This presentation explains how one can go about writing a resume and a covering letter to be sent along with the resume. The presentation also explains how mindqjobs.com can be used to make a great resume.

1. Structuring the Resume
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2. Resume and Covering Mail
Resume - A brief account of a persons
• Personal Information
• Qualifications
• Professional or work experience
which is submitted for employment.
Covering Mail - An accompanying email sent as an
explanation, introduction, or record.
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3. Resume Vs Curriculum Vitae
• A resume is a one or two page summary of your skills,
experience and education. While a resume is brief and
concise - no more than a page or two
• A curriculum vitae is a longer (at least two page) and
more detailed synopsis. A curriculum vitae includes a
summary of your educational and academic backgrounds
as well as teaching and research experience, publications,
presentations, awards, honors, affiliations and other
details.
• Its better to use the term “Resume” if you want to
mention it.
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4. Reverse Chronological Order
• List your most recent jobs, projects, accomplishments,
educational qualification first and then go backwards
• All details are listed with dates
• All current activities have end date listed as “Present”.
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5. Content of a resume
• Personal Details
• Personal Information
• Introduction
• Extra-curricular Activities
• Achievements
• Educational Qualifications
• Professional Details
• Work Experience
• Projects
• Technical Knowledge
• Functional Knowledge
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6. Providing References
• Potential employers can ask for references
• References should be people you have interacted in the
past that can attest to the skills and qualifications that you
have for the job you are applying for
• Do not use someone for a reference unless you have their
permission
• References can be in the form of a letter or verbal
• Verbal references are where the contact details of the
referrer is given to the employer to contact
• Former bosses, college professors, co-workers,
customers, vendors, and colleagues make good references
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7. Tips for resume writing
• Use Action Words
• Write clear and simple sentences. Try to use Problem-
Action-Result type of paragraphs.
• Try to avoid the use of “I” too much
• Do not use slang language
• Use technology/functional area specific terminology
• Be Positive
• Be as specific as possible
• Proofread your resume many times and have others look
at it
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8. Covering Mail
• Covering mails are emails that contain the resume
• A covering mail is a letter of introduction where you
present yourself to your prospective employer.
• It gives a personal touch to your application.
• The purpose of a cover mail is to introduce yourself.
• The main purpose of a cover mail is to express that you
want to do the work.
• They should be customized based on the company and
the job being applied for
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9. Structure of a covering letter
• First Paragraph
• Introduce yourself briefly
• Mention the position you are applying for
• Specify how you learnt about the position
• Second Paragraph
• Write about your strengths to do the job. Do not repeat the
same sentences in the resume
• Third Paragraph
• Where and how you can be reached
• Thank the reader for their time
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10. Example covering mail
Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Suresh Kumar and I completed my B.E (Computer
Science) from NIT, Warrangal in the year 2012 having secured 73%.
I came to know about Manual Testing openings in your esteemed
organization from the Times Ascent newspaper dated 22 January, 2013.
I can be contacted on this email id or on mobile 9876543210.
Thanks and Regards,
Suresh Kumar
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11. Create your resume on mindqjobs.com
• You can create a free resume on mindqjobs.com
• Create a free account
• Go to the menu choice Jobs > Resume Builder
• Complete your profile by filling in all the sections
• Share Your resume
• Each student is given a unique URL of the resume – share
this with the world. Everyone will have access to the
updated resume
• Track who views your resume in the menu choice Jobs >
Resume Tracking
• Print a professional looking resume as a PDF right from
the site
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