Resume Writing Skills
What your résumé should cover:
1. Your Details2. Education Background: include, school and college.
3. Work Experiences: include intern ships, work experiences if any
4. Skills: you can mention your on line research ability, your proficiency in a foreign language or any Indian languages, computer skills, cross cultural sensitivity and why, organizational skills, etc.
5. Credits: include all awards won; curricular and extra / co–curricular
What your résumé should leave out:
1. Details – a résumé should be brief and concise; leave details for the interview2. Personal life stories
3. Bad grammar – make sure you have your résumé checked by your peers before submission
4. Vulgarity and abusive language
5. Hobbies – these can be included if you have won accolades / awards for them otherwise let them be
Make Sure:
1. If you have no work experience, your résumé SHOULD NOT be more than a single page2. Grammar, spelling and punctuation are correct.
3. Send a cover letter along with your résumé
4. Do not attach / send photographs.
5. Carry extra copies of your résumé with you
