Resume and Its
Essential features:
A resume is a selective record of one’s professional and educational
achievements like formal education, work experience, qualification, and
abilities and so on. While defining resume Pauley and Riordan write: “your
resume is a one-page document that summarizes your skills, experiences and
qualification for a position in your field”. Often the term like curriculum
vitae and bio-data are used synonymously for resume. The word bio-data refers
to biographical details of somebody. It may include information about one’s
background, educational qualifications, skills, abilities, hobbies, interests
and other particulars of the like nature where a resume refers precisely y to
one’s professional skills and educational qualifications, work experience and
other relevant information which justify one’s claim to a job in question. It
highlights a person’s fitness or suitability for a job he/she is seeking for.
Essential features of a powerful resume: Here are some essential
features of a good resume:
1.
Well organized: It should be well
organized and integrated to present one’s career aspirations in the field, and
showing interest in the offer, as a part of accomplishment of long term career
objective.
2.
Short and Precise: It should be written in short sentences and
Paragraphs.
3.
Unique: Giving generalized details won't
help much. By creating a unique resume dealing with organization specific
requirements, one can attract employer’s attention. It needs to cover all
remarkable academic achievements to create an extra advantage.
4.
Authentic and realizable: It is
disastrous to give imaginative or highly unrealistic details. One must offer
relevant and realizable things to figure out his skills in the field to provide
effective and efficient services. Thus, while building resume it is necessary
to be realistic and concrete.
5.
Justifiable: Resume should be clear and
justifiable, covering essential details about work excellence, and internship
projects completed. For example, if you are applying for customer service
position, you can go through customer service resume objective examples to
design the most effective objective, showcasing your talent at handling
customer service and customer relationship management functions.
6.
Crispy and attractive: One should Create a resume to cover
his internship experiences at dealing with relevant functions, and build
effective coordination between his career aspirations and the field
requirements.
7.
Professional: It should be reflecting
one’s professional attitude to solve the work associated queries and problems.
Hence, it is necessary to incorporate an objective statement, which will
satisfy the employer's interest.
8.
Avoid unnecessary Information: Any
personal information which is not directly related to the job target should not
be included.
Job Application – from the study material Delhi university
Drafting an application for employment
is important. A letter of application is like a sales letter, because through letters,
the applicant tries to sell his services. Everyone has to work for the
livelihood. So writing letters of application for a job suitable to one’s own
qualifications, in order to sell one’s services to someone in the market for
the best price available, is very important. Nowadays, an applicant must
realize the severe competitions. Therefore, one should take proper care in
writing an application in response to an advertisement. If an applicant fails
to catch the attention of the employer through his application, it will find a
place only in the waste paper basket.
Structure of the application
- Address
of the applicant and date.
- The
name and full address of the employer or the concern.
- Salutation.
- Body
of the application – Introductory Para.
- Details
of the applicant in Para or para's
- Concluding
Para
- Complimentary
close
- Enclosures
- Signature.
BIO
– DATA
An advertiser, sometimes, asks
the applicants to enclose their complete biodata. The tendency at present is to
prepare a biodata of the applicant and send it along with a covering letter.
Biodata is a statement showing the name of the applicant, his age, qualifications,
experience, reference etc. Such a statement is called “data sheet”, “resume” or
“Personal history”. Some organizations have their own prescribed forms designed
to their needs. The prescribed application form has to be completed by the applicants
and send back to the organizations.
If you are asked to prepare a
biodata, then it should contain: (1) Name and address of the applicant, (2) Age
and qualifications, (3) Experiences (4) References (5) Hobbies etc. The biodata
is sent along with a covering letter.
See
the illustration No. 130
BIO
– DATA
- Name R.T.
Govind Rao
- Address: Plot
No. 64,
Nad
Post,
Visakapatnam,
530 009
(Phone
No. 535372)
- Age 32
years (10.10.1970)
- Mother Tongue Telugu
- Height 5’6”
- Marital Status Unmarried
- Qualification:
1. S.S.I.C. Secondary Board
(Andhra) 85% 1986
2. Higher Secondary Secondary Board (Andhra) 84% 1988
3. B.Sc. (Computers) Andhra University 85% 1991
4. MBA 1st
Class 1994
Indian Institute of
Management, Mumbai
- Experience:
1. Marketing Side: Worked as a Sales Manager for Applied
Electronics Ltd.,
Mumbai-400 018 from
August 1994 to Sept. 1995
2. Finance Manager: Now working
as a Finance Manager Computers (P) Ltd.
Mumbai.
- Hobbies: I was a cricked player during my college days.
- Language known: Speak Read Write
English √ √ √
Hindi √ √ √
Telugu √ √ √
Tamil √ √ √
- Reference: (1) Prof.
Santosh Kumar
Professor
of Commerce,
G.S.
College of Commerce,
Visakapatnam.
530 018
(2) Mr. Mohan
Managing
Director
Applied
Electronics Ltd.
Mumbai
– 400 018
The
biodata is normally sent along with a covering letter. The model of covering
letter is given below:
Sir,
With
reference to the advertisement in Indian Express Daily of 10th July,
inviting applications for the post of Finance Manager, I am sending any biodata
for your consideration.
Thanking
you,
Yours faithfully
Model
131: Application for the post of
Professor
293, C.M.S. Compound
North Civil Lines
Jabalpur (M.P.)
14th April, 2002
To,
The
Principal
G.S.
College of Arts & Commerce,
Bhopal.
Sir,
Sub:
Application for the post of Professor (Com.)
With
reference to the advertisement in “The Indian Express” dated the 12th
April 2002, I would like to apply for the post of Commerce Professor in your
college. Please let me state the biodata of mine herewith:
Name:
|
R.B. Otwani
|
Age:
|
Forty-one
|
Community:
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Hindu
|
Place of Birth:
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Gwalior
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Education:
|
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Experience:
|
Since, 1988 I have been working as a Lecturer in Commerce
in St. Thomas College, Gwalior. I have been teaching Mercantile Law, business
English, Accountancy and Business Organisation to the Degree classes and
Costing to the M.Com. classes.
|
Extracurricular:
|
I am Government approved referee for basked – ball and
authorized
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Activities:
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M.P. Goalkeeper in football.
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Testimonials:
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I enclose true copies of my documents. Originals will be
shown to you at the time of interview.
|
Salary Expected:
|
Willing to accept your scale of pay to found in the
advertisement.
|
Thanking
you.
Yours faithfully
R.B. Otwani
Model
132: Application for the post of an
accountant
246, Bus stand,
Virudhnagar,
23rd March 2002
To,
The
Secretary,
Devanga
Enterprises,
Madurai.
Sir,
Ref.:
Application for the post of an
Accountant.
With reference to your
advertisement in “The Indian Express” of 20th March, 2002. I would
like to offer my candidature for the post of an Accountant.
I passed my B.Com. Examination
from Madurai University in first class in the year 1996. I also passed the
Account Test conducted by the Government of Tamil Nadu in February 1999.
I worked as an Accountant for a
year in Messrs. Thomas & Co. Virudhnagar and I had to leave the post as the
Branch was closed down recently. I have good knowledge of accounts and I can
prepare final accounts very easily.
My age at present is 32 and I
possess good spirit and sound health.
I am enclosing copies of my
documents for your ready reference. The originals will be made available as and
when required.
I am willing to accept any
reasonable salary, subject to a minimum of Rs. 3,000/- per month.
I assure you of earnest and
enthusiastic work. If I am appointed, I promise to give the utmost satisfaction
to my superiors.
Thanking
you.
Yours faithfully
K.P. Nair.
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