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

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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