This document provides tips for what to include and what not to include in a resume. It recommends including specific objectives, education, internship details, contact information, projects with durations and tools used, hard and soft skills, achievements, certifications, publications, and volunteer work. It also recommends customizing the resume for each job and keeping it to 1-2 pages. The document advises against overly focusing on design, including generic objectives, photos, too many fonts, lies, irrelevant information, common skills or hobbies, and references without being asked. It also recommends against sending the resume as a Word document.

1. DO’S IN RESUME
This Is For Your Reference Only Not For Copying
Do Creative Resume
Do Include
Specific Objectives
Do include
your education
Do Limit Your Resume
Text to 2 Fonts.
Use Professional
Font.
Include Most Important
Items like Internship
Do always
include contact
information
Use professional
Address

2. Include your mini
Project along with
duration.
Include most
important information
about project work
Don’t forget to
mention specific
tools related to your
project.
Do Mentioned Hard Skills
according to your area of
interest Like C, C++, HTML,
.NET etc.,
Do focus On Your
Achievements
Do Use Appropriate
Alignment and Use
Numbers, Not Text.
Don’t Forget to Include
Your Volunteer Work.

3. Use Bullets or
points
Do Include Your
Certifications
Do Include your paper
publications
Do Include
Soft Skills
Do Include
Random Hobbies
Customize your
resume to match a
specific job
description
Do use concise and
direct English.
Don’t Forget to
Differentiate
Yourself
Do keep it to 1or2
pages and don’t
forget to Spell Check.
Keep It Updated

4. DONT’S IN RESUME
Don’t Spend All
Your Time on
the Design
Don’t include
generic objective
statements
Don’t place
the photo
Don’t Use More
Than 2 Fonts
Don’t use the capital
letters in unwanted
places. use in
relevant places
Don’t Lie About
Education Gaps.
Don’t use
templates/Images
and tables or other
just to be trendy
Don’t forget to
include the
duration of your
Internship
Don’t use text.
Use bullets or
numbers
Don’t add your
home phone
number or a second
cell phone no.
Don’t mention
unprofessional mail id
check it twice before
going to place.

5. Don’t forget to
include duration and
specific tools under
your project work.
Don’t Forget to
Include Your Mini
Project details.
Don’t Highlight
Irrelevant Information
Don’t list your
personal
accomplishment
s
Don’t include
common skills.
Include both hard
skills as well as
Soft skills.Don’t use
obvious skills
Don’t Add hobbies that
are unrelated to the Job
and don’t include the
common hobbies.
Don’t use
references until
the employer
ask to submit?
Don’t Use
Unfamiliar Terms
Don’t send it as a
Word Document Send
it as a Pdf
Don’t overuse
the wrong words
Don’t mention
anything controversial
towards the company
Don’t put all your eggs
into one basket. Apply
multiple positions that
match your career
interest