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Edu Next Resume Workshop

Great Lakes, GurgaonHow to write a resume

7th August 2012

Private & Confidential

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Kickoff resume writing

Work on Content

General rules

Write & reword!

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What will we do today?`

Customize

Take too many questions

Career discussion

What will we not do today?

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Why is the resume important

The first impression goes a long way

Tells employer a great deal about oneself

Sets context of interview

Introspect

Sole purpose is to get an interview call

Career tracker

Accounts for B-School

Reduces effect of non-relevant

experience

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Why is a resume important 10 min

Types of Resume

Chronological resume

Functional resume

Great need for a format

Place-com has approved a f

All of you need to stick to th

Format includes font, font sbullet shape, indents, line s

much more and not just str

When you paste into a form

with the option keep text o

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LET US REVIEW YOUR FORMAT NOWGreat Lakes format

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CHANGE THE LOGO

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Profile Summary 10 minHow you have written

A passionate and driven engineer with experience in software quality assurance and strong in

Solving, Decision Making and People Handling abilities. Highly adaptable, result oriented and t

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How it should be written

10 years Clean Energy & Automotive experience in product management & process engine

3 years of experience in Value Engineering, Strategic vendor development & Supply chain o

2+ Years of Product engineering and program management experience in the US

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A Medical Professional with more than 9 years of diverse work experience ranging from publiprojects under WHO & UNICEF to administration, teaching & facility development in medical chospitals

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Professional Experience 30 minHow you have written

Project wise

In boxes

Client names

Technologies

Everydayresponsibilities

Rote jobs

Irrelevant details

Verbose descriptions

Separateresponsibiachieveme

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How it should be written

Product Development

Managed fuel cell power generator development from concept to post-launch support in a startup

3 Invention Disclosure awards for increasing cell module electrical efficiency by 2% and life by 33%

Led value engineering programs resulting in 21% increase in electrical output & $600 per kW red

Vendor Development Supported strategic vendor development and qualification programs to de-risk the supply chain

Led product and process optimization enabling Taiwanese vendor achieve 10% higher yields & 20%

New Market Development

Developed component roadmap to achieve aggressive market expansion into the US East Coast to

Re-engineered key shortcomings in existing product design for optimal performance in new geogra

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Academic Achievements 10 minHow you have written

10th, 12th may not needed

Placement committee decision

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How it should be written

Great Lakes is mandatory

Include high level achievements, scholarships in this section

You might choose to highlight electives that you took at Great La

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Co-curricular activities 15 min

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How it should be written

Great Lakes projects to bring out your expertise in area of interest

Eg. HCL Touch Market Research: Interviewed 120 customers to understand brand a

& perception. Devised strategy for increasing call rate by 50% to make Touch an on

for all post purchase services

Nov Dec 2011

Should cover aim method and result in a 2 line single bullet

Critical to remove work ex and signal your interest, strength and knowledge in a

interest

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Positions of responsibility 10 minHow you have written

No roles No results

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How it should be written

Editor: Strategy, Management Review (2012), Great Lakes inaugural in-house business jou

Finance Head : GASP 2012 (Guild of Actors at SP), Great Lakes annual theatre event

Coordinator, Lock Stock & Trade, mock IPO event for angel investors, entrepreneurs & stud

Coordinator, Sports cell at CBS: Led a team of 20 to conduct Cricket league & sporting festiv

Positions of responsibility should clearly mention timelines, your role and results

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Extra-curricular activities 10 minHow you have written

No timelines No context

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How it should be written

Finance:First Runners UP, National Finals, The BUDGET : Flagship event at IIMA Business f

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Business Leadership: 1st Prize, INDUSTRIALIST (CBS), National Finalists : Wizards of Biz, IIM

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Theatre: Lead Actor, Hastantran 2011 play to assist budding aspirations & mentor slum chil

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All extra-curricular activities must have context and timelines