resume format?

Answer 1

The General format of your resume should be as follows



1. Name and contact address with email id and contact phone Number

Name, address, telephone, e-mail address, web site address

All your contact information should go at the top of your resume.

* Avoid nicknames.
* Use a permanent address. Use your parents' address, a friend's address, or the address you plan to use after graduation.
* Use a permanent telephone number and include the area code. If you have an answering machine, record a neutral greeting.
* Add your e-mail address. Many employers will find it useful. (Note: Choose an e-mail address that sounds professional.)
* Include your web site address only if the web page reflects your professional ambitions.

2. Your Career objective



An objective tells potential employers the sort of work you're hoping to do.

* Be specific about the job you want.
* Tailor your objective to each employer you target/every job you seek.

3. Your educational details in reverse chronological order



* Your most recent educational information is listed first.
* Include your degree (BE, BTech, ME, Mtech, MS.), area of specialization , institution attended, percentage/grade point average
* Mention academic honors.

4. Your skill set:

· Clearly categorize your skills correctly ,for example

Programming languages : C, C++, JAVA

Operating systems : UNIX, LINUX

5. Project details:

· Clearly specify the name of the project

· Type of the project (Major/minor)

· Give a clear description of not more than 5 lines about the project

· Where you did the project

· Time taken to implement the project

6. Extracurricular activities:

· Highlight the academic and technical activities first

· Specify the hobbies you are good at

· Highlight activities which show qualities like leadership, teamwork etc



7. References:

In most instances it is not necessary to include names and address of references on the resume. If you include a reference, make it sure that the referenced person knows very well about you. It is also advisable to add the persons as references, whom the employer can contact easily. If possible add the phone number and e-mail ID of the reference.


Checklist for your resume

Follow These Basic Standards....

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Don't overcrowd your resume; allow for plenty of white space.
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Keep your resume to a maximum of two page whenever possible.
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Keep the number of fonts you use to a minimum -- two at the most.
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Use a font that is easy to read. Times Roman works well.
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Do not justify the lines of type on your resume. Allow the right side of the page to "rag."
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Do not overuse capitalization, italics, underlines, or other emphasizing features.



Avoid Mistakes:



SPELLING MISTAKES:

To avoid spelling mistakes:

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Don't use words with which you aren't familiar.
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Use a dictionary as you write.
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Perform a spell check on your finished resume.
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Carefully read every word in your resume.
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Have a friend or two proof read your resume for you.

PUNCTUATION MISTAKES:

Things to look for:

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Periods at the end of all full sentences.
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Be consistent in your use of punctuation.
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Always put periods and commas within quotation marks.
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Avoid using exclamation points.

GRAMMATICAL MISTAKES:

Grammar hang-ups to watch for:

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Do not switch tenses within your resume.
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The duties you currently perform should be in present tense (i.e., write reports)
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Duties you may have performed at past jobs should be in past tense (i.e., wrote reports).
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Capitalize all proper nouns.
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When expressing numbers, write out all numbers between one and nine (i.e., one, five, seven), but
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use numerals for all numbers 10 and above (i.e., 10, 25, 108).
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If you begin a sentence with a numeral, spell out that numeral (e.g. Eleven service awards won while employed.).
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Make sure your date formats are consistent (i.e.11/22/01 or Nov. 22, 2001, or 11.22.01. Choose one and stick with it.).
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Choose Your Words Carefully:
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Phrase yourself well:
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Be on the lookout for the following easily confused words:
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accept (to receive), except (to exclude)
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all right (correct), alright (this is not a word)
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affect (to bring about change), effect (result)
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personal (private), personnel (staff members)
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role (a character assigned or a function), roll (to revolve).
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Use action words (i.e., wrote reports, increased revenues, directed staff).

Answer 2

Text Format Resume

Several online recruitment websites have forms that allow you to build your resume automatically. Resume experts do not recommend the use of this type of service.
Why Not?:
You cannot use a spell checker.
Your cannot choose your resume style.
You cannot review it easily.
It's time consuming to do this for every job recruitment site.

As an alternative to using their 'piece by piece' resume forms, career websites generally allow you to enter your resume in text format. This is where you'll find it handy to have such a format at hand. To create a text only resume, open your document editor (example : Microsoft Word).
1) Click on the file menu,
2) Choose the save as type option and
3) Choose the plain text version.

After you have created the initial draft of your text resume, open notepad and edit your text resume.

Text Resume Tips :
Use capital letters instead of bold fonts.
Use the * symbol instead of bullet points.
Avoid using curly brackets - use single or double quotes instead.
Omit all hard returns. This has to be done throughout your entire CV or Resume. Do not use hard returns in the middle of a paragraph. This means do not press the enter key unless you have finished typing the paragraph. To help you with you this, choose the menu format and the option 'word wrap'.
Send the resume by email to your self before sending it to a potential employer. That way you can see how the email software will display it and you'll have the chance to improve any mistakes.

from http://www.cvtips.com/text_resume.html

Answer 3

Resume is a formal documentation of your academic and professional skills. So,before giving it to the employer you should correctly format it. There are plenty of good formats available online, so you can easily follow one while writing on your own. On the other hand, if you want to take some help from a professional then you should contact the resume format service to make your resume stand out. Good Luck.

Answer 4

Best resume format is one which allows you to fit all your information on one page, without shrinking the font to lower than size 12. There are a million available on the net. End of the day, its not the format that matters, as long as it looks tidy, but the content. If you are a fresh grad, then education section comes before work experience, if you've been working for a while, then talk about that first. A lot of jobsearch/head hunter websites, allow you to create your resume online, just chose the one you would like to recieve if you were in HR (least cluttered as they get 100's of CV's every week) and just copy it.

Answer 5

Here is a pic of one that might help you:

http://www.mtchs.org/Images/Manual/Resume.jpg

but instead of putting "computer projects and software experience", put what examples of experience do you have in your field of expertice. I took a class in career education and this resume seems the most cut and dry, but still presents well. Using this format should help ya out. Hope it works for you!

Answer 6

http://www.vmock.com/blog/looking-for-the-right-resume-format-theres-none-create-your-own/