, project
implementation, support, change management)