Resume preparation

1. BEST PRACTICES OF RESUME PREPARATION
BY
GOCRACKIT

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Coverage
1. Recruiters’ focus
2. Content

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Recruiters’ quick assessment
Basic details
Last job details
Education
Spikes
(if you have shown
them)

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2 key things which will always matter to recruiters…
Talent | Potential
Competence for
the job

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Academics
ACADEMIC PROFILE
B. Tech. (CSE) 20XX-XX College Name, City XX.XX %
XIIth | Board 20XX-XX School Name, City XX.XX %
Xth | Board 20XX-XX School Name, City XX.XX %

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Work experience
WORK EXPERIENCE (Duration in Months)
Position Company Name Month ’xx – Month ’xx
Responsibilities
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Achievements
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How to structure points
Left to RightSAR Tangible Aspects

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SAR
Situation
Context
Action
Emphasize on skills
used
Result
Business results

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SAR Examples
• Reduced cost by INR 300 mn through innovative contract packaging in
the purchase of INR 3000 cr key telecom equipments at Ericsson
Legends:
Red – Results | Green – Context | Blue - Actions

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Prioritizing key messages (L to R)
1st way : Prioritizing on cost reduction message
• Reduced cost by INR 300 mn through innovative contract packaging in
the purchase of INR 3000 cr key telecom equipments at Ericsson
2nd way : Prioritizing on telecom industry
• Purchased INR 3000 cr key telecom equipments for Ericsson; saved
cost by INR 300 mn through innovative contract packaging
Legends:
Red – Results | Green – Context | Blue - Actions

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Tangible aspects
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 Maruti’s first-ever Commercial Vehicle

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ACADEMIC AND CO-CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS
ACADEMIC AND CO-CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS
Academic
Achievements
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20xx
20xx
Co-Curricular
Achievements
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20xx
20xx

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Academic projects
• 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 Porter’s model and Value Chain analysis
o Suggested differentiation strategy to compete in the industry

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Co-curricular/ Extra curricular
• Important for roles which require diverse experience/ interests
• Give tangible and/or quantified work/ achievements etc.

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Other points
• Ideally any resume point should not exceed one line
• In case of point being longer than a line, break it in sub-points
• Please check all the hygiene factors such as Facts, Grammar and Typos

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Creating relevant resume points during the course
• 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 company’s 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

17. THANK YOU
ALOK@GOCRACKIT.COM