Daksh 2020 - Placement Excellence Program outlines GoCrackIt's program to help students prepare their resumes and careers. The program includes foundation sessions on careers and resume writing, resume reviews with mentors, career conversation workshops, and interview preparation sessions. It highlights GoCrackIt's focus on providing structured guidance and support through career development tools and interactions with industry experts to help students choose and prepare for their careers.

1. Daksh 2020 - Placement Excellence Program
Best practices of resume preparation
An IIMB NSRCEL & Goldman Sachs Supported Firm

2. Agenda
ü Who are we
ü Program component & detail
ü Timelines
ü Resume best practices

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 – 9 case studies
Suhruta Kulkarni
• EPGP (2013), IIMB | B.E., BIT Durg
• PwC (Consulting), NTPC
• Harvard Published Case Author – 1 case study
Alok Shrivastava

5. GoCrackIt overview

6. Our customers

7. Our mentors

8. Our program

9. Our program
Resume
reviews
Workshop
Career
Conversations
• Career
attributes
• Leveraging
MBA
• Prep tips
• Group session
• Case
interviews
• Prod Manag.
• Fin. Modeling
• Master resume
reviews
• Variant
resume
reviews
Foundation
sessions
• Careers
• Resumes
• Interviews
Individual
career conv.
• Self
assessment
• Career
development
planning
• Individual
discussion

10. Foundation session
Career strategyInterview preparationResume
• Recruiters’ expectation
• Relevant resume points
• Best practices
• Framing sentences
• Types of resume (Master +
Variant)
• Examples & case studies
• Recruiters’ expectation
• Different Types of
Interviews and Typical
Questions
• Structures & frameworks
• Self awareness
• JD specific interview
preparation
• Communication skills
• Examples, case studies and
common mistakes
• Career framework
• Self assessment & career
development planning
tools
• Leveraging your profile
• Career landscapes
• Career journeys
• How to align your interest
and your profile
• Framework and case
studies
• How to prepare & practice

11. Career conversations
Preparation tipsLeveraging MBACareer attributes
• Role/function/industry
expectations
• Key competencies, skills and
knowledge requirements
• Career growth path
• Challenges faced
• Key success factors
• Choosing electives & projects
• Books to read
• Projects to be done
• Other resources
• Networking with right people/
alumni
• Specific interview related tips
• Things to know
• Type of interview/ questions
• Expectations from recruiters

12. Workshops
Financial Modeling
PM – Case Interviews
MC- Case Interviews

13. Master resume reviews
Draft Resume
• GoCrackIt will
circulate
standard
resume
templates with
some examples
• Students to
prepare the
first good
quality draft
Mentor
allocation
• Mentors will
be allocated
based on
students’
profiles
Review
discussion
• Student &
mentor will
have a detailed
discussion on
resume
• Mentor will
also suggest
suitable
improvements
Changes by
student
• Student to
make relevant
changes in the
resume within
5 days
Mentor final
comments
• Mentor
reviews &
provide
written
comments on
the final
resume

14. Variant resume reviews
Draft Resume
• Students to
tweak the
resume for
his/ her target
role
Mentor
choice/
recomm.
• Student to
choose
mentors from
GoCrackIt
portal or take
GoCrackIt help
for mentor
recommendati
ons
Review
discussion
• Student &
mentor will
have a detailed
discussion on
resume online
• Mentor will
also suggest
suitable
improvements
Changes by
student
• Student to
make relevant
changes in the
resume within
5 days
Mentor final
comments
• Mentor
reviews &
provide
written
comments on
the final
resume

15. Individual career conversation
Individual career conversation will enable students to cover following:
ü Explore career landscape and opportunities
ü Get an insider perspective, growth and exit prospects
ü Understand latest trends in industry
ü Understand key skills required, interview formats & preparation tips
ü Help reflect using Self Assessment Form
ü Get focused actions items for your target career through Career Development Plan

16. Resume best practices - Agenda
ü Recruiters’ focus
ü Resume structure
ü Content
ü Relevant resumes
ü Case studies
ü Implementation plan

17. What do recruiters look in resume?

18. Recruiters’ focus - How
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan

19. Recruiters’ focus - How
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan

20. Recruiters’ focus - How
Headings
Sub sections
Left side
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan

21. Recruiters’ focus - What
Basic details
Last job details
Previous job details
Education
Spikes
(if you have shown
them)
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan

22. 2 key things which matters to recruiters…
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Talent | Potential
Competence for
the job

23. Resume not getting shortlisted – frequent reasons

24. Resume not getting shortlisted – frequent reasons
• “Absence of fitment (IT/ Non IT, work experience range etc.)”
• “Resume is all over the place”
(hence missing out on highlighting what is required in JD)
• “Resume is very generic and hence is not able to stand out from its competitors”
• “Resume was difficult to read”
( hence could not get what they were looking for or anything of interest)
• “The resume was very technical”
(meaning the resume could not show the transferable skill which candidate might
have)
• “Some of the claims were unbelievable”

25. Resume not getting shortlisted – frequent reasons
Missing
Focus
Fitment
Missing
“Why Me”
Missing
Business
Language

26. Resume structure
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
FunctionalChronological

27. Chronological
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan

28. Chronological
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan

29. Functional
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan

30. Functional
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan

31. Resume structure – When to use what
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Functional
• Roles which is
significantly
different from
previous
experience
• Your latest roles
are not relevant
Chronological
• Roles in-line with
your career
progression

32. How to structure points
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Left to RightSAR Tangible Aspects

33. SAR
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Action
Emphasize on skills
used
Situation
Context
Result
Business results

34. SAR Example
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
• Reduced cost by INR 300 mn through innovative contract packaging in
the purchase of INR 3000 cr key telecom equipments at Ericsson
• Developed 30 new vendors for critical parts required for the production
of Maruti’s first-ever Commercial Vehicle
• Led a cross functional team of 10 for formulating and
implementing vendor evaluation policy
• Improved new vendors’ existing processes and standards
Legends:
Red – Results | Green – Context | Blue - Actions

35. SAR Example
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
• Developed 10+ top management dashboards 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 – Results | Green – Context | Blue - Actions

36. Prioritizing key messages (L to R)
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
1st way : Prioritizing on cost reduction message
• 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
• Purchased INR 10000 cr key telecom equipments for Ericsson; saved
cost by INR 300 cr through innovative contract packaging
Legends:
Red – Results | Green – Context | Blue - Actions

37. Tangible aspect
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
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
• Led a cross functional team of 10 for formulating and implementing
vendor evaluation policy
• Improved new vendors’ existing processes and standards

38. Career Summary
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
• The idea of summary is to give sufficient and impactful information
particularly to those recruiters who may not spend much time on
resume
• One study says the average time spent by a recruiter on a resume is 6
seconds!
• Should not be more than 3 to 4 points
• Should highlight the relevant key-words / skills required for the given
job

39. Career Summary - Example
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
• XX years of experience in Production, Operations and Supply Chain
Management in Capital Goods industry
• Expertise in performance improvement & turnaround projects, client/
supplier relationship, sourcing and cost optimization
• 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

40. Academic projects
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
• 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

41. Extra curricular
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
• 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

42. One page?
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan

43. Other points
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
• One pager ( Thumb rule : Upto 10 yrs ~ 1 page)
• Ideally any resume point should not exceed one line
• In case of point being longer than a line, break it in sub-points
• Avoid first person/ full stops
• Please check all the hygiene factors such as Facts, Grammar and Typos

44. Resume alignment with required job description
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan

45. Alignment with required JD
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
• 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

46. Alignment with required qualifications
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
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

47. Align honestly with JD
https://www.pinterest.com/alexputman1/recruiting-cartoons/

48. Type of role and hence resume – Overview (indicative)
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
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.

49. Type of role and hence resume – Overview (indicative)
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
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

50. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) - Consulting
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies 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

51. Consulting resume
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Career Summary
• XX+ years of experience in Operational Excellence and Asset
Optimization at xxxx capacity plant
• Demonstrated the consistent track record of professional excellence
o Received “Star of Business” out of 1000 employees at xxxxx Group
based on <<Consultant name >> assessment
o Rated as the Excellent performer for consecutive three years 2014-17
• Received ‘Gold Medal’ for Academic excellence in xxxxx institute
• Showcasing relevance: “Operational Excellence”, “ Asset optimization”
• Clear spikes : professional and academic excellence

52. Impact Example
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
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

53. Example – bring client profile
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
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

54. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) – GM/ Leadership
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Career Resume
GM/
Leadership
• Leading a team
• Initiatives/ clubs/ extra curricular activities
• All round personality is preferred

55. Showcasing GM/ Leadership experience
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
• Projects
• Team size
• Vendors, Geographies
• “Potential Revenues”, “Cost Savings”
• 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 - “Samantran” – a business conclave; hosted 20+ industry leaders and
managed a footfall of 1000+ participants

56. Example – 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
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan

57. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) – Technology Consulting
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
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

58. 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
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan

59. Example – 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
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan

60. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) – Sales/ BD
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Career Resume
Sales/ BD • Show impact in terms of revenue earned/target met etc.
• Clients handled/ Accounts managed etc.

61. Example – 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
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan

62. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) – Operations/ SCM
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Career Resume
Operations
/ SCM
• Operations Management
• Operation Design
• Operation improvement
• Project/ program management
• Leading a team

63. Example
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Operation Design
• Designed and launched new deliver capability across 5 metros for ensuring
“Same Day Delivery” 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

64. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) – Product Management
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Career Resume
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

65. Good expansion of work experience for product management
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
• Developed a patented $10 mn product for Enterprise Cloud solution
o Collaborated with 10+ customers across 5 countries for requirement
gathering
o Led a team of 10 including engineers and product managers to manage
the product development project
• Showcasing results upfront : “Developed a patented $10 mn product”
• Showcasing all the skills in the sub bullet : Collaboration with customers,
leading a team, requirement gathering & project management

66. Product Management resume
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Product Management
• Developed a monetization strategy for “xxxx” product
• 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
• Led 5+ team developing a SaaS product for analyzing customer drop
rates
• Showcasing relevance: “monetization strategy”, Customer segmentation,
app integration, SaaS product, customer experience etc.
• Team management skills

67. Example
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Trying to showcase product angle
Original
Led the design of integration framework of
WMS with 6 other value chain modules in
P2P/O2C cycle – 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

68. Example
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
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.

69. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) - Strategy
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Career Resume
Strategy • Industry knowledge
• Skills of prior consulting/ report analysis/ any policy making
work etc.

70. Example
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Strategy
• Devised “Long Term Fuel Import Policy” along with external consultant PwC
to ensure fuel security for 15000 MW power plants
• Devised business case for “IoT Centre of Excellence” 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.

71. Type of role and hence resume (indicative) - Analytics
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Career Resume
Analytics • If you have worked in any analytics project, ETL project, BI
project, data visualization project etc., showcase that

72. Example
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
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.

73. Some more Example - Sales
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Quantify
how much
Business in
a year/ period
Competitor benchmarking
Competitor intelligence
How many
corporate
clients in a
year/ period
Account
Management

74. Some more Example - Technology
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Maintenance
point is technical,
recruiter may not
understand
& more importantly
What you want to
showcase from
this point
How it helped?
Improving
efficiency/ UX/
Effectiveness/
catering to
more research
done?

75. Some more Example - Automotive
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
What was you contribution in the project?
What was the size of project?
Did you lead a team as well?
Showcase client management skills.
BS IV/VI transition is good context to show
How many vendors?
Why it was required?
What skills you showed?
What was the challenged that
you did overcome?

76. Some more Example - Manufacturing
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
1. Showcase business aspect such as
• Sales & Operation planning
• Coordination with sales/ ops teams
• If you design any planning process showcase that
2. Showcase technology aspect such as
• SAP
• MRP
• Production orders etc.

77. Some more Example - Finance
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
1. Show size of team leading
2. How much credit portfolio handled
3. What kind of customer segments you
were primarily managing, if applicable
1. This is very good point and can be
leveraged for product angle, policy
angle, strategy angle. Detail them with
some specific instances.

78. Some more Example – Operations (Steel/ Utility etc.)
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
1. Show size of team leading
2. Show maintenance planning angle
3. Show crisis management skills
4. Show use of PLC / DCS etc.
5. If you have managed projects in
shutdown/ overhauling etc. leverage as
project management skills

79. Creating relevant resume points during the course
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
• 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

80. How many resume?
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
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

81. How many resume?
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Master Resume
1. Create an excel
2. List down all your work
3. Structure the work in “SAR” 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

82. Steps for resume(s) building
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Variant Resume
• Understand the requirement of target industry/ company / role
• Finalize the buckets
• Highlight the relevance in career summary and functional/ role wise
buckets
• Leverage the Master Resume points with focus on prioritizing the
relevant experience

83. Conclusion
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan
Resume
structure
Recruiters’
focus
Content
structure
Aligning to JD Plan
• Quick
assessment
• What matters
to them
• Chronological
• Functional
• SAR
• L to R
• Tangible |
Quantifiable
• Qualification
• Activity &
success measure
based JD
analysis and
resume
alignment
• Honest
alignment
• Excel based
worksheet
• Quality Master
resume
• Review and
finalization
• Variant resume
(s)
• JD based
alignment

85. 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
Recruiter
focus Structure Content Relevance
Case
studies Plan

86. 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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87. 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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88. 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 modeling
• Convincing top management for investment
• Industry / domain knowledge
• Customers handled
• Process improvement/ automation
• Territory/ geography/ product handled
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89. 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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90. 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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91. Career conversations indicative topics
• Management Consulting
• Product Management
• Sales/Business Development/
Marketing
• Finance
• Operations/ SCM
• Project/program Management
• Analytics
• Strategy
• E-commerce