Prepare Impressive Resume (Bio-Data) for placement

• Importance of Resume:
•    It is the first document which   is the source of interaction between you and the employer.
•  First check eligibility requirement of post applied and you may apply for the desired post as per advertisement, you have to prepare and forward your impressive resume which will introduce your profile to the employer.
•    During sorting of resumes, of course comparison among received resumes can be done and poorly prepared/ resumes with more mistakes, incomplete information may be rejected.
•   It is the opportunity to create positive impression with the help of well-prepared resume and make your impressive identity in a crowd of huge applications received.
•  Hence it is vital for each candidate to prepare best resume before applying for job application.
• A resume is an important document for your job search because it describes summery in a page or two where you can show your top skills, strengths and qualities.

What is the difference between a Resume, CV and Bio-Data?

1. RESUME-

•      Resume is a French word meaning "summary".

•      A resume is ideally a summary of one's education, skills and employment when applying for a new job.

•      When you are fresher, then Resume is better choice than CV.

2. CURRICULUM VITAE

•      Curriculum Vitae is a Latin word meaning "course of life".

•      It is more detailed than a resume, generally 2 to 3 pages, or even longer as per the requirement.

3. Bio Data

•          It is the short form for Biographical Data and the focus is on personal particulars like date of birth, gender, religion, race, nationality, residence, marital status, and the like.
•        A chronological listing of education and experience comes after that.

Common mistakes during preparation of Resume:

• •      We always ask copy of resume of our best friend and then edit the resume which was prepared by your friend for his/her employment.
• •      This is the wrong procedure to prepare you resume. It is your own resume and you have to involve 100% during its preparation.
• •      Do not directly copy the others resume. You may use as a  guidelines and do not adopt same format and information(Copy and paste)
• •      We may prepare resume initially, get Xerox copies in a quantity and apply for the various job positions in different employers using same format.
• •      Here is the great mistake done by you because each employer needs different skills, abilities as per their requirements and your common resume may not able to justify your abilities as per job requirements.
• •       Let’s take example, maintenance supervisor needs interest and skills related to maintenance and your resume was focused on CAD/CAM software and related skills, then naturally it will mismatch the job requirements against your application and your resume get rejected.
• •      During sending application, some candidates do not update their contact details (mobile number must be active), the resume was not signed, some matter scratched/ corrected with pen, during copy paste your date of birth and other details were incorrect.

 Here's are the guidelines to write an awesome resume for your first job.

1.      Study and select right/best  Format:

·         There are various standard formats are available on websites, you can compare two or three best formats and

·         Design your own format which will describe you in a well-defined manner.

2.      Consider the post applied/ Job Description:

·         Before actual preparation you need to do homework about the employer details by visiting their website.

·         The post or job description details like key skills, abilities, role and responsibilities necessary to match your resume.

3.      Highlight your strengths and Skills:

·      As per need of job description, your resume must highlight your strength points and skills which will make your candidature best suitable and increases chances for scrutiny and selected for next round of an interview.  

4.      Focus on extra-curricular/ Hobbies and Interests

·   Only academics is not important in resume but you should also focus on extra-curricular activities like participation in sports, cultural, social events.

·   You should also include good quality hobbies which will help to add positive effect to your resume. e.g reading of books on leadership  will make positive impression.

·   Creativity and innovation are important hence you can mention hobbies/interest related improvement, modifications, development of new methods/machines and many more

5.      Don't write wrong information:

·         Do not write incorrect data related to your academics, year of passing, grade because they will get verify your details from board/university /institute.

·         Always mention truth data and prepare smartly justification statement for any academic gaps, failures and explain how you had overcome with past mistakes to make progress.

6.      Edit and have a Proofread before finalization

·         You may have editing of resume by reading carefully two/three times with highlighter.

·         You can give resume to your friend/ brother to find out mistakes because we are master in spotting g out mistakes of others.

·         Get proof reading of the content, grammatical/spellings errors, layout and any information may be skipped unknowingly.

·         Save final version and layout must be fixed.

7.      Mention references :

·         You can mention two references at the last portion of resume which may include your professor who knows you very well.

·         You can include name of your project guide/in plant training mentor of company under whom you have been worked.   

8.      Covering Letter:

o   You can prepare covering letter in which you can mention

a.    Post applied for,

b.    Reference of an advertisement,

c.    Short paragraph for your application and

d.    List of enclosure with the application.

It may be handwritten or typed in good font size and style.

All The Best !!!