Resume Tips

Points To Consider When Preparing An International CV

March 2, 2013 Resume Tips

Broadening employment horizons in limited economic climates, overseas opportunities are a growing consideration for many jobseekers. Having a strong international CV is the ticket to achieving success in the competitive international jobs market, but there is more to creating one than simply running it through a translator. You need to know how to present yourself [...]

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How to Write a Great First CV if You are a Student

January 13, 2013 Posts for email subscription

Writing your first CV as a student or first time job hunter may feel like a daunting task given your minimal work experience and training, but it doesn’t have to be. Remember that everyone must start somewhere and that even the highest paid and most respected directors of multi-national empires had no experience when they [...]

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How to write “career objective” for your resume

February 14, 2011 HR

Interviewers use the Career Objective section as a an ice breaker to start conversation with the candidate. It is the first thing that an interviewer notices when he scans your resume. As a first question in the interview, you are likely to be asked to explain your career objective. You are expected to give an [...]

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Short and sweet resume of an MS graduate

April 17, 2010 Resume Tips

Here is a resume of a Graduate with an MS degree in Electrical Engineering. Download resume in word format This resume is very concise and to the point. The top most section, “SUMMARY”, gives a clear picture about the candidate in two brief bullet points. This helps the interviewer to get a picture about the [...]

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Create your resume in 3 simple steps – now!

March 10, 2010 Resume Tips

Are you a fresher? Have you got your resume ready? Follow three steps and your resume will be ready in minutes! Steps: Read the tutorial Ultimate resume guide for freshers written by me. Download this excel sheet- Resume Builder and fill your details. Download Sample resume-1 or Sample resume-2 and copy what you wrote in [...]

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Quick Tip to align your resume to perfection

March 7, 2010 Resume Tips

Carefully look at both the images below. They are screenshots of a section Software skills an experienced IT programmer’s resume. Image-1: Resume before alignment Image-2: Resume after alignment Did you notice any difference between the images, not in text but in alignment? Which one looks better formatted? Obviously, Image-2 looks better. Now tell me honestly [...]

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Where to find a quality sample résumé?

March 2, 2010 Resume Tips

While I was writing an extended blog post on the topic “Ultimate guide to prepare a fresher’s résumé”, I needed few résumés for reference. And I needed fresher résumé to be precise. I turned to Google like I do for everything in life. I searched for a while using the query “sample freshers resume“. I [...]

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Resume Templates from Microsoft, Google and About.com

January 13, 2010 Resume Tips

Get back to this page when you are in an urgent need for creating a Resume or CV. Templates are the best way to get started with your resume. Why waste money spending on Resume Builder services? Resume Templates from Microsoft Office Resume Templates from Google Docs Resume Templates from About.com Comment below to suggest [...]

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Using Google Docs Template for Resume

November 9, 2009 Resume Tips

Google docs has come up with a great feature called Template Gallery where you can choose from a public gallery of ready made templates for creating a document / presentation / spreadsheet. Pretty much similar to Microsoft word templates. I came across few templates for resumes. These Google templates are a great way to get [...]

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