RESUME GUIDELINES

Use action verbs for first word: Initiated, Developed, Created, Saved, Innovated etc.

Very Simple Language. Avoid using difficult words to impress people

One line per bullet is preferred

Avoid too much highlighting. Highlight only the once in a life type achievements

Avoid Writing Festival Names, unless they are nationally recognized. Focus on stating the achievement and learning

Competitive exam rankings like AIEEE, IIT JEE-only can be mentioned. State level exam rankings cannot be mentioned

Mention what you have done instead of what you were

Executive Member of ISTE in College(Example)

Coordinated a National level meet as Executive Member of ISTE; participation by over 100 institutes(Example)

When X held a POR the number of footfalls in the marketing event increased by 20%(Example)

Technical , Manufacturing background - Avoid Jargons , focus on work done

Developed a 16- bit ALU over Modelsim and Xilinx Navigator (Example)

Developed a Software Simulation model ,which performs x% wider range of calculations than conventional Software (Example)

In case of Professional Experience focus on framing sentences in a structure Action => Fact => Impact

Coordinated with Onsite Developers, Quality Assurance and Documentation teams to ensure 100% on time release of hotfixes (Example)

Received client appreciation mails from customers like X,Y,Z for resolving all production down issues within a response time of 24 hours (Example)

In Position of Responsibilities too, mention what you have done and what was the impact

Designing the placement brochure using design tools like Adobe Photoshop and InDesign (Example)

Marketing

Focus more on PORs

Behavioral traits like taking initiative

Team work

Industry / Academic projects

Finance

Academics