iit_delhi_resume_workshop_compendium (2)

"Getting that Resume"… by Mohak Mehta

Placement Cell

Resume Building Workshop



The Three Phases of Resume-Building

CONTENT- PRESENTATION PERSONALIZE
MINING

Content Mining
Take a look back…

Getting the Content for Your Resume

Getting Started

Though it might look like a daunting
task initially and you might even
come to Dead End when thinking
about your RESUME CONTENT

RELAX! and go through some
Seniors’ Resumes to kick-off the
thinking cycle and then sit back and
Make Notes of whatever past
experience you have had to portray
Skills Necessary to get THAT JOB!

Presentation

Written and Visual aspects

Organize with Sections Too much information?

Divide your content by organizing your Resume with Sections.

Focus on Proper
Formatting and
Indentation

It’s not just about the Headings, but explaining

YOUR ROLE in them

IMPACT & QUANTIFICATION

IMPACTThen focus on the you’ve had on the project !

QUANTIFY Your Achievements .

PERSONALIZE
Your Resume

Be creative, Take Feedback

FEEDBACK

Take Feedback from Friends & Seniors.

There will be a Hands-on one on one/ group
Feedback Session post this session.

Sections in a Typical Resume

Scholastic Key Projects & Publications

Achievements Seminars

Internships/ Position Of Extra Curricular
Work Responsibilities

Experience

Education Details

*All points on resume will have to be backed by appropriate proof
(certificates/documents/mail), which will be verified by the placement team*

1 SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS

Scholastic Achievements

• GATE/JAM – to mention rank or percentile?
• Scholarships – DAAD, NTSE, MTSE
• UG/PG department/university rank or medal
• AP grade – Well Done …but AA ?
• Olympiad Rank, but GRE Scores?
• Minors in other department
• 10th/12th state/board topper
• Student exchange program

Case-in-Point

… Awards, PG rank, UG Rank, Awesome SGPA/CGPA

… AIR / state ranks up to double digit

Case-in-Point

… AIR / state ranks > 100, better mention in percentile

… AP Grades, Minor Degree, recognition (KVPY, NTSC, DAAD)

Key Projects & Seminars

Key Projects & Seminars

For Master’s Thesis Project

 Aim/objective of project (should be seen distinctly)

 What has been done till now (action words ending with–ed eg. Analyzed)

 What is being done (action words ending with –ing eg. Designing)
 Scope of work (could start with ‘Future work involves…’)

Note – Make an attempt to quantify results

(% accuracy, % growth, impact of project)

Masters Thesis/ Dissertation

An alternative format could be
• Objective
• Application
• Methodology and Challenges
• Impact

Case-in-Point

… Work Done, Doing and Will do

… Include Impact of your work

Key Projects & Seminars

For Course Project

 Diversifying profile (show exposure in various areas/domains)
 Cover this in 2 points

 Club together objective and work done
 Results, Conclusions (Validated, Implemented, Recommended…)

Case-in-Point

… Manage given space (balance of blank space and text)

… Quantify your results to make it more impactful

Case-in-Point

Table format, Highlight your technical skills (no need to mention it in separate section)

Publications

Publications

 Topic, author, year
 Journal, Patent & Conference

Case-in-Point (Publications)

…Combine project and publication (especially for M.Tech RAs, PAs and PhDs)

4 INTERNSHIPS & WORK EXPERIENCE
.

Internships

 Company Name (Dept., Location, Time Duration )
 Project

 What was learnt (Training in man-hours, Certification)
 What was done
 What was the impact (% increase in productivity/sale, yoy % reduction in time)

Case-in-Point (Internships)

… Clearly state what was done by you and its impact

… Quantify results at every stage

Case-in-Point (Internships)

… You may also mention training of smaller duration (1-2 months)
… Certified industrial courses and software learning

Work experience

 Company Name (Dept., Location, Time Duration )
 2 sections -

 Responsibilities (Projects handled)
 Initiatives & Achievements (Impact)

 Skills which can be portrayed (eg. certified courses, software training)
 Mention project size (eg. INR 2 billion project etc.)
 Impact (% increase in productivity/sale, yoy % reduction in time)
 Awards (Best employee of the division)

Case-in-Point (Work Experience)

… 2+ years of experience, write everything in detail

Case-in-Point (Work Experience)

… Tabular format, Around 1 year of experience with reasonably good work

… Around 1 year of training experience

Positions Of Responsibilities

Positions of Responsibility

• PORs (TA, RA, UG Level, Academic Council, Student Companion, Techconnect,

SARC, STAB, Placement Cell, PG Cult, PG Sports, Department/Hostel level, Insight,
Clubs – E-Cell)

 1st line – Team size, no. of students catered to, main

objective/ work done

 2nd line – Individual contribution, Initiative (individual or in a

team, which stands apart from other team members)

 3rd line – Impact, Achievement (attempt to quantify)

Teaching Assistant (TA)

 Explain the role you played
 Can write about Mentoring/ Guidance given to students ( Mention
number of students handled)
 Preparation of Assignments, Question papers & Tutorials etc.
 Extremely Relevant For University/ Research Jobs

Case-in-Point

… TA work is also your POR

… mention why, what and how !!!

Case-in-Point

… Many of us are student companions, You may mention that too !!!

… Arranged in tabular fashion

… even a sports POR

Extra - Curricular

Extra-curricular

• Most will fall under the umbrella of

 Sports (GC, PG Sports, Inter IIT, District/State/National level)
 Cultural (GC, PG Cult, dance, drama, music, foreign languages (no.of hours, level

of proficiency, grade obtained, academy))

 Technical (workshops, competitions, courses online/offline, boot-camps)
 Organizational (PORs with less impact (volunteered for…, coordinated…,))
 Social activities (Abhyasika, Abhyuday)

 Order of mentioning

 Awards > Courses/Certificates > Participation > Hobbies

Case-in-Point (Extra-Curricular)

… sub-sections under extracurrics

… not an issue if you cannot make sub-sections

Case-in-Point (Extra-Curricular)

… presentation matters

… presentation matters Part 2

Miscellaneous (optional)

* Do not give ‘Miscellaneous’ as a title for one of your sub-sections in the Resume

Case in point

…can mention if you were not able to portray these through projects

*Note – Avoid mentioning career objective, strengths/weakness explicitly in your
resume. These qualities should be visible through your projects, internship/work-
experience, achievements and extra-curricular activities.