This document provides guidance on writing an effective resume. It explains that a resume should summarize one's educational qualifications and highlight relevant skills and experience to get an interview. A resume serves several purposes as a marketing tool, first impression for employers, and means for employers to shortlist candidates. The document outlines the key components of a resume, including an opening with contact information, career objective, education history, work experience, and tips for different resume formats like chronological, functional, and online resumes.

1. Resume writing
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2. Resume
•Resume is summary of your
educational qualification details.
• It highlights your skills and
experience relevant to the field.
• Its purpose is to get you an Interview
call.
• A resume should reflect more than
just work experience

3. Purposes of a Resume
• A resume is primary document for your job
search.
it is a marketing tool. With your resume you will
be able to market yourself.
Your resume must be very impressive in
presentation. It is first contact with potential
employer.
If you are invited for an interview, you get an
opportunity to explain what is in your resume.
From an employer’s point of view, it helps short
list the candidates who are eligible for post.

4. How to prepare a resume
Follow these steps when writing
Resume
Opening
Education
Experience
Activities, honors and special
skills

5. Opening
•includes a heading, your job
or career objective, interests
and the summary of your
qualifications. It enables the
employer easy to contact
you

6. Heading
• A resume heading include information for
contacting you. Your name, permanent
address, telephone No. and e-mail address
are essential. If you have no permanent
address, you can use permanent address
of your father or brother. You may include
your fax no. or web address to show a
webpage profile

7. example
•Ali Ahmed
•aliahmed@cox.net
•2791 District Court
•Lahore, Pakistan
•Telephone (042) 51788
•Fax (042) 51 786

8. Career Objective
• Good employers always like career
objectives. These objective show your
interest. These objectives can be specific
or general. Specific objectives are for
targeted position while general objectives
are for just several work experience. Keep
objective clear, brief and direct

9. 2)Education
• It is necessary to present your strongest
qualifications while writing resume. If you have
no experience or a fresh graduate, your
education and related activities are your
strongest qualifications. If you have experience,
your experience section should follow the
opening.
• Titles may be Education, Education
Qualifications, Education background
Professional Education, Education data etc.

10. • For the chronological resume, the most
recent education comes first. In the
education section, list the name, location,
date of attendances.
• The Punjab University,
• Bachelor of Arts, June 2017
• Business Administration Major
• GPA: 3.68 (4.0= A)

11. Experience
• Employers rate work experience in a
resume. Your work experience should be
highlighted. Describe what you gain from
your experience? What are your
achievements? What is your contribution
in previous job? Use appropriate action
verbs while writing experience. Use
present tense., describe post, year. Title
and employer’s location.

12. Types of resume
•Chronological resumes
• Functional resumes
• Online Resumes

13. Chronological resumes
• Job Objective
• Education
• Professional Experience
• Interest

14. Functional resumes
• . Should include personal details like
name address
• Profile giving summary of your
talents and experience.
• Experience listing your position
• Education details

15. Online Resumes
• You can submit your resume on any online
job portal website which will manage your
resume and make it visible to employers. •
You can update your resume online
anytime and anywhere. • Add your
"resume page address" into your e-mail's
signature. • Attach files such as
Certificates, Word documents, PDF, and
databases. • Add up to 5 different photos.
• Very easy-to-use and it is Free.

16. Resume writing tips
•List your technical knowledge
first
•List your qualifications
•Quantify your experience
• Highlighting all of your
strengths.