06. AECC 104 - Resume Writing
Channel: Ishan Marvel
Date: 2020-09-16

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RESUME (Rez-u-may)
A written summary of your qualifications, work experience, achievements and aspirations. Usually sent to a prospective employer for a job, for short-listing for an interview, etc. It may also be called a bio-data or Curriculum Vitae (CV), although the latter is longer and more detailed.
Think of the Resume as sort of an advertisement to ‘sell’ you and your skills for a particular job. So, it must be job-specific, concise, persuasive and neatly presented. Highlight all the relevant details (according to the desired position) and remove unnecessary ones.

Possible SECTIONS in a RESUME
1. Heading: includes contact information such as name, postal address, email, phone number, etc.
2. Position sought: to let the employer know exactly which job you are applying for.
3. Career Objective: one sentence stating the candidate’s goals and aspirations in relation to the position sought.
4. Professional Summary: listing the candidate’s most important qualifications, his / her essential skills and work experience.
5. Education: contains names and addresses of institutions attended, the degrees/diplomas/certificates received and the grade/score awarded.
6. Work Experience: provides a brief and specific overview of the applicant’s work, professional experience, designations and responsibilities held, employer details, etc.
7. Special skills, abilities and attitude (especially relevant to the position sought)
8. Hobbies and interests 
9. Important achievements, awards and honours
10. References from persons who know the candidate’s work and professional competence.

EXAM POV (10 marks)
Either describe what a resume is OR write a sample resume as per the given question.

EXERCISE
You are Vijay/Vijeta, a B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT-Delhi and now, after working for various software companies for the past five years, you are applying to Google for the position of a Senior Programmer. Write a sample resume, imagining further details.