This document provides guidance on writing a resume for a career talk event. It includes templates and examples for including personal details, a career objective, personal advancement experiences, academic achievements, co-curricular activities, and referrals. The personal details section should include name, addresses, contact information, and date of birth formatted in a borderless table. The career objective should summarize plans for further education and career goals in 3-4 lines. The personal advancement section can include interviews conducted, work experience, research projects, and charity work formatted in a table. Academic and co-curricular achievements should each be presented in their own borderless tables. Referrals are optional and an example is provided. The overall document aims to help participants effectively

1. Career Talk
24 & 25 August 2013
MRSM Taiping, Perak
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2. • AGENDA
 ANSARA: Introduction
 MPE
 How to write your Resume: A guideline
 Career & Motivation Talk by Azdi Abas, Owner
of Octagon Petroleum Sdn Bhd
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3. • ANSARA
 Persatuan Bekas Pelajar MRSM Malaysia
(ANSARA). Founded in 1993.
 Lead by YBhg Dato' Mukhriz Tun Mahathir. They
are known as ANSARA Pusat
 ANSARA Cawangan Taiping (ACT) is under
ANSARA Pusat. We are called chapters.
 14 chapters under ANSARA.
 Open to all ex-MRSM members.
 To register, visit http://www.ansara.org.my
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4. • ANSARA CAWANGAN TAIPING
 New Committee: 17 August 2013
 President: Ihsan Husainy Hasbullah (1995)
 Vice President: Afendi Deniel (1987)
 Secretary: Siti Khadijah Tamrin (1989)
 Treasurer: Roslan A’alaf (1987)
 Committee Members
 Suraya Ali (1995)
 Aizal (1987)
 Syahir (2003)
 Nazlee (1986)
 Auditors
 Wan Norhishamuddin (1988)
 Jofa Helmi (1987)
 Like us on FB: ansaratepeng
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5. • MPE
 MPE stands for Muslim Professional Entrepreneur
 Seek knowledge as a Muslim (compulsory through
talks, reading books, video, formal & informal
learning)
 Seek knowledge as Professional (accountant, IT,
design, art, engineering, PR, architect, consulting,
etc.)
 Seek knowledge entrepreneur (through
observation, formal & informal learning, reading)
 Become a Muslim like the teaching of Muhammad
s.a.w. Professional like Al-Khawarizmi, Ibnu Sina,
Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan. Entreprenuer like our
prophet Muhammad s.a.w, Abdul Rahman Auf,
Abu Bakar As-Siddiq
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6. • HOW TO WRITE YOUR RESUME:
A GUIDELINE
 Personal Details
 Career Objective
 Personal Advancement
 Academic Achievements
 Co-curiculum Activities And Sports
 Others
 Referrals
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7. • PERSONAL DETAILS
 For basic personal details
 Name
 Permanent Address
 Correspondent Address (If different from
Permanent Address only)
 Contact Number (Mobile and House phone)
 NRIC #
 D.O.B (age)
 Gender
 Nationality
 Email Address
 The information should be short & simple
 Font size: can use smaller font. Min 10
 Use easy to read font e.g. Times New Roman, Arial, or
Tahoma.
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8. • PERSONAL DETAIL - Example
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• No need to put Name: Ihsan Husainy
• Write your name in capital letters and <bold>.
• Font size; 14-18
• Use table for your personal
details and make your table
borderless
• Maximize usage of table by
filling up left and right table
cells.
• Create an email with your name. E.g.
Ihsan Hasbullah as ihsan.hasbullah @
gmail.com
• Keep your funky email e.g. comel @
yahoo.com or hensem @ gmail.com for
your personal use.

9. • CAREER OBJECTIVE
 Summarized your plan for next few years and
what you would like to become
 What your plan to obtain your certificates
(diploma, degree, Masters, PhD, professional
certificates) ; and
 Plan after obtaining your certificates.
 The career objectives must parallel with your
application. i.e. if you apply for scholarship to
study accountancy but your objective is to
become an accountant, not something else
 The information should be short and simple.
Max 3 -4 lines
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10. • CAREER OBJECTIVE - Example
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11. • PERSONAL ADVANCEMENT
 Your Secret Weapon
 Get relevant articles for your research. Discuss
with friends, family members, teachers, and if
possible someone who is working in the
industry.
 Conduct Interview with people who work in
the industry.
 Work (part time job)
 Charities
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12. • PERSONAL ADVANCEMENT
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• INTERVIEW
someone
working
similar to
your
ambition
• Do site
visits
• Form a group
(3pax)
• Read 2-3 articles
related to career
• Study, analyze
and do research on
the articles
• Put the article
title & source
(URL, book title,
author)
• Use your long
holiday to work
• Acknowledge
what you learn
and experience
during
performing your
work
• Do charity
work
• Put in table
(borderless)
to keep it neat
& tidy

13. • ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
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• Put in table
(borderless) to
keep it neat & tidy
• Put the current
achievement first.

14. • CO-CURRICULUM & SPORTS
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• Put in table
(borderless) to
keep it neat & tidy
• Description
• Activities / event
participation /
competition
• Achievement /
position (if any)

15. • OTHERS
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• Reading should be
your second
nature. Writing
inspirational books
shows you like to
read self
improvement
books
• It’s also will
improve your
command of
English language
• Optional, if you want just put a
few examples.
•Be prepared to answer if you put
Manga like Naruto, Bleach, et all
• Optional, but
highly
recommended.
• It’s shows you are
spending your time
wisely.

16. • REFERRALS - Example
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• Optional. Write it if it is a requirement.
• Omit this if you could not fit this in 2-pages
resume

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19. THANK YOU
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