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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
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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Be Unique
What you want next?
The point of the Resume
What the employer wants?
Good presentation
Be unique
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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Be Unique
What you want next?
The point of the Resume
What the employer wants?
Good presentation
Be unique
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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
ess
Stra
tegy
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
ess
Stra
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
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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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
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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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
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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
Be unique
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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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
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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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
Be unique
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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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
Be unique
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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Good Presentation
What you want next
The point of the Resume
What the employer wants?
Good presentation
Be unique
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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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
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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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
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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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
Succ
ess
Stra
tegy
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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
Resume55
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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