The document provides guidelines for creating a professional profile, including sections to include like education, achievements, projects, positions of responsibility, and activities. It discusses what information to include in each section and formatting recommendations. Key recommendations include using bullet points, action verbs, filling most of the line, and limiting sections to 2-5 points to maintain conciseness. Formatting tips include using a common font like Times New Roman at size 9 or above and keeping margins at a minimum width.

1. By, Ashwini Dixit

2. Overview
• Goal Setting: Objective
• On-Campus Heads
• Individual Heads
• Dos and Don’ts
• Aesthetics Guidelines

3. Goal Setting: Objective
 Professional Profile Selling
 Presentation
 Showcasing the Best
 Selection

4. On-Campus Heads
 Academic Qualifications/ Education
 Academic Achievements
 Summer Internship
 Key Projects
 B T P/ Thesis
 Positions of Responsibility
 Extra-Curricular Activities/Achievements
 Activities/ Initiatives
 Relevant Courses
 Technical/ Relevant Skills
 Interests or Hobbies

5. Academic Qualifications
 Tabular Format Only
 First column: Passing year; Last column: Performance
 Reverse-Chronological Order
 Additional: Ranks
Year Examination Institute Performance

6. ‘Dos’ and ‘Don'ts’
 Do not write stream of your 10th/12th
 Do not write SPI details
 Do not mention ‘N/A’ as ranks
 Prefer ranks in Achievements
 Prefer using abbreviations: IIT Kanpur; BTech
 Do write your Department
 Do write location of School
 Do write Board
 For CPI: x.y/10.0
Examples

7. Achievements
 Scholastic/Co-curricular/Extra-curricular
 Prioritize the order:
 Importance Wise
 Year Wise
 Too many points: Give Structure
 Choice of Action Verbs

8. ‘Dos’ and ‘Don'ts’
 Do write the ‘Year of Achievement’
 Do write the ‘full forms’ of awards/Univ./Schols. Etc
 Do not mention ‘Award Money’
 Prefer finishing one point in one line
 Prefer filling 2/3rd of the line at least
 Prefer using different action verbs
 Prefer providing comparative stats
 Prefer having 3-5 points; Categorize further if more
Examples

9. Projects
 What is the Project? Title
 Why this Project? One line Unique ‘Objective’
 How is it done? Tasks Performed
Steps Taken
Unique things
Value addition
Future Path

10. Projects
 Steps Taken Planning/ Execution
 Unique things Importance of ‘Yours’
 Value Additions Put Numbers/ Achievements
 Future Path Affinity/ Sincerity
 Choice of Action Verbs

11. ‘Dos’ and ‘Don'ts’
 Do write the ‘Duration’ of the Project
 Do write the ‘full forms’ of Technical Terms
 Do write if the project is sponsored
 Do not write Paragraphs
 Prefer writing 2-3 good projects only
 Prefer finishing one point in one line
 Prefer filling 2/3rd of the line at least
 Prefer having 2-4 points; Categorize further if more
 Prefer mentioning Practical Use
Examples

12. Positions of Responsibility
 Deserve the Post Responsibilities assumed
 Personal Touch How you managed it
Initiatives
Landmarks
 Value Creation Achievements
Statistics
Path setting
 Choice of Action Verbs

13. ‘Dos’ and ‘Don'ts’
 Do mention Post and Group clearly
 Do write the ‘Year’ of the Responsibility
 Do mention if elected
 Do write only ‘authentic’ stats
 Do not write Obvious tasks
 Prefer finishing one point in one line
 Prefer filling 2/3rd of the line at least
 Prefer having 2-4 points; Categorize further if more
 Prefer mentioning last role if within the same group
Examples

14. Activities/ Initiatives
 Objective
 Your Role and Role up-gradation
 Tasks Successfully Performed/ Planned
 Landmarks Conquered: Numbers, Figures, Achievements
 Present Status

15. ‘Dos’ and ‘Don'ts’
 Since the activity shows your Passion, use Action Verbs
 Do mention if worked with Start-ups
 Do write if you Pioneered some activity
 Do not write initiatives not catering to groups
 Prefer finishing one point in one line
 Prefer filling 2/3rd of the line at least
 Prefer having 2-4 points
Examples

16. Summer Internship
 Defined role and Responsibilities
 Major Initiatives/ Important Tasks
 Learning : Tangible and Intangible both
 Achievements of the Project patents/PPO/Rewards
 Current Status of your work

17. General ‘Dos’ and ‘Don'ts’
 Too many Details about Address /Department!
 Technical Skills: Windows(!), Office(!)
 All the courses are relevant courses!
 References/ Declarations/ Profs names!

18. Aesthetics Guidelines
 One Page Vs n-Pages Debate
 Word Limit
 Margins: not less than Narrow
 Font Size (content): not less than 9
 Font Type: Rarely italics

19. Aesthetics Guidelines
 Fonts:
 Times New Roman, Garamond, Verdana, Book Antiqua,
Calibri, Cambria, Arial
 Use Only one Font
 Font Color
 Shades: No Shade,

20. Aesthetics Guidelines
 Main Heading: Name
 Font Size of Name
 Heading Style: TITLE CASE
 Heading Font Size
 Pics/ Logos/ Links : Avoid unless Significant