This document provides guidance on writing an effective resume to help the reader get an interview. It advises that the resume should have an assertion section at the beginning that highlights how the applicant's qualifications directly match the job description. This section should grab the reviewer's attention within 10-20 seconds. It also recommends including an evidence section that outlines relevant work experiences and accomplishments. The resume should be visually pleasing and easy to read at a glance in order to make a strong first impression on the reviewer.

1. Write the Resume That
Opens the Door

2. Objective
Get the Interview !

3. First, What a Resume Isn’t
► Itshould not be a history of your
employment
► Itis not a personal statement or form of self
expression

4. What It Is
► Tool to help you get the interview
► Get the HM’s interest quickly – this is your
main goal
► Whet the HM’s appetite to want to know
more about you
► Show the HM you have what it takes to do
this job
► Brag about yourself !

5. Only One Chance to Make a First
Impression
► Managers/recruiters often spend less than 10 - 20 seconds
on a resume
► Look for reasons to discount candidates if they have a lot
to see
► Corporate recruiters at popular companies often receive so
many resumes they have strict criteria to eliminate
candidates quickly
► What the HM/recruiter sees in the first few seconds will
either grab his attention or put him to sleep

6. ► Manyresumes are feeble – not enough time
and energy spent on format and/or content
► Often read like an income tax statement
► Some are so hideous they don’t even get
read

7. Your Resume Should Be
► Pleasing to the eye; well formatted
 Spacing
 Bolding
 Italics
 Underlining
 Font sizes
 Tabs
 Bullets/Numbering

8. ► Easy to read – no large blocks of text
► Not scrunched up in order to keep to one
page
► Don’t write “margin to margin”
► Don’t use ugly fonts
► NO grammar or spelling mistakes
► Always include your phone number and
email

9. Avoid “frames, boxes, tables”
► They often reduce the usable space on the
page
► Recruiters often need to reformat your
resume to add their logo or take off
personal information
► Often messes up the margins and causes
recruiters headaches
► Many have been tossed for this type of
issue

10. Think From the Manager’s Point of
View
► Can’t
waste time interviewing every
candidate – only those that impress
► Manager
is nervous / scared about hiring
someone that
 Can’t do the job – product is late
 Will embarrass himself to his management

11. Your Resume is a Marketing
Brochure!
► Engineers tend to not think in terms of
marketing themselves
► But .... you must change your thinking if
you want to get more interviews
► To achieve this, you need to be the “best
advertised product”

12. ► You’ll have your chance to show that you
are the “best product” during your interview
► Remember, even if you are the perfect fit
you won’t get the job unless you get the
interview first
► If you feel you can’t “productize” yourself,
then you need to find somebody that can

13. ► Ask yourself:
 What would make someone the perfect
candidate?
 What does the employer really want?
 What special abilities would this person have?
 What would set a truly exceptional candidate
apart from a merely good one?

14. How do I Make My Resume
Irresistible to the Manager?

15. The Two Parts of an Effective
Resume
►Assertion Section
►Evidence Section

16. Assertion Setion
The assertion section is where you advertise
your fit for the position.
(Remember, you don’t want them informed;
you want them interested and excited)
The evidence section is what you have done
in your career.
(This is the only part in many people’s
resumes)

17. Assertion Section
► Your resume should be targeted to a
specific job description.
► This is the only way you’ll be able to
effectively grab a HMs interest.
► If you’re interested in two different
positions, have two assertion sections in two
separate resumes, tweaked to target each
position.

18. Every line the manager sees in the first half of
the first page of your resume should be
related to the target job description.

19. Assertion Section Details
►Objective
►Summary
►Areas of Accomplishment and
Experience

20. Objective Section
► You start by naming your intended job. This
may be in the Objective section, or may be
folded into the second section, the
Summary.

21. Objective - example
Objective: A software sales position in an
organization seeking an extraordinary
record of generating new accounts,
exceeding sales targets and enthusiastic
customer relations

22. example
Objective: A position acting as a liaison
between customers and product groups at a
company where strong people skills,
superior communication abilities and a love
of problem solving is highly valued.

23. Objective – Common Mistake
People often make the mistake of saying
something such as,
"a position where I can hone my skills as an
ASIC Design Engineer”
or something similar. The employer is
interested in hiring you for what you can do
for them, not for fulfilling your private goals
and agenda.

24. More Common Mistakes
► Obvious: A position at a growing company
where I can make a cantribution and grow
in my career (.... Duhhh)
► Fluff:.. allowing the ability to enhance
potential and utilize experience in new
challenges.“ (has no significant meaning; is
on many resumes and is usually ignored)

25. Areas of Accomplishments and
Experience

26. AREAS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT AND EXPERIENCE
• Communication
o Exhibited exceptional communication skills with polish and tact resolving issues between
internal departments
o Executed crisp, clear communications with critical vendors
o Facilitated communication between company and internal services
• Customer Contact
o Showed empathy toward customers, assumed responsibility and resolvied time critical
issues
o Successfully soothed unhappy customers with compassion and tact
o Recommended products to customers based on requirements
o Researched and recommended infrastructure services for customers
• Training
o Trained all Customer Service Personnel at two locations for Fortune 500 company
o Brought all Application Engineers up to speed as main trainer on Oracle system for EDA
(Electronic Design Automation) company
o Accomplished high level of proficiency with “XXX” as an avid fan
o Realized strong interest in steering product quality & customer interaction - created
education plan

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