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Effective Resume Writing II
by Adrian O’Donnell
Editing Your Resume
Contents
1. Name and Contact Details
2. Objective
3. Profile
4. Skills
5. Education
6. Professional Experience
7. Other Information
1. Name and Contact Details
James Hung Hsu1, Sec. 3, Chung-hsiao E. Rd., Taipei, 10608, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Consider the relative importance of the information!
Which of these looks best?
James Hung Hsu1, Sec. 3, Chung-hsiao E. Rd., Taipei, 10608, Taiwan, R.O.C.
James Hung Hsu1, Sec. 3, Chunghsiao E. Rd., Taipei, 10608, Taiwan, 886-2-2771-2171
James Hung Hsu1, Sec.3, Chunghsiao E. Rd., Taipei, 10608, 02-2771-2171, [email protected]
CHANG Lien 5F, No.9, Lane 169, +886.985 035
285
Beixin Road, Danshui Town, www.ChangLien.com
Taipei County 25165, Taiwan [email protected] +886.2 2625 2578
What impression does this give?
How about this? Honey Chiang
Address ： 25, Jen Ai Road, Puli Township, Nantou CountyPhone (home) ： 049-2788686 mobile ： 0980353535E-Mail ： [email protected]
Honey Chiang
25, Jen Ai Road, Puli Township, Nantou County 049-2788686 0980 353535 [email protected]
This one looks more symmetrical!
More Concise!
Simple!
Yong-Kai Lin1, sec. 3, Chung-Hsiao E. Rd. Taipei - 10608 Taiwan
e-mail: [email protected] Tel: 02-27712171 ext. 2146
How about this?
2. Objectives
Objective ： water conservancy and flood control projects
How clear is the objective?
Objective & Goal
To apply for the “Campus Execution Officer” at ASUS Technology Ltd. In addition to the printed materials, resume and autobiography, Chennien has also built a specific candidate website: www.ChenNien-ASUS.info which provides all of the soft copies mentioned above.
Title is repetitive.
Second sentence does not seem apt!
OBJECTIVECampus Execution Officer at ASUS Technology Ltd.
Simple and direct.
Correct job title?
Can it be made more appealing?
OBJECTIVE Designed, developed, and achieved research work through standing alone
or team work. I have already published the academic paper which is referred to as “ Design of a multiband CPW-fed printed monopole Antenna for DCS-1800, 3.5 GHz WiMAX, and 2.4/5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN applications ” in National Symposium on telecommunications 2009.
Is this an objective or some history?
Objective
To obtain a sales assistant position of English teaching material in which I may use my knowledge and experience with responsibility for all aspects of a sales assistant.
Check with someone that it is easy to understand!
3. Profiles (Summary)
Short sentences providing background and aim.
Profile Ph. D. candidate in Electrical Engineering. 4 years of research experience
in power electronics field. Leader for several industrial sponsored projects. Excellent communicator. Seeking to work at power electronics design companies.
NB: Numbers under 10 may be written in full.
Good profile but be careful of stylistic mistakes!
PROFILE
An Electrical Engineering person who is professional in Motor Control and Power Converter Design. Self-motivation, efficient-working and responsible for teamwork. Provide Analytical, knowledge applying and problem solving skills for company.
Provides professional knowledge, analytical and problem solving skills for
company.
4. SkillsSKILLS PCB design with Protel 99SE Model analysis and simulation with Matlab, Ispice and Pspice Programming with VHDL, C language and Assembly
Language Implement software design based on FPGA Paper survey for specify topic
Check for errors and that the information is clear!
Valuable information is provided but how easy is it to read and how well is it presented?TECHNICAL SKILLS Analytical, Research, and Professional Knowledge Skills- Accomplished
my research and received my master degree base on all these skills above. Good at using professional software such as IE3D, HFSS, Microsoft Office Visio, Mplab ide. Operated professional software such as AWR Design Environment Evaluation, AutoCAD 2002, Advanced design system, Protel.
Motivating People, Problem Solving, Teamwork Skills- Serviced as The corporal of army about one year and acquired all these skills above.
Responsible, Communicating, Public Speaking Skills- Engaged in researching assistant and teaching assistant about one year and developed all these skills above.
Showing evidence
Abilities
•Leadership – assigning tasks and motivating team member to achieve project deadlines•Professional skills – designing power supplies for different applications•Professional skills – received electrical wiring certificates•Professional skills – DSP/FPGA programming skills•Communication – improved language and cultural knowledge in USA (1992~1996)•Public speaking – presented a paper at IEEE ECCE international conference (2009)
Showing abilities
Research assistant, NTUT, Taipei 2008 Oct-2009 Sep Assisted the teacher about all aspects of her research. Able to complied related information systematically. Analyzed the assembled data. Accomplished poster presentation about sociolinguistics at NTUST, Taipei Presented paper about pragmatics at NTUT, TaipeiEnglish teacher, Joy, Tainan 2006 Aug-2007 Jul Guided classes and taught English Designed lesson plans Responsible for students’ performance Negotiated with students’ parents and teachers Coordinated with foreign teachers
But be consistent/logical with tenses!
5. Education
Education ： National Taipei University of Technology Department of
Civil Engineering
Relevant Courses ： Hydrology
Soil and Water Conservation Engineering Hydrodynamics Soil Mechanics
How is the layout?
EducationNational Taipei University of Technology - Civil Engineering
Courses - Hydrology
- Soil and Water Conservation Engineering
- Hydrodynamics
- Soil Mechanics
Dates????
Grades????
Skills????
Remember you are trying to sell yourself! EducationEducationNational Taipei University of Technology Grad - Jun 2012 Department of Civil
Engineering
Try to raise the reader’s interest with some detail.
Informative but how easy is it to skim?
EDUCATION BS, MS and Ph. D. degree in Electrical Engineering, National
Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan. The major subject is Power Electronics.
Title of master dissertation: Design and Implementation of a High Efficiency Bidirectional DC/DC Converter
Title of Ph. D. dissertation: Dead-Time Elimination Method and Current Polarity Detection Circuit without Separate Power Sources for Three-Phase Inverter
Continuing education: Study on Thermodynamics and Theory of Communication
Shows history but not selling one’s skills EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE Computer and communication graduate school, National Taipei
University of Technology (2009-present) The Corporal of army, R.O.C. (2007-2008) Researching assistant, National Taipei University of Technology (2006-
2007) Teaching assistant, National Taipei University of Technology (2006-
2007)
Better layout but still no skills!
EducationNational Taipei University of Technology (2009-present)
- Computer and Communication Graduate school
Professional Experience
- Corporal in Army, R.O.C. (2007-2008)
- Research Assistant, National Taipei University of Technology (2006-2007)
- Teaching Assistant, National Taipei University of Technology (2006-2007)
6. Professional Experience
ExperienceNot yet have any experience.
Never give negative information!
Shows experience backed up by evidence!
EXPERIENCE Research assistant of motor projects in NTUT, Jul 2007 –
present Assisted 4 projects about motor control in past 2 years Scheduled the Gantt chart for each project Designed the hardware and software for each project Verified the performance of motor drive Solved the cost problem for motor drive Implemented sensorless control for motor drive Wrote reports and a application notes for finished project
More evidence of skills that an employer looks for. Part-time teacher for exercise of Linear Electronics in NTUT,
Feb 2008 – Jul 2008 Prepared slides for lectures Interpreted specialized knowledge for students Guided students for exercise of linear electronics
More evidence! How about visual impact?
Research assistant of power conversion projects in NTUT, Mar 2005 – Jun 2008 Supplied 4 projects about power converter Directed juniors to solve problems Performed hardware and software design for power
converter Tested the performance of power converter Completed reports for finished project
Electronic Engineering in Xiang-Yi Ltd. in Taipei, Jun 2004 – Sep 2004 Achieved software development for step-counter Improved the measurement accuracy of step-counter
Experience
Order Job Title or Name of Firm? Dates Other Headings
Job Title or Name of Firm
Job Title Software Engineer
Name of Firm Microsoft
Whichever appears more impressive! (but be consistent)
Dates
Parentheses Use month/year for short periods Use year for long periods IGNORE days
Alternate Headings
Professional History
Professional Experience
NOT - Employment or Work History
7. Other InformationSkills & LanguagesEnglish (Knowledge), Chinese Mandarin (Native)
Computers: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power point.
Technician Certificate, Republic of China (class C skill category of Surveying) July31, 2008
Technician Certificate, Republic of China (class B skill category of Surveying-Engineering) February 27, 2009
PersonalBirth date: June 15th 1991 Taiwan Citizen Female Single.
Quantify if possible.
Avoid personal details that are not relevant!
Clearly presented ability. Spot any inconsistencies?
Languages• Mandarin Chinese (Native speaker)• English (upper intermediate) TOEIC score 935
Languages Mandarin Chinese (native speaker) Taiwanese (native speaker) English (intermediate) TOEIC score 800
Listing achievements
Achievements• Developed a converter switching method and published a
paper in IEEE transaction on power electronics• Accomplished 6 industrial sponsored projects, including
Hitachi, Renesas and ITRI• Attended in Philips I2C design contest
Qualities• Able to effectively communicate complex technical, engineering,
and industry related terminology and concepts to people from a broad cross-section of professional backgrounds.
• Totally dedicated to providing the highest level of professional and personal service in order to bring about "Total Customer Satisfaction.“
Show evidence – relate ability to real practice!
Assess how relevant and overall value when deciding how much information to give and where to put it.
PUBLISHED JOURNALS1. Y. S. Lai and Y. K. Lin, “Novel Back-EMF Detection Technique of
Brushless DC Motor Drives for Wide Range Control Without Using Current and Position Sensors,” IEEE Trans. on Power Electron., Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 934 - 940, 2008.
2. Y. S. Lai and Y. K. Lin, “Quicken the pulse - Assessing pulse-width modulation techniques for brushless dc motor drives,” IEEE Ind. Appl. Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 34 - 44, 2008.
3. Y. K. Lin and Y. S. Lai, “Dead-Time Elimination of PWM-Controlled Inverter/Converter without Separate Power Sources for Current Polarity Detection Circuit,” IEEE Trans. on Ind. Electron, Vol. 56, No. 6, pp. 2121 - 2127, 2009.
Full information indicates very important in relation to the job!
Formula for Writing Achievements
What set of skills you used. Who it helped. A quantifiable measure of how it helped.
Here's a list of bullet points that are NOT achievements:
Trained a developer. Wrote some code. Learnt OO / UML / Design Patterns.
Overview To Writing A Resume
To stand out from the rest, you need to address the needs of the employer.
Ask yourself what qualities and abilities would
make an excellent candidate for this employer. Write down each of these on a sheet of paper and
put them into some order of priority.
Your next assignment is to address how you can
demonstrate your fit to each of the things that are wanted.
Brainstorm everything you have done that addresses those issues, not necessarily work related.
Split your resume into two sections
The first section is where you identify how you have met the employer's needs - your advertisement about you. This is where you honestly assert your objectives and your abilities to benefit the employer.
The second section is your evidence, including your employment history, academic qualifications etc.
Section One - ‘Advertisement'
1. Career Objective
2. Summary (Profile)
3. Skills and Accomplishments
Section Two - Evidence
1. Professional Experience
2. Education
3. Awards
4. Professional Memberships of Affiliations
5. Community Involvement
6. Publications
7. Personal Interests
High Impact Targeted CV?
Who gets the interview and job offer?Who gets the interview and job offer? Best candidate suited for the job?Best candidate suited for the job?
Not necessarily!Not necessarily!
Candidate who has theCandidate who has the best CV? best CV?
Very likely!Very likely!
A good CV will focus on using your skills to deliver value to a potential client, rather than telling the employer what you want to get out of the position. The employer is paying you to help them, not the other way around.
Putting your career aims on a CV is like a salesman trying to convince you to buy their products because ‘they will get good commission and be able to afford a lovely new home!’
High Impact 20 Seconds!!!
Employer sees: This person has the skills I require. This person has experience of using the skills I
require. This person understands my requirements. This person has provided benefit to previous
clients using those skills. This guy is perfect!!
QUICKLY SHOW
I have the skills you need to help achieve your goals.
I know what goals you are trying to achieve. I have used the skills before to achieve similar
goals for previous clients.
I am perfect for the role
JACK SPARROW
1 Main Street, Bristol ABC 123, Tel:04 123 4567
Email:[email protected]
PROFILE
Highly proficient SENIOR ANALYST PROGRAMMER with 10 years experience building Financial Risk applications for major blue chip clients using OO, C++, Oracle, UML, ADO. Full life cycle knowledge, including RUP, SSADM, and PRINCE methodologies. Now seeking next rewarding opportunity to make a successful impact in a customer focused team.
Achievements
Successfully re-engineered existing risk analysis application cutting down the run time from 30 minutes to 10 seconds. This enabled fund managers to real time risk analysis figures resulting in the company being more competitive in the market place, increasing revenues by 50%.
Taught and mentored junior developers in OO techniques resulting in significant productivity rate increases and less time to market. Increase in speed of development enabled IT to become more responsive to clients demands for change and enhancements.
Automated manual reconciliation of system data with market data resulting in task being completed with 100% accuracy in 1 minute, as
opposed to 3 hours.
Career History
May 2009 – Aug 2009 Lead Business Systems Analyst XYZ Ltd. (4 months – 1 renewal)
Design and specification of standards and applications using OO / UML. Worked within team across multiple projects. Developed standards and processes. Improved efficiency and quality of working within the department.
Nov 2006 – May 2009 Business Systems Analyst ABC Ltd. (19 months – 2 renewals)
Created Object Oriented model describing the entire programming function of the company.
Model used to re-engineer bespoke application supporting the programming arm of business.
Liaised with both programmers and business users. Mentored staff on use of Rational tools: Rational Rose, Soda.
Thank YouThank You
Make sure you have scheduled a time for an Make sure you have scheduled a time for an individual coaching session the week after individual coaching session the week after next!next!
Check the website for latest information and Check the website for latest information and content from previous classes!content from previous classes!
