Writing a ResumeGood Practices and Strategies, Examples

Doncho Minkov

Telerik Software Academyacademy.telerik.com

Technical Trainerwww.minkov.it

academy.telerik.com/seminars/it-job-interview

Table of Contents

What Is a Resume? Why We Need of a Resume? Why We Need a Good Resume? The Goal Success strategy How to Stand Out? Structure Questions 2

What Is a Resume?

What Is a Resume?

Summary of skills

and experience

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What Is a Resume?

Summary of skills

and experience

Not a biography

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What Is a Resume?

Summary of skills

and experience

Highlights accomplishments

Not a biography

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Why We Need of a Resume?

Show experience

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Why We Need of a Resume?

Reflects more than

paid work experience

Show experience

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Why We Need of a Resume?

Reflects more than

paid work experienceWhy we are

better than the rest

Show experience

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Why We Need of a Resume?

Show our skills and abilities

Reflects more than

paid work experienceWhy we are

better than the rest

Show experience

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Why We Need a Good Resume?

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Why We Need a Good Resume?

Because of theRecruiters!

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Why We Need a Good Resume?

Because of theRecruiters!

No time to fullyreview every CV

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Recruiters

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Recruiters:Review 100 CVs

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Review 100 CVs

Select only 1 for interview

Recruiters:

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Recruiters spend

20-60 seconds on a Resume

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The first impression

The recruiters count most:

Finding the correct

keywords

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The Goal

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Sell

The Goal

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Inform

Sell

The Goal

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Persuade

Inform

Sell

The Goal

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Persuade

Inform

Sell

Get an Interview!

The Goal

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OK. But how to do all this?

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OK. But how to do all this?

All you need is a!

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The Success Strategy?

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The Success Strategy?

Be unique

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The Success Strategy?

What you want next?Be unique

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The Success Strategy?

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

Be unique

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The Success Strategy?

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Be unique

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The Success Strategy?

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

Be unique

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The Success Strategy?

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

Be unique

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Be Unique

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

Be unique

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Be Unique

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

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Don't copy paste

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Be Unique

Show creativeness

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

Be unique

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Don't copy paste

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Be Unique

Show creativeness

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

Be unique

Succ

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tegy

Don't copy paste

Show what you

want to show

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What You Want Next?

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

Be unique

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What You Want Next?

Why you choose

this exact job offer?

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

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What You Want Next?

Why you choose

this exact job offer?

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

Be unique

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How you plan to develop

yourself in the future? 39

The Point of The Resume

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

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The Point of The Resume

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

Be unique

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Who will read it?

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The Point of The Resume

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

Be unique

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The reason you are writing it?

Who will read it?

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The Point of The Resume

Who will read it?

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

Be unique

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The reason you are writing it?

What is the position

you are applying for?

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What the Employer Wants?

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

Be unique

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What the Employer Wants?

Highlight the relevant things

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

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What the Employer Wants?

Not all you have done

Highlight the relevant things

Show what the employer wants to

see

Or just what you have been paid for

What you want next?

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

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Good Presentation

What you want next

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

Be unique

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Good Presentation

Be consistent

What you want next

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

Be unique

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Good Presentation

Be brief

Be consistent

What you want next

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

Be unique

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Good Presentation

Be brief

Be consistent

Be Focused

What you want next

The point of the Resume

What the employer wants?

Good presentation

Be unique

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How to Stand Out?

Make your Resume remarkable

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How to Stand Out?

Chance of fail first time

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How to Stand Out?

Take risks

Chance of fail first time

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How to Stand Out?

Use "Trial and Error"

methodology

Take risks

Chance of fail first time

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Structure Your Resume There are some must-have sections in your CV Personal information Objective Previous work experience Education Projects developed

E.g. at the university, high school or in free time

Skills and abilities Other experience

E.g. at the university

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Personal Information Always put it in the top

Include the following

Your name

A photo

Your contacts

Email address

Telephone number

Home address

PersonalInfo

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The Photo

Use a professional

photo

Photo

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Use a professional

photo

Don't use Facebook photos!Better no photo at all

The Photo

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The Contacts Use your personal contacts

Personal email, personal telephone! Never use work contacts

Be sure to have a good-looking email address Even if you use it only for job

applications PeterPetrov@, Peter.Petrov@,

Asen_Georgiev@ Not emails like:

DestructorMachine@,Svalyacha92@, P373rP37r0v@

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Objective

The objective should be after the personal information What you are applying for?

Be descriptive, but be brief

Don't be overdescriptiveObjective

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Previous Work Experience

Write your previous work experience

Best to order them by date

Explain your duties at this position

Don't be overdescriptive about your managers

Better not to include full names and contactsExperience

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Education Write down all the schools you have gone to University

High school

It is always better to highlight courses you visited and are relevant to the job offer

Add relevant informaleducation E.g. @ Telerik Academy

Education

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Projects Developed The best way to show expertise is to show something real Like projects you have developed

This gives a better impression than just plain words like "I am good at…"

No projects? Why not start a project,

to gain experience?

Projects

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Skills and Abilities Write down all your skills and abilities All of them are important But some are more important than

others Highlight the skills that are most

relevant tothe current job description

Just mention the othersSkills64

Other Experience If you have any other experience that is relevant to the job offer – show it!

Experience

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Thank You!

Homework1. Following our guidelines write your

resume Target it to your preferred job position and employer

If you don't have work experience think how you could change this

If you don't have any projects, start a project (e.g. open-source in GitHub or Google Code) E.g. create your own web site

Find people who can write endorsements for you

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