SECRETS TO WRITE A COMPELLING RESUME
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Top business schools of the world require a one-page resume. Writing a long resume will lead to rejection, because the admission officers have to look into thousands of resumes. Take a look at the presentation and find the ways of writing an effective resume for your MBA application.
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SECRETS TO WRITE A COMPELLING RESUME
- 1. ABOUT THE B-SCHOOL RESUME
- 2. A Resume is a document which quickly familiarizes the reader with your career’s major highlights and your unique skills and accomplishments. WHAT IS A RESUME ? NOTE Do not include every single bit of information about yourself as a résumé should focus solely on the most significant data points about the individual
- 3. WHAT YOU MUST DO? Ensure the interviewer takes time to read 100% of the information you provide, even if it represents only 50% of the potential content you could glean from your life. Rather than 0% of the information, because you have overloaded your résumé with every possible detail Try putting yourself in the shoes of an admissions officer these individuals have neither the time nor the desire to filter out the relevant information in your résumé. In short keep it simple and include only the most relevant details keeping 3 most important aspects in mind Managing your space Maintaining a consistent format Crafting compelling bullets
- 4. MANAGING YOUR SPACE Your résumé should be only one page long. If you insist on a two-page résumé or longer, your reader may have difficulty scanning it and identifying (and remembering) the important facts. However, this does not mean that you should stuff two pages of content onto one page by shrinking your font and broadening your margins to the edges Think carefully about how to manage your space WHAT You Should Avoid While Writing a Resume? x Do Not Include Your Address x Avoid Listing Basic Computer Skills x Preserve White Space: You should have ample white space on your résumé so that your reader does not feel overwhelmed by information when scanning your map.
- 5. MAINTAINING A CONSISTENT FORMAT Use bolding, bulleting, margins/spacing and font sizes consistently throughout your résumé, It helps your reader navigate the information you have included. Crafting Compelling Bullet Points
- 6. FORMAT OF A BUSINESS SCHOOL RESUME YOUR RESUME INCLUDES • Professional Experience • Education • Personal Other aspects of your life in which you may have significant achievements • Community Work/Leadership Experience • Military Experience • Entrepreneurial Experience (outside of traditional work) We recommend that you limit the number of headings in your résumé to avoid making it too cluttered and causing confusion. Avoid having five headings in your résumé Choose the best and the most relevant headings based on your own judgement
- 7. Top B-schools have to go through 1000’s of resume. It becomes important to summarise your resume in a single page. They hardly have patience to go through two or three pages of resume Most Importantly However, you can’t compromise with the quality or content of your resume. Similarly you can’t sink everything into one page making the resume congested. REMEMBER
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