The document provides tips and guidelines for creating an effective resume, covering topics such as resume structure and formatting, content, and tips for different career fields. It recommends including categories like work experience, education, and personal information. For students, it suggests emphasizing education, listing skills and achievements, and including internships or volunteer work. It also provides sample resume answers for common interview questions.

1. Resume For The Workplace
By Yomi Olatunji and Oluwaseun Odeyemi

2. Agenda
1. Top Resume Tips
2. The Business Resume Guide
3. The Technical Resume Guide
4. Students CV
5. Beating Resume filtering
machines.

3. Top Resume Tips
● What are the best categories to
effectively organize your experience?
○ Work/Professional Experience,
Education, and Personal/Additional
Information are the most standard
options.
● Are there alternatives that better
represent your personal
background?
○ Consider titles such as Technical Skills,
Relevant Coursework, Projects,
Activities, Interests, Leadership,
Research, or a combination (e.g.
“Activities and Interests” or “Relevant
Coursework and Projects”).
● Is it easy to read? White space
is your friend.
○ Font: Times New Roman, Arial, or
similar simple fonts.
○ Size: 11 or 12 point font (definitely
no smaller than 10).
● Is it error-free and consistent?
○ Alignment: The spacing between
experiences and at the end of
bullets should be consistent.
● Does your resume tell a clear story
and showcase your strengths?
○ Reverse Order: Experiences should be
listed in reverse chronological order
(most recent position first).
○ Highlight Growth: List multiple
positions for the same employer as
individual entries to highlight your
progression.
● Do you stand out?
○ Emphasize outcomes: State the
outcomes of your work and quantify
them when possible.
○ Make it personal: Include language
abilities, citizenship.
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4. Emphasize your education
● List your education at the top of
your résumé, right below your
name and contact information.
● You can make it more attractive by
including relevant coursework,
showing how it relate to the position
you are applying for.
Students Résumé
List your skills
● What you think you do better
● Social media contributions can also
work.
Have an “Awards and Honors”
section
● Here, you can include everything
from academic honors to athletic
awards.
● This say much about how self
leading you are.
The good news is that employers understand that everyone begins their career with little or
no prior work experience.
Get creative with your
experience
● This section should include your
unpaid experiences you’ve
accumulated, such as
internships or volunteer work.
● Break it into sections if you have
more than one listing what you
did.
● Max 3
CV Sample: Material:
Old CV1 Old CV2

5. Consulting
● Include your cumulative grade point
average in your “Education”
section.
● Focus on soft skills.
● Include quantitative results of your
achievements.
The Business Resume
Finance
● Include financial keywords
throughout your resume.
● List financial software skills and
knowledge.
● Identify quantifiable results of your
responsibilities and achievements.
Marketing
● Color isn’t completely off-limits:
while the main text should be black,
headings or details can be in color.
Design matters!
● Consider adding links to an online
portfolio, a company blog, and/or
social media profiles if they contain
important and relevant work to the
position you’re applying for.
● Treat your resume like a marketing
campaign.
People can be interested in a variety of fields, business being one of the most popular.
We’ve created a list of standardized guidelines below for four major business industries so that you
can adapt your resume to your specific background.
Sales
● Awards and honors.
● Company reputation stands out
to sales hiring managers.
● Clarify what you sold.
CV Sample: Material:
Old CV1 Old CV2

6. CONTACT INFORMATION
● List professional online accounts
near your address and phone
number
The Technical Resume
PROJECTS
● After the “Professional Experience”
and “Education” add a “Projects”
section.
● Don’t repeat information from any
other section here.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
● Clearly list the software, databases,
programming languages, and other
skills you know.
● Avoid adding modifiers to your skills
like “good” or “expert”.
● Be sure that the skills you list are
relevant to the job.
Building an effective resume requires tailoring to the role, company, and industry. I recommend the
following tips to best showcase your capabilities for technical roles.
CONTENT
● Do quantify what you achieved
using the skills you’ve listed.
● Avoid using highly technical or
specific terms, acronyms, or
slang when describing skills or
work experience.
● The best keywords or key
phrases to include in your
resume vary depending on the
position and company for which
you are applying.
CV Sample: Material:

7. Beating Algorithms
● Research application Keywords and
ensure you have them on your CV.
● Use Keywords frequently and
Moderately.
● Don't get too fancy: Designs can
confuse algorithm and causes
thrashing
Note: For Resume One template does not fit
all.
Things to include on Your Resume

8. Preparing for
Interview

9. Interview Tips
Screening
Interview
Group Interview Committee/Panel
interview
Depth/One-on-One interview

10. Interview Tips
● Communication skill
● Interpersonal skill
● Go-getting skill
● Honesty, integrity and trustworthiness
● Leadership skill
● Courtesy and good mannerism
● Motivation
● Readiness to learn
● Flexibility
● Self awareness and responsiveness
● Problem solving skill
Qualities being examined

11. Interview Tips
● Research about the company
● Physical Appearance
● Enter the room confidently
● Take permission before sitting
● Maintain eye contact
● Listen to corrections and avoid arguments
● Avoid controversial topic
● Practice possible interview questions
Top Interview Tips

12. Sample Interview
Tell me something about yourself
Briefly introduce yourself: What’s your name? How long have
you been working as [profession]?
What do you love about your job?
What are your top 2-3 achievements that are relevant to the
job you’re applying for?

13. Sample Answer 1
My name is Yomi Olatunji, I’m 22 years old and I recently graduated from Ladoke Akintola University of
Technology with a B.Tech. in mathematics. While there, I learned a lot of mathematical theory and
computer systems. I was also part of the student government, and maintained a GPA of 4.4.
I’ve worked hard in my education and now I’m ready to apply my knowledge into practice.
While I don’t have any real-life work experience, I’ve had a lot of exposure to the business environment. A
lot of my courses involved working with real companies to solve real problems.
Now, I’m looking to leverage everything I’ve learned in university and get some hands-on work experience.

14. Sample Answer 2
Good Afternoon! So, my name is Yomi Olatunji and I’ve worked as a Software Engineer for 5+ years in
Union Bank and First bank.
I have some background in data analysis, having studied Mathematics at Ladoke Akintola University of
Technology.
Throughout my career, I’ve done some pretty impressive stuff (if I do say so myself, haha).
For example, at Union bank, I led a project for automating finance report processes to cut down on costs
and reporting time. The new solution was a much better fit for our business, which eventually led to savings
of up to $200,000 annually.

15. Sample Interview
Where do you see yourself in five years?
The motivation behind this question is for the interviewer to
assess whether you are an ambitious person or not and
whether you have realistic expectations for your career

16. Sample Answer 1
As a start, I want to learn if accounting is the right field for me. While I loved what I studied at the university,
I want to see if working in the field feels the same.
If I do end up enjoying it, I’d like to specialize in either internal auditing or forensic accounting, as I really
like to discover and solve problems. From what I’ve seen from your job ads, you guys are hiring for both, so
I hope it’s going to be possible to move up from the position of an “intern” within the next few months!

17. Sample Answer 2
Within the next 5 years, I’d like to reach the position of a Senior Business Consultant. During the time
period, I would like to accomplish the following:
Help 20+ organizations improve their business
Create a personal network of highly specialized professionals
Learn as much as I can about optimizing and improving clients’ businesses, as well as the essentials of
operating a company