Resume Building

A resume is your first impression in front of an interviewer. It is the first & most crucial step towards your goal. There are two ways in which you can build your resume:

• Chronological: This is the traditional way of building a resume where you mention your experience in the manner it took place. This type of resume is preferred in conservative fields.
• Functional: This is a whole new approach where you mention your most relevant experience based on the required skills. Here your recruiter doesn’t have to go through the whole resume to find out the required skills. This is a more focused and concise way of portraying yourself in front of an interviewer.

The first thing which you need to keep in mind is, your resume should be consistent, concise & clear in terms of format & the message that you are trying to convey,

• Keep your resume updated. Building or updating your resume is really tiresome, but the more time you invest in building one, the higher are the chances of you getting selected. Recruiter receives hundreds of resumes for a single job, and your resume is the one which will help you clear the first round for you.
• For someone, with less than 8 years of experience should have a single page resume. You should at most carry a two-page resume. After two pages the resume becomes lengthy and the interviewer becomes uninterested in reading it.
• Try to make a functional resume if you have 2+ years of experience, where you only put the relevant experience rather than flooding it with everything.
• Give priorities to those skills which are required for that particular job. It’s always better to build a custom resume for each & every job.
• List the activities & mentioning your role in that activity. This is where you showcase your interpersonal skills such as leadership, team player etc. Also, list the awards that you have achieved to prove your potential in different fields.
• Your hobbies play an important role in breaking the ice with the interviewer. This section also shows that you are an all-rounder with various skills & hobbies.