Tips for Drafting Student Resumes

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 404.

o Write your name and contact details on top of the page. Contact details must only include address, contact number and email id.

o Career objective makes the first impression on the recruiter since it comes just below the contact details. Hence, it should denote your plans for future and how you plan to learn from this experience.

o Give importance to writing educational qualifications and key skills on the resume, prior to writing work experience details (if any). Qualifications and skills section must appear below the career objective.

o While mentioning educational qualifications, highlight the name of the course, university and grade to put up a better impression of the profile.

o Since students have no work experience, they are supposed to give details of internship and project work under experience section. Provide vital details and highlight the key responsibilities handled during this course of time in the best possible manner.

o Include details of hobbies pursued and volunteering work undertaken during your studies.

o Make a new section of personal details and give details such as name, gender, date of birth, hobbies and nationality.

o Give academic references at the end of the resume. Give name of the referrer, designation and his contact details.

A student may work in finance, marketing, science, or engineering field as per his/her interests. Although the format will be same, the peculiarities of the resume in terms of content will be different.

The first job in a student's life determines the course of his/her career. Students can avail the best job only when they use a professionally drafted resume for the job search.