RESUMECRITIQUEPREPAREDFORASHISH

HiAshish, I'vereviewedyourresumeandhavesomesuggestions,ideas,andthoughtsIthinkwillhelpmakeyour Resumemoreeffective. AnotebeforeIbegin: Pleasedon'ttakeanythingImightsayaboutyourresumepersonally. It'smyjobtotellyouhowtoturnthosewordsintoadocumentthatshowcasesyourskills,abilities,andtalentssothat youcanlandthepositionyouwant.Alsokeepinmindthatresumewritingisnotanexactscience. Thatdoesntmeanmyapproachistheonlycorrectwaytopreparearesumebutonlythatthisapproachandphilosophy hasworkedforclientsinthepast. AnalysisPerformedat8:00:05AMon10/1/2009

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NameoftheAuthor Timesjobs.com ITprojectManagement ResumeCritique MicrosoftOfficeWord 196

RESUMECRITIQUE
FORMAT,CONTENT,FOCUS,ANDPRESENTATION
Youhavemarketableexperienceandbackgroundbutyourdocumentneedsattentionintheareasofcontent,format, focus,structure,andpresentationinordertopresentthatexperienceeffectively.

Idalsoliketoseemoreemphasisonquantifiedaccomplishments.Illaddressallofthoseissuesinthiscritique.

Aswediscussed,thiscritiqueisfocusedondesigningaresumesuitableforITProjectManagementpositions.

Thekey,asyouwillsee,istokeepthatfocusprominentinyourdocument.Whenincludinganythinginyourresume, alwaysthinkintermsof,HowcanIpresentthispieceofinformationsothatitrelateseitherdirectlyorindirectlytoIT ProjectManagementpositions

PRESENTATION
1. Yourdocumentisalittletoolengthyandmonotonoustoread.Irecommendreworkingyourformattingto accommodateacompactfontsize(preferablyFranklinGothicmedium,Tahoma,orVerdana),andkeepthemain contentsoftheresumewithin2pages

2. Visually,yourresumelooksalittleordinary.Youwantyourdocumenttobeconservativeinappearancebutmaking somejudicioususeofvaryingfontsizes,tabs,boldface,etc.canbringyourdocumentaliveandmakeitmore invitingtoread.

3. AresumeisaformaldocumentsoIrecommendjustifyingyourrightmargin.

FONTCHOICE
4. You'vechosenArial10foryourbodytext.

5. FranklinGothicMediumisthefontIprefertousefortheITresumesIwritebecauseIfeelitpresentslessofa problemfortheapplicanttrackingsystemsusedbysomecompanies.TahomaandVerdanaarealsogoodchoices.As Imentionedearlier,youmighttryadjustingyourformatsoyoucanmakeitmorecompactandimprovereadability.

GRAMMAR,MECHANICS,ANDSTRUCTURE
6. Allofthestatementsdescribingthedutiesandresponsibilitiesforyourcurrentpositionshouldbewritteninthe presenttense.Onlyyouraccomplishmentsinthispositionshouldbeinthepasttense.

7. Allofthestatementsforyourpreviouspositionsshouldbewritteninthepasttense.

8. Yourdocumenthasanumberofmistakeswithcapitalizationsolookitovercarefully.Remembertheonlywordsthat shouldbecapitalizedarethefirstwordsinasentence,propernames,titles,andacronyms. 9. Thedocumentisverylengthyasyouhaveincludedalltheprojectdetailsinthemainresume.InITresumeswhen therearealotofprojects,itissuggestibletomentionitasAnnexureinafreshpageafterthemainresume

10. Youhaveexperienceof16yearsso,itisofutmostimportancetomentionthejobdetailsbeforeeducationaldetails

WORKEXPERIENCE
Inyourworkexperiencesection,youhavelistedeverythingwithbullets. 11. Iprefertostarteachpositionentrywithveryshortparagraph(1or2sentences)describingthecompany,followed byabulletedlistofresponsibilities,andendingwithabulletedlistofquantifiedaccomplishments.

12. Yourjobdescriptionshouldalwaysstartwithactionverbsandthelanguagebepreciseandthesentencessimpleand easytounderstand JobDescriptionhas2components:1)duties,and2)accomplishments. Inyourcurrentsetup,youraccomplishmentsdontstandoutatall. Ofthe2components,theaccomplishmentsare,byfar,themostimportant.Thesearetheaspectsofyourbackground thatwillmakeyoustandoutfromyourcompetition. Byaccomplishments,Imeananythingyouvedoneforyouremployersthathas:

1.Gone"aboveandbeyond"thecallofduty:Haveyoudeliveredsuperiorperformanceonaspecialprojectorhad sustainedperformanceoveraperiod?

2.Improvedcustomerserviceorsatisfaction:Whathaveyoudonetoimprovethewayoutsidersperceivethecompany anditsproductsandservices?

3.Savedthecompanymoney:Haveyoudevelopedwaystotrimproductioncostsorperformcertaintasksmore efficiently?

4.Improvedoperationsandmadethingsrunmoresmoothly:Haveyouchangedofficeoperations,improvedemployee moralandretention,orincreasedproductivity?

Typically,you'dwanttoincludespecificquantitativeinformationwithyouraccomplishmentsand/orprojectsifyoucan (dollarvalueofprojects,increasedrevenuesresultingfromyourefforts,etc.)Forexample:

"Successfullycompletedtheprojectwithinstipulatedtimeframeof___________months." Successfullyleadateamof5programmersona________softwaredevelopmentproject.

EDUCATION&PROFESSIONALDEVELOPMENT
Presentyourinformationlikethis,thelastonewouldbeontop:

MASTEROFCOMPUTERMANAGEMENT(MCM),1994 PuneUniversity,ISTClass

BACHELOROFSCIENCEELECTRONICS,1992 PuneUniversity,ISTClass

COMPUTERPROFICIENCY ERP(Oracle)/SAP/AS400onlineMaterialManagementSystem,M.S.Word,Windows,Excel,PowerPoint

CERTIFICATIONS&PROFESSIONALAFFILIATIONS
Includeyourcertificationsandmembershipshere.

TECHNICALSKILLS
Database OperatingSystem Developmenttracksystem ReportingTools Languages/Technologies Knowledge SQLServer2000/2005/2008r2 WindowsFamily VisualSourcesafe MicrosoftSQLServerReportingServices,CrystalReport .NETFramework1.1,2.0,3.0,3.5(VB.NET),ASP.NET,MSAjax,ADO.NET,XML, VisualBasic6.0,PLSQL,HTML,MicrosoftDynamicsGPDexterity,VisualFoxPro6 SharePoint2007