This Presentation is written by Mr.Sudhir Agarwal. He has great experience.ANd has lot of point that you have to consider when you start to write resume. Read it in briefly and make your resume according to it. That will be very helpful for you. All the points cover in this Resume building presentation.

1. Sudhir Agarwal
B.Tech CSE IIT BHU 2001
MBA IIM Lucknow 2004
agarwal.sudhir@gmail.com

2.  An effort to specify the Do’s and Don'ts in
resume
 Highlight the best practices for writing
resume
 Based on some resumes received from
students in the past
 Students should use their discretion when
making decision / updating resume

3.  Make sure that all the points mentioned are
correct and there is no misrepresentation.
 Go through your resume thoroughly before
the interview and make sure that you have
proof/points to describe each and every
statement in your resume

4.  The impression about the student is formed
when the person goes through the first page.
Make sure all important, relevant, information
is specified on 1st page
 Don’t waste space writing general
information like 3rd year student, hobbies etc.
on page 1. These can wait for 2nd page

5.  Before finally saving your resume, do a Spell
check
 A survey conducted with HR Managers
showed that Managers gets turned off by
Resume with spelling mistakes. Most of the
HR managers reject the resume if it has 3 or
more words misspelled.

6.  Be consistent with terms you use in resume.
 Common Mistakes
◦ 3rd Year Student at some places and 4th year at
some other place
◦ IT(BHU) at some place and IIT(BHU) Varanasi at
some places

7.  It has been noticed that students use multiple
fonts in the resume which makes the resume
un attractive. Try to use the same font in the
resume

8.  Make sure that you have the same font size
for similar contents.
 The headers can be bold or have bigger font
size.

9.  If you are specifying details like Courses
Undertaken, Technical skills etc., try to write
it in the form of Bullets instead of a
paragraph.
 Bullets are more readable than paragraph

10.  Try to write as much details you can about
the project. It has been seen that students
just write one-two lines about the project.
 The Project details should include what you
did, what was the functionality of the tool
developed, differentiating factor, salient
features of the tool etc..

11.  Personal details like home address, parents
name, passport number, marital status
should not be provided until asked

12.  Abbreviations should be avoided in the
resume.
 There may be some term that are specific to
you, your institute (CGPA, CSE), your friend
circle that interviewer may not be knowing.
Describe the terms wherever applicable.

13.  Real estate (space) is a very important factor
in the resume. Try to use as wisely as you
can.
 Replace the header from “Curriculum Vitae” to
your name.
 The details like your address, Phone number
Mail ID should be in max 2 lines (E Mail and
Phone Number on same line etc.)

14.  In most of the resumes, the objective is
standard and does not add much value.
 If you want to add objective, try to make it
very specific to yourself and the company you
are applying to.
 This is person specific and students should
use their judgment.

15.  There is no standards on how long the
resume should be.
 It is preferred to have a small and concise
resume that clearly highlight all the
information about you and your achievement

16.  Avoid providing your rank if it is more than
say 2000. Psychologically, it is a big number
and have more negative impact than positive
impact. Replace it with “Top 1%” or Top 5%”
etc..
 This is person specific and students should
use their judgment.

17.  It has been seen that the terms have been
interchangeably used in resume
 Make sure that they are used as applicable
 Try to explain at the bottom what does that
mean if it is specific to institute

18.  Try to use Bullets for common attributes of
projects like Guide, Duration, Name and
technology.
 Students write that in sentence form. Avoid
that.

19.  It has been seen that the same information
(like 3rd year student at IIT (BHU) etc.) has
been provided at multiple places. Avoid
providing same information again and again

20.  It may be good idea to have summary at the
start of the resume. This will be applicable to
students whose resume runs 3-4 pages and
who has lots of achievements
 This may not be applicable to all resume.
 This is person specific and students should
use their judgment.

21.  Be very careful about mentioning the
concepts, languages, and tools in which you
claim to be proficient
 Carefully verify the proper typography of
terms used; it shows attention to detail
◦ (Html is wrong, HTML is correct, LINUX is wrong,
Linux is correct, Latex is wrong, LaTeX is correct).

22.  If you have participated in any competition or
in organizing any event, specify that in the
resume
 If you have won some competitions, make
sure that is specified at the top
 If you have significant achievements in an
activity (won dance/ singing competition at
State/Inter University level), avoid writing
“Participated at a local level. That reduces the
value of bigger achievement.

23.  It is a good practice to have Hobbies specified
in the resume
 Make sure that you know a lot about
something that you have written as hobby.
Don’t write it just for the sake of writing.

24.  Avoid sentences like “Cleared 1st round of
Regional Mathematics Olympiad Orissa 2009”
etc. if you are not specifying how many
rounds were there.

25.  Make a group in your batch/class and make
sure that you get your resume reviewed by
your friends, seniors, mentors.

26.  Save the soft copy of the document in 100%
instead of 125% or 200%
 Even better is to save it as PDF and send that
along
 If you are mailing the document, make sure
you have printed and looked at it after
printing.