Resume tips and tricks

1.Take clear A4 size (or at the most, quarter - size, but never foolscap or any other size) paper.

2. Start with Personal Section in which the following information should be given in the order indicated below Full Name, Date of Birth, Marital Status and No. of Children, Languages known, Full Address and Telephone number. Many an opportunity has been lost because the candidate could not be contacted in time.

3. Next, take up the EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION Section. Here, start with the school from where you passed your school - leaving examination, mentioning the following Name of School, City/town, Examination Passed, Year of Passing, Division / class / Rank / Marks Obtained. If you secured any academic distinction / scholarship at school/mention it here. Give similar information for college also mentioning main subjects or branch of study, and University to which affiliated. Finally, if you have done any post-graduate or professional courses mention them here, including those that you may still be undergoing.

4. In case of WORK EXPERIENCE, start with the latest or current employment first, and then work backwards to the very first employment. The information to be given in each case is Name of the company, its annual turnover, brief details fo its activities i.e., Products, Manufactured/sold, service offered etc., your position/designation, the persons (by designation) to whom you reported, the nature of your duties and responsibilities , date of your joining & leaving. In case there are any significant achievements in any of the jobs, mention it at the appropriate places. Candidates should not be afraid to name the Companies they have worked in. No one is going to violate their confidentiality. On the other hand, not giving the names of their earlier employers renders their application totally inadequate from the point of assessing their suitability from the point of assessing. As a consequence, there is a natural tendency to disregard such applications at the very first stage of scrutiny. At the most, the name of your current employer may not be revealed.

5. The last section should be EXTRA ACADEMIC ATTAINMENTS. This should list things like hobbies, proficiency in sports, membership of professional bodies/associations, any significant role played in social/cultural activities, any publications etc.

6.Finally, mention atleast two, non-relative references of whom at least one should have known you at work. Give their full names, address and telephone number so that they can easily be contacted.