How to Make Winning Resume For Freshers - Step by Step Guide.

Resume is what you are on Paper. It describes your personality, what you are actually in your real life in just a single piece of paper. In this, I will talk about how to create a resume that stands out from others and help you to prepare a winning curriculum vitae. 

If you are a fresher and worrying about how to make a resume for fresher without any experience, then stop taking more tension about is because writing a CV for freshers is a bit easy task. it is a bit different from a normal resume, but it is easier then it looks. 

What is a Resume? 

Resume is a record of all your professional achievements, your educational qualification, your certificates your work ex and all other details about you that make the case for the job. Resume is the First thing or we can say a contact that a company see before you in person.

There is a popular saying "First Impression is the last impression" Your resume is the first impression of you. It is what you are on a single piece of a paper. Resume consist of what all you have done in your academic and personal life and it gives a brief summary about you to the company.

USA and other American countries call it a resume, and most of the rest of the world describe it as a curriculum vitae (CV). In India it is known by both the name some call it as a resume or some describe it as a CV. You know that the recruiter just spend 6 to 7 seconds on a resume so it becomes more difficult to create a perfect resume that stands out from your competitors and gets the first movers advantage. 

Your resume has the power to get you an interview for your dream job and the very same resume can be the reason for your dream job just remaining a dream. Your resume is the virtual you. it should speak of your passion and the career you want to follow.

Your resume isn't- 

• Going to give you an automatic job 
• Summary of your skills 
• log of your job history

So let's get started with a step by step guide to make your resume a winning resume. 

Types of Resume - Which To Choose? 

Resume Types consists of 3 Formats - 

• Chronological Resume 
• Functional Resume 
• Combination Resume 

1)- Chronological Resume -  This the most common format used while making a resume. It generally starts with the most recent education. it is for the people who have had a few breaks in their career and have continued in the same sectors, it also works well for the people whose responsibility has increased in the same organization.

Chronological Resume

2)-Functional Resume- It is useful for people with fewer years of experience and who want to make a career change. This type of resume does not focus on any type of job title and previous employment details.it focus on your skills, knowledge and your abilities. it is used by the people who have break in there careers. this type of resume work well for those peoples who have worked in multiple job profiles which is not related to each other.

Functional Resume 

3)- Combination Resume - This type of resume is combination of both functional and chronological resume. it list the knowledge and specific skills of yours, and it also lists the dates of any previous employment, and it is most useful for the people who learn new skills from unrealetd sectors and would like to emphasize it.

Combination Resume 

 Layout of Your Resume 

1)- Contact Information - The first information that you will write in your resume is your contact information at the foremost and top of the resume which will include -

• Your name 
• Your E-mail Adress
• Your Mobile Number 
• Your Social profile - Linkdin 

2)- About me - When you go to some interview the first question that anyone will ask to you is "Tell me About Yourself" and thats exactly what you have to write in this section its like a small introduction about your self.. it will give a small summery of yourself to the recruiters which will include your goal and objective.

3)-Education Qualification - Here you will include your education qualification in a chronological order from recent to past or past tto recent. having a excellent education shows your knowledge and your expertise. Here are the main points that you will include in this section - 

• The name of your school and college 
• location of your school and college
• Board of Your school and college 
• Date of passing and graduation 
• Your Marks - (In CGPA or % ) 

Dont include marks if they are less below 50% as it will not be seen good by the recruiters and do write all these in table format from latest to past or vice versa.

4)- Skills - Use various range of hard and soft skills in your resume that you have done in your life, it willl help you in strength your candidacy. You can write various skills you have gain in the past or you know very well in this section. Hard skills includes - 

• Software Development
• Accounting Tools 
• SEO & SEM
• HTML & CSS 
• Digital Marketing 
• Dara science 
• Public speaking
• Web development
• Advance Excel 
• Python / Java 
• UI & UX 
• And many more 

Soft Skills includes - 

• Self Motivation 
• Time Management 
• Logical Reasoning
• Focus 
• Trust
• Teamwork 
• Responsibility 
• Patient 
• Critical Observation 

 Technical Skills Includes - 

• Softwares - Microsoft office , Suit, Oracle , 
• Programing Language - HTML , JAVA , CSS, C++
• IT
• PYTHON
• Many more 

5)- Work experience - If you are in college and preparing your resume then you can write about your interships that you have done in your 1 or 2 year or you can also write about anything that you have done in your past which is at least more then 3to 6 months and also you can write about if you done something in your family business or you have done something your own like a small business or a Start-up , which is also counted as a work experience.

6) Hobbies - Write about your hobbies which you love do in your free time and for which you are passionate about in your life and which you love to do. Hobbies includes -

• Singing , Dancing 
• Cricket , Football, 
• Reading
• Horse riding 
• Games 
• Swimming 
• Acting 
• And many more 

7) Language known - You can write about how many languages you know which will add a lot of value in your resume, you can include such as Hindi, English , French, Chinese, German and etc Which you know and you can speak these languages perfectly.

8)- Projects and achievements - You can write about your achievements which you have done in your life or any type of projects that you have done in your college. Achievements includes Ngo works or any helping work which you have done in the past or if you have scored 100 in any subject or you were the topper of your claas, anything that you have accomplished in your life.

9) Certification - You can write about your certificate course that you have done in your time, it includes  certificate in for eg - stock market , Advance Excel , Digital marketing , inbound marketing ,etc which is relevant to your sector.

Do's While Writing Resume - 

• Customize your Resume to the sector you are applying to. 
• First page should catch the attention of interviewer 
• Use bullets instead of paragraphs 
• Maintain standerd space between the letters 
• Use Keywords that can be read by all the machines 
• Use formal readable fonts 
• Use font size 12- 14 
• Be cautious while mentioning your hobbies.
• Spell check and proof read again. 

Don'ts While Writing Resume - 

• Don't exceeds 2 pages. 
• Don't exceeds 4 - 5 Bullets per section.
• Don't make spelling and grammar mistakes.
• Don't use jargon or slang language. 
• Don't include your photograph unless specified.
• Don't lie about your achievements. 
• Don't Copy the objective summary from internet, write your original.

Cover Letter - It is Must.

A Cover letter is a must with resume so don't forget to attach a cover letter with your resume. It tells the employer about the position you are interested in and helps to make an initial assessment wheather you fit the job profile or not. 

A cover letter is read before your resume is read so it gives initial information and impression about you to the employer.

Each cover letter should be tailor made to the job you are seeking. The cover letter tell the employer about the job you are seeking for in the organisation. 

Cover letter tells the employer how qualified are you for the job position and it expresses the points that your resume might not speak about. Many believe it better then a structural resume. 

Structure of Cover letter.

Cover letter - Points to Remember. 

• Keep it short.
• Skills relevant to job profile.
• Always include job title.
• Check the formatting of the letter. 
• Highlight your major skills. 
• Your content should be original. 
• Proof read and spell check your lines. 

So that's it I hope now you know how to make a perfect job winning resume and cover letter that stand out from your competitors and helps you to get your dream job. 

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