The document provides an agenda on resume tips, including:
- The difference between a CV and resume is that a resume is 1-2 pages summarizing skills and experience, while a CV includes more academic and research details.
- The purpose of a resume is to represent yourself to employers and get an opportunity for an in-person meeting.
- Common resume mistakes to avoid include font issues, lacking borders or objectives, and incorrect spelling.
- Employers want to see personal details, education history, work experience, courses, extracurriculars, skills, and other details.
- Supporting documents can include certificates, references, photos for additional information.
2. Agenda
What is the difference between curriculum vitae (CV) and a resume?
That's the purpose of a resume
Mistakes
What the employers want to see?
Conventional Resume
Supporting Documents
Structure for an E-mail
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Video Resume
3. What is the difference between a curriculum vitae (CV)
and a resume?
A resume is a one or two page summary of your skills, experience and
education - no more than a page or two.
A Curriculum Vitae includes a summary of your educational and academic
backgrounds as well as teaching and research experience awards, honors,
and other details.
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5. That's the purpose of a resume
The employer has no idea who you are. Your resume represents you.
Makes you a person of interest to employers and that will give you an
opportunity to meet the employer face to face.
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7. Mistakes
1. Font Faults
2. No boarder
3. No word CV
4. Just ink black
5. Incorrect Spelling
6. Breaks
7. Statement End (.)
8. No links
9. No objectives
10. No signature
11. Your entire employment history does not need to be listed
12. Write professionally, avoiding slang
13. Missing personal Information (Phone number – Email – Address -
Military Status)
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20. What the employers want to see?
Personal details
Name
Address
Date of birth
Telephone number
E-mail
Military Status
Education
Faculty &University
Graduation year
GPA (Grade)
Master Degree or PHD Degree
Internships & Work Experiences
Company name
Position & Dept
Duties & Responsibilities & Achievements
Period of time
21. Courses
Name of the course
When & Where
Extracurricular Activities
Member & Founder
Role (optional)
Skills
Personal
languages
Computers
Other (Conferences – Events – Hobbies –Interests …ect)
33. Conventional Resume
Conventional Resume means you take care of content not the lay-out
Don’t try to distract the employer with Tricky Resume
Tricky Resume means using more than one Color, Boarder, Photos…ect