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1. Effective Resume Writing
Gateway to the Professional World

2. Resume
Writing
Educational
Qualification
& Professional
Training
Career
objective/
Summary
Internship/
Projects
Personal
Information
Achievements/
Awards
Technical
Skills

3. Importance of Resume?
 Resume is the summary of your professional, personal and academic experience. It should not more than 2 pages
long) of your education, skills, or experience.
 It evaluate yourself against the job openings.
 First point of interaction between employer & you.
 Recruiter spends only 15-20 seconds to evaluate your resume .

4. Pre-requisites of a Resume
1. Header
 Header should include your personal details like Name, Email ID, Address, Social ID.
 Your email id should be professional like your abedin.challa@gmail.com OR abedin.challawala@gmail.com
Make sure your contact number is appropriate and working.
2. Summary / Career objective
 A profile summary is like a headline to the rest of the resume. It is not only for experienced individuals but also
for fresher's. It lets the readers know what to expect from the resume.

5. Prerequisites of a Resume Conti..
3. Skill set/ Technical Skills
Technical skills refer to the knowledge and expertise needed to accomplish complex actions, tasks and processes. List out the skills
which is relevant to the job you are looking and what employer is seeking.
4. Educational Qualifications/ Professional Training
List out your qualification details with recent one, include details like GPA/percentage achieved, Highest rank or special
achievements/awards.
5. Projects / Internships
Make sure your Projects / Internship is relevant to the position you are applying

6. Prerequisites of a Resume cont.
6. Curricular activities and achievements
List out the activities in which you have participated or includes such kind of roles which you played which is not relevant to your
professional career.
7. Personal details/Hobbies/Strengths
The purpose of hobbies is to convey to the recruiter or interviewer who you are as a person
Highlight hobbies which helped you grown as a person. Don't mentioned any casual interests (napping, watching reality Shows,
gossiping etc.)

8. Avoid Mistakes
 Do not use colorful / glossy paper & flashy fonts.
 Do not use photo, until asked for.
 Don not use ‘I’, ‘Me’, ‘He’, ‘She’ etc.
 Avoid spelling mistakes.
 Do not use abbreviations that are difficult to understand.
 Save your resume as a PDF and you can also keep it in Google drive where you can
easily access it and share it

9. Job Searching TAG Lines
- Actively looking for new opportunity in Civil Engineering, Structure engineer,
Architect, Interior Designing.
- Seeking new opportunities in (Job Title)
- Fresh college graduate Seeking entry level opportunity in (Job title)

10. Interview Questions And Answers Asked Frequently
1. Tell me something about yourself in
brief?
- Your answer has to be short, crisp and to
the point.
- You could start with your educational
background.
- Next, where you’ve been brought up,
some bit about your parents
- But you should be quickly transitioning
to your strengths as pertaining to making
you a valuable future employee

11. One question which regularly crops up in the
interview script is “What are your strengths and
weaknesses?”
You can answer like my greatest strength is “My
ability to multi-task”
You can give explanation like
During the college years,
- I was heavily involved in college events and
activities.
- I played on the Football Team,
- Was in the organizing committee of the cultural
festival and the Economics Department Events
Committee.
- With all this activities, I managed to keep an 8.5
GPA all through my final year
My Weakness:
My inability to say no can put a lot of stress on my
time and my ability. However, I am learning to be
more vocal about my capacity and prioritize tasks.”
2. What Are Your Strengths And Weaknesses?

12. 3. Why should we hire you? or Why should I hire you?
Most fresher's/ Experience candidates might treat
this as a challenging question.
Some of the Answers you can give to the
Interviewer:
#1. Sir/Ma’am, I have all the necessary
qualifications and skills. I can do the work that the
profile requires me to do.
#2. I have the right amount of exposure into this
industry, as I have completed my internship with
XYZ company only recently.
Sell yourself, Sell your Skill set, Your Internship
exposure.

13. 4. Are you willing to relocate or travel?
Fresher's, do not say ‘YES’ at once.
This will only show your desperation to be a part of
the company. Answer carefully like below:
“I would definitely consider it. If the opportunity
given to me is appropriate, rewarding and
feasible, I don’t think I will have any issues with
the relocation or traveling involved.”
You need to understand the purpose of this
question. Answer correctly, as explained above.

14. 5. How long do you think you will work for us?
I am fresher and nothing can be better for me
than starting my professional career in a
reputed company like yours.
If everything goes well, I will be looking
forward to a long stint here, as long as the
company needs me.
You need to understand the purpose of this question. Answer correctly,
as explained Below.

15. The common do’s and don’ts of interview body language
In order to make the whole concept clear to you, we thought of giving you a tabular comparison of
some of the major common do’s and don’ts of interview body language.
The do’s of interview body language The don’ts of interview body language
1. Enter confidently 1. Come up as over confident
2. A firm handshake & Greet “Good morning”
with a Smile.
2. A loose handshake
3. Ask for a permission before sitting on the chair
in the interview and Sit straight
3. Slouch/bend too much- Shows Laziness
4. Maintain eye contact 4. Stare blankly
5. Groom yourself , wear Business formals when
going for Interview
5. Toying with objects
6. Pay attention to your hands 6. Fidgeting or drumming your fingers on the
table
7. Keep your phone on silent mode, Remember to
carry a pen in your pocket.
7. Additional things you should never do:
- Chewing a gum
- Checking the clock on your phone
- Taking a call
- Trying to be over friendly/personal or going in
for a hug.

16. “Keywords” to be mention in the Resume
Your “resume keywords” should
include your skills, competencies,
relevant credentials, and previous
positions and employers.
Essentially, ”Keywords” should be
words that, at a glance, will show the
hiring manager that you are a good fit
for the job.

17. “Keywords” to be mention in the Resume
Below are the Keywords which can be mentioned in the resume.
- Billing
- AutoCAD
- Civil Engineering
- Building Construction
- RCC
- Site execution
- Estimation
- BBS Bar Bending Schedule
- Quantity Surveying
- Billing Engineering

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19. Conclusion- Take Away points.
- Understanding Company and Job you are applying
- Writing your Resume to the point and Groom yourself appropriately
- Be Confident
- Add Keywords in your resume

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