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I have written this article specifically keeping in mind GTU students in a simple/easy to understand format.
RESUME:
A good resume always makes you stand out from the crowd. Therefore knowledge and skill of writing a good resume or CV is very essential whether you plan to go into academic field or industrial field. Following are some tips for writing a good resume. These tips are especially useful for engineering students:
1.  It is very necessary that your resume be short, concise i.e. to the point. Preferably it should complete within one page.
2. Check for any grammatical, punctuation, spelling or vocabulary error.
3.  Follow below format for writing the resume:

• Full Name
• Permanent Address
• Email-id
• Date
• Career Objective (your goal. For ex: getting a job/research etc)
• Educational Qualification/Record ( from X std till your graduation year or till the semester you have received your result) or if needed you can separately attach in the tabular form(preferably) on a new page
• Achievements/Career Highlights( Include your associations with any professional body like CSI, IEEE, IETE etc. and also include any administrative posts you have held with these bodies and any awards/recognition you have got etc.)
• Your hobbies( might be optional, depends on the company)
• Your strengths/weakness ( However you should represent your weaknesses in such a way that they should, in a way look like your strength)
• And lastly, references from any of your faculty members( preferably those faculty members with whom you are on very good terms and who would recommend very highly of you). It may happen that the faculty member would tell you to write the reference letter yourself and then give him/her for reviewing. In that case you may write it yourself. But be honest about whatever you write in your resume as employers usually conduct a background check of your given information.  This resume is also useful in case you want to undergo summer training/project work during the vacations.

CIRRICULUM VITAE:

The main difference between a resume and a CV is that a resume is always used during/for industry related jobs whereas a CV is used for academic jobs/research purposes especially for faculty positions/doctoral and post doctoral programs and sometimes for admission in graduate schools. A curriculum vitae is a typically a “living document” which will reflect the developments in a a professional’s career, and thus should be updated frequently. Usually CVs are not created until final year of UG programs or graduate programs. CVs are usually expanded in time as more and more information about your accomplishments/interests is added. If you intend to directly take up a job after graduation writing a CV is unnecessary. However, if you intend to take up a Master’s course after graduation in India or abroad it is advisable to start writing your CV from your 3rd year itself. As many universities in USA or in Europe ask for your CVs. If you assign the task of writing your CV with any foreign education agency, it is likely that your CV may look mechanical and fabricated.  Following are some tips for writing a good CV:

1. First of all, there are many different types of CVs for different positions and requirements. You need to choose which would suit you.

2. A CV might extend up to 3 pages unlike 1 page thumb rule for resumes as it includes a lot more detail than a CV. And all the details should be reverse chronological order( i.e. your latest details according to event of occurrence and then previously occurred details).

3. Format for writing a CV:

• Full Name, permanent address,email-id and date
• Educational Qualification/record
• Awards and honours from UG program onwards
• Professional activities( like any workshops/tech events/technical papers etc.)
• Professional associations(memberships to organizations like IEEE, CSI etc.)
• Administrative work( organizing/administrating any event/council membership etc.)
• Publications(research papers/journals/books etc.)
• Grants,fellowships or assistant ships
• Technical/language/software skills
• Teaching/Industry experience
• Research and teaching interests
• References( write available upon request until specifically asked for)

4. Personal information like religion, family members, personal activities or any details about personal life are strictly avoided as they make the CV look very unprofessional.

5. As with resume, check for grammatical,spelling and other errors. If possible have someone proof read your CV so that you can be sure.

6. CVs need to be constantly modified/updated with time to avoid stagnation.

Ashka

Hi, I am Ashka Jariwala, a B.E. 8th sem E.C. student at CITC, Changa. I believe in sharing whatever knowledge I have with others. That apart, I love creative thinking and am a life learner...

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