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Build Your Career
| Session Outline
1. How to write a professional resume
2. How to search for a vacancy
3. How to impress your interviewees
1. How to write a professional resume
| How to write a resume
1. Your full name
1. The middle, on the top of the page
2. Initials are CAPITAL
3. BIG FONT
2. Contact information
1. The middle, on the top of the page
2. Phone number
3. PROFESSIONAL e-mail
3. Photo
1. Personal
2. Professional
4. Objectives
1. Short & precise (one sentence)
2. Avoid plagiarized paragraphs
Ex: seeking an engineer position
5. Education
1. Most recent certificates first
2. Most important certificates first
3. Graduation year
4. No complete sentences
(Faculty of Law, Cairo University, 2015 graduate)
5. Ranks/ GPA/ Grades (Good and above)
6. School (latest and highest score if not a graduate
6. Skills
Personal skills:
Patient, persistent or working under stress.
Computer skills (be precise):
Excellent in MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel, Photoshop or other software/hardware technical skills
Soft skills:
A team player, interpersonal skills, presentation skills, communication skills ...etc
Language skills:
Fluent in English
(no fair in French)
Be honest about what you can do.
They will disregard you if you are a liar.
7. Courses & Certificates
Courses and certificates RELATED to the position you are applying for
The most recent and the date
Which organization you got the certificate from
Name of trainer
Add courses audited from MOOC such as Harvardx, Coursera, Udemy (Autonomous learning)
8. Conferences & Events
Attendee or a speaker (especially if you did both)
Learn and gain experience from different sources.
Add a date, start with the most recent
Write a short description
Relate to the position
9. Experience
Add the jobs that lasted for more than 6 month
Write only the jobs related to the position.
Write most recent first, (start and end date), short description of the tasks you did
If you are a fresh grad. , add any volunteering work you did
10. Awards
If you have them, add this point.
If you don’t, then don’t add it.
If you have them: add date, reason for the award and from where you got it.
You can add any awards you got from volunteering work.
11. Interests
Add what you like to do in your free time
Write useful interests like reading, sports (doing sports not watching them on TV), learning
musical instruments or languages
NO WATCHING TV or any lazy activities
Do not lie…Do not embarrass yourself
THINGS NOT TO INCLUDE
1. Age
2. Marital status
3. Height, weight, etc
4. Race
5. Religion
6. Reasons for termination
7. Casual Photos
Don’t forget to
1. Choose a professional font in a size 11 or 12
2. Don’t use more than 2 fonts
3. Use Georgia, Arial
4. Header and the introduction to a section may be a size 14 or 16
5. Convert your resume to a PDF file
2. How to search for a vacancy
1. Recruitment Websites
1. www.amcham.org.eg
2. www.wuzzuf.com
3. www.bayt.com
4. www.jobzella.com
5. www.tanqeeb.com
6. www.jobs-eg.com
7. www.arabrec.com
8. www.arabjobs.com
9. www.jobeex.com
10. www.monster.com
11. www.shoghlanty.com
12. www.egypt.dubizzle.com
13. www.eg.opensooq.com
14. www.eg.waseet.net
15. www.ahram.org.eg
16. www.ewazefa.com
17. www.masr.ta3mal.com
18. www.wzayef.com
19. www.wazaaf.com
20. www.forasna.com
21. www.mazenjobs.com
22. www.ya3mal.com
23. www.bezaat.com
24. hiremenowinegypt.blogspot.com
25. www.4youjobs.com
2. LinkedIn
3. Facebook
1. Jobs Pages
1. www.facebook.com/talentedcalibers
2. www.facebook.com/ASKDHR
3. www.facebook.com/DGOnlineRecruitment
4. www.facebook.com/JobPediaEG
5. www.facebook.com/CareerAdvancers
6. www.facebook.com/hire.me.now1
7. www.facebook.com/Masrworks
8. www.facebook.com/iCareerEgy
9. www.facebook.com/iemployeeteam
10. www.facebook.com/STJEGYPT
11. www.facebook.com/Comm.Engs
12. www.facebook.com/The.Egyptian.lobby
13. www.facebook.com/GotchaJobs
14. www.facebook.com/CareerOne
2. Jobs Groups
1. www.facebook.com/groups/Community.employment.services
2. www.facebook.com/groups/jobscp
3. www.facebook.com/groups/jobhunt1
4. www.facebook.com/groups/RNRECRUIT
5. www.facebook.com/groups/arabunitednation
6. www.facebook.com/groups/137352203093409
7. www.facebook.com/groups/153588241345632
8. www.facebook.com/groups/2327154647
9. www.facebook.com/groups/244531039032064
10. www.facebook.com/groups/jobslinkedin
11. www.facebook.com/groups/jobs.in.Egypt.Sho8l.fe.Masr
12. www.facebook.com/groups/311322418984082
13. www.facebook.com/groups/PHCEGYPT
14. www.facebook.com/groups/149256871893514
15. www.facebook.com/groups/112062428926023
16. www.facebook.com/groups/wzayf.misr
17. www.facebook.com/groups/851797848192940
18. www.facebook.com/groups/eng.jops
19. www.facebook.com/groups/UJO.Egypt
20. www.facebook.com/groups/careermentortraining
21. www.facebook.com/groups/courses.work.training
22. www.facebook.com/groups/share.your.job
23. www.facebook.com/groups/wazayf
24. www.facebook.com/groups/120189554728061
25. www.facebook.com/groups/creers.hunter
26. www.facebook.com/groups/seleman.basha
27. www.facebook.com/groups/126700224010730
28. www.facebook.com/groups/86154868908
29. www.facebook.com/groups/216945721850103
30. www.facebook.com/groups/wazayef4free
31. www.facebook.com/groups/5484111529/10153734269176530
32. www.facebook.com/groups/466950520020705
33. www.facebook.com/groups/912612685423327
34. www.facebook.com/groups/wazayefxwazayef
35. www.facebook.com/groups/creers.hunter
36. www.facebook.com/groups/318119804944740
37. www.facebook.com/groups/jobsegypt2
3. Facebook graph search
4. Recruitment Companies
5. Job Fairs
6. Walking
1. http://www.yellowpages.com.eg/en
2. http://www.140online.com/En
3. https://www.dalilyonline.com/
How to impress your interviewees
1.What to dress
Men's Interview Attire
Suit (dark colors such as navy or dark grey)
Long sleeve shirt (white or coordinated with the suit)
Belt & Tie
Dark socks, conservative leather shoes
No jewelry
Neat, professional hairstyle
Portfolio or briefcase (if you had documents)
Women's Interview Attire
Suit (navy, black or dark grey)
The suit skirt should be long enough so you can sit down comfortably
Coordinated blouse
Conservative shoes
Limited jewelry (no dangling earrings or arms full of bracelets)
very simple looking jewelry ...or none
Professional hairstyle (ex; horse tail)
Light make-up and perfume
Neatly manicured clean nails (If you are using manicure, don’t use too shiny colors)
Portfolio or briefcase
2. Body language
Eye contact
Smile
Stand & sit straight
Feet on the ground
Hands on knees
Don’t touch your face
Don’t invade the interviewer’s personal space
3. The most common questions
1. Who are you?
Kindly introduce yourself
Tell about yourself
Introduce yourself in a creative way
2. What are your strength points?
3. What are your weaknesses?
4. Where and how do you see yourself in 10 years?
5. The crazy questions
6. Do you have to answer questions about salary?
7. Why did you leave your job?
8. Why do you want to work here?
9. What do you know about us?
References
What to dress for interviews?
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewattire/a/interviewdress.htm
http://career-advice.monster.com/job-interview/interview-appearance/worst-things-to-wear-to-job-
interview/article.aspx
Body language
http://www.totaljobs.com/careers-advice/interviews/body-language
http://www.payscale.com/career-news/2014/11/9-tips-to-manage-your-body-language-at-interviews
http://www.theladders.com/career-advice/body-language-speaks-volumes-job-interview
Interview Questions
The Complete Q & A Job Interview Book by Jeffrey G. Allen
How to Answer the 64 Toughest Interview Questions (Book)
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/top-10-interview-questions.htm
http://www.job-hunt.org/recruiters/smart-job-interview-answers.shtml
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/01/11/how-to-ace-the-50-most-common-interview-
questions/
http://theinterviewguys.com/top-10-job-interview-questions/
https://collegegrad.com/jobsearch/mastering-the-interview/ten-tough-interview-questions-and-ten-great-
answers
http://career-advice.monster.com/job-interview/interview-questions/Top-10-Interview-Questions-
Prep/article.aspx
http://money.usnews.com/money/careers/slideshows/the-10-most-common-interview-questions
https://www.themuse.com/advice/how-to-answer-the-31-most-common-interview-questions
http://www.careercast.com/career-news/10-toughest-interview-questions-%E2%80%93-and-how-answer-
them
| About Hone Your Skills
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individuals.
It's a multi-theme training company that aims at developing the skills of its audience in different
areas of interest. To reach this, our products are not limited to offline workshops only, we provide online
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| About the facilitators of the workshop
Basma Abd Elhamied
https://www.linkedin.com/in/basmaabdelhamied
Mohamed Abo El-Enin
https://eg.linkedin.com/in/maboeleninrabee
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