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Resume Best Practices
- 1. Best practices of resume preparation An IIMB NSRCEL & Goldman Sachs Supported Firm
- 2. Resume best practices - Agenda ü Recruiters’ focus ü Resume structure ü Content ü Relevant resumes ü Case studies
- 3. What do recruiters look in resume?
- 4. Recruiters’ focus - How Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 5. Recruiters’ focus - How Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 6. Recruiters’ focus - How Headings Sub sections Left side Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 7. Recruiters’ focus - What Basic details Last job details, if any Education Spikes (if you have shown them) Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 8. 2 key things which matters to recruiters… Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan Talent | Potential Competence for the job
- 9. Resume not getting shortlisted – frequent reasons
- 10. Resume not getting shortlisted – frequent reasons • “Absence of fitment (IT/ Non IT, work experience range, skills 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”
- 11. Resume not getting shortlisted – frequent reasons Missing Focus Fitment Missing “Why Me” Missing Business Language
- 12. Resumes for freshers and students with work ex Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan Freshers • Leverage your internships/ projects (live/ academic) • Club/ PORs activities • Competitions • Innovativeness/ creativity/ frameworks used >> Show uniqueness of your work Work-Ex • Above + work-ex
- 13. Resume structure Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan FunctionalChronological
- 14. Chronological Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 15. Chronological Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 16. Functional Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 17. Functional Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 18. How to structure points Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan Left to RightSAR Tangible Aspects
- 19. SAR Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan Action Emphasize on skills used Situation Context Result Business results
- 20. 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
- 21. 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
- 22. 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
- 23. 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
- 24. Some examples : For work experience Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 25. Some examples : For work experience Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 26. Some examples : For work experience Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 27. 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
- 28. Some examples : For work experience Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 29. Some examples : For work experience Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 30. Some examples : For work experience Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 31. Some examples : For work experience Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 32. Extra curricular/ PORs Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan • Important for roles which require diverse experience/ interests/ freshers • 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
- 33. Academic projects Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 34. Extra curricular/ PORs Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 35. One page? Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan
- 36. Other points Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan • One pager • 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
- 37. Certificates Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan • Shows your interest towards the subject • Showing relevant application using that certification knowledge is much more better than just a certificate • Do certificate only if you are interested in that topic/ career and want to learn in depth of that specific topic • In general, do not spend too much time/ money
- 38. What will differentiate you Recruiter focus Structure Content Relevance Case studies Plan • Impacts you created • Projects you have done • Skills/ tools you have applied in business situation • Spikes you have in your resume