SUGGESTIVE SAMPLE CV POINTS

General points to keep in mind: -

1. Try to quantify your points, numbers always look better.
2. Collect an exhaustive list of points, the one-pager can be filtered out of them at a later stage.
3. For a Competition/Rank try to collect the total number of participants as well, it adds more
value to the point.
4. It is mandatory to mention the year of achievement wherever applicable.
5. Ensure you describe the actions taken, the impact created, results achieved, and recognition
awarded (wherever possible).
6. The list below is not exhaustive but is for reference. Feel free to add more points that are
relevant.

Listed below are various points that can be put under the given headers:

1. Academic Achievements:
● Any rank held in School/College/University/State/National/International level.
● Any Scholarship received with the amount (in numeric and/or percentage whichever) if
applicable.
● Any felicitation: name of the felicitating body, number of eligible candidates, any other detail of
significance.
● Any award won in the academic domain along with the requirement fulfilled for the same.

2. Papers Published:
● The platform (national/international) where the paper is published.
● The viewership of the journal augmented with its Citescore/SNIP/SJR/ Journal Ranking.
● Number of citations of the article/ paper.
● If the paper was presented on a platform, the significance of the same (national/international).
augmented with the footfall and any recognitions as applicable.
● The topic of the research.
● Your key contributions to the research paper.
● The key outcome and if they were implemented the quantitative and/or qualitative impact thus
created.

3. Projects/Seminars
● Year and the scale of the project
● Roles and responsibilities
● The impact that you created through the project.
● Quantify the impact through numbers such as profit, revenue, number of stakeholders involved,
savings, etc.
● Recognition for the same (if any)
● If the project led you to a job offer, the same can be mentioned.
● For academic projects, the grades (if any) can be mentioned as well.
● Title of the seminar along with the role - attendee/organizer/speaker etc.
4. Work Experience
● Numbers
a. Money ( x Rs saved, x Rs raised, x Rs managed, x Rs increased revenue, etc.)
b. Time ( x man-hours saved, x time - record lowest time, x% lead time/turnaround time
reduced, etc.)
c. Efficiency ( x% efficiency improvement, x% optimization, x% productivity improvement, x%
error reduction, x% risk reduction, x% performance improvement)
d. Stakeholders (led a team of x, interacted with x no. of stakeholders, increased reach and
impressions by x)

● Awards & Promotions

a. Award name, awarded for, awarded by (CXO / Manager designation), the impact of the
Award, number of eligible employees for the Award.
b. Promotion reason, Promotion from x level to y level, number of eligible employees for the
promotion

● Roles
Client-facing roles, assistance to CXOs, leadership / managerial/supervisory / mentorship roles,
etc.

5. Extra-Curriculars
• Role in any sports team at school/college/national/international level and achievements in the
same.
• Awards/Merits/Achievements at school/college/national/international level in any cultural
activity including Music, Dance, Literature, Dramatics, Painting, Drawing, Handicraft,
Photography, Quizzing, Debates, Elocutions etc.
• Activities/Rewards/Achievements for any social cause including volunteering, NSS, teaching etc.
• Any courses enrolled into, or certifications completed apart from the academic front (e.g. -
acourse on data science, a certification in language proficiency, etc.)
• Any School/College/National/International level competitions won or secured rank in.
• Any events organized in School/College/Committees (Note that any events organized in work
experience/internship/as a member of any committee will come under the headers of Work
ex/Internship/Position of responsibility respectively)
• Any social media page/channel/account handled with a significant presence, or
anywebsite/blog published on the internet with the response data.

6. Position(s) of Responsibility
● Selected out of a pool of xx students
○ Example: Selected 1/xx members out of a batch of xxx (or out of total applications of
xxx)
● As a senior member, recruited/inducted/mentored/managed a team of xx members
 ● Position held and responsibilities (Your key contributions in the junior year/ senior year). Try to
quantify your contributions (e.g., the number of students or people impacted)

○ For placement support committees:

a. Number of candidates
b. Final placement statistics
c. Number of companies
d. Average package
e. Hours of training conducted

○ For co-curricular/event-based committees:

a. Footfall/ Media reach or Media partners/ Registrations/ number of events
b. Budget (Sponsorship amount/ number of sponsors/ sponsorship amount raised
individually)
c. Number of Speakers
d. In case of competitions conducted: Title/scale (national level participation/ state
level etc.)/attendees/organizer/speaker/judge/prize money/ total number of
rounds conducted etc.

7. NGO/NSS/NCC/Other social work

• Money (x Rs saved, x Rs raised through crowdfunding, x Rs raised for the purpose of).
• Time (spent x time volunteering)
• Others (x number of events, helped x no. of stakeholders, interacted with x no. Of
stakeholders)
• Role (CSR, fundraising, communication, volunteering, fellowship, any other)

Please find below sample points under various buckets. Once again, this is not an exhaustive list. It is just
for you to use as a reference.

Work Experience
Sample 1 – Social Media Manager, Digital Marketer
• Scripted 12+ Influencer Marketing engagement videos for brands like X, Y, Z, etc.
• Designed a dashboard for 25+ influencers, capturing 10+ parameters, for New Business
Development.
• Conducted end-to-end hiring process for 2 Interns out of 70+ applicants in the Design and Social
Media Dept.
• Mentored & trained 2 interns, and streamlined processes for the Founder, resulting in 10+
hours ofman-hour reduction.
• Generated over 2.4 million reach and 286 thousand engagements on influencer marketing
campaigns for X, Y, and Z.
• Achieved an 89% uplift in user engagement in a period of three months.
 • Increased the follower count of xyz Instagram page from 8K to 30K in 8 months.
• Brought the average monthly reach of the page to 890K in 6 months.
• Created 150+ briefs and wireframes of the online and offline promotional material for X brands
– Y and Z.
• Detailed 8+ briefs for Influencer outreach for in-house social media campaigns like X, Y, Z.
Interacted with 20+ stakeholders for the implementation and execution of these influencer
marketing campaigns.

Sample 2 – Web Developer

• During the training period my group was awarded as the best project team in 2021. The project
was aimed at building a web application for conducting online examinations for recruitment.
The following technologies were used – dotnet framework, angular and SQL server. We were
selected for the above-mentioned award out of 16 competing teams. For the same, I led a team
of 3.
• During my tenure I worked on 2 projects – Sitecore Content Management (1 year) and WCC (6
months). XYZ (the world’s biggest asset management firm) was my client. I built and
maintained websites that would provide employee benefits to clients.
• I was a part of the daily client interactions where I would provide them with status updates. I
built MI and 48 biweekly reports to be circulated to the client leadership incorporating project
deliverables, expected deadlines, and contingencies. In absence of the team lead, I also
delegated work among the team and managed all channels of communication.
• I trained 4 new resources for their respective projects which led to their early onboarding. I was
also responsible for monitoring their deliverables.
• Produced timely deliverables by deploying more than 20 live websites to facilitate employee
benefits in the span of 3 months. This accelerated the client businesses.
• Was a part of the development team where we developed a new product called Datahub Admin
that automated a manual process of data loading to increase productivity by 20%. This helped
the resources to delegate their time towards other development work by reducing the monthly
man-hours by 36 hours.
• Supported a major inter-departmental database migration that involved 100+ clients by testing
every client individually over the span of 3 days.
• Was graded as a key contributor during the annual appraisal of 2022 and was able to
retain aproject.
• My last designation with XYZ was that of an ‘XYZ’.
• I also created test cases and debugged critical errors with immediate effects for 20+ clients. This
reduced the turnaround time by 30%. I also upgraded 10+ websites to comply with the latest
Bootstrap version and debugged errors for the same.
• I was responsible for managing the QA, UAT, and PROD databases for 10+ clients.

Extra-curricular
Sample 1
Selected (1 out of 1000+) by the State Women’s Commission, AICUF to moderate a panel discussion on
“Women beyond belief”. The event recorded a footfall of 120+ attendees. Navigated through complex
discussions on the intersection and separation of the influence of religion in Gender and vice versa.

Sample 2
• National Level Badminton Player represented Delhi State (XXthSchoolGames) Year
• Silver medal (Numeric Position) – CBSE, Inter-school sports and game competition, North 1 Zone
Year
• Bronze medal (Numeric Position) – CBSE, Inter-school sports and game competition, North 1
Zone

POR
Sample 1 – Vice President of a Society
Could you please verify the fact that I was the Vice President of the Computer Society of India for the
term 2018-19. I was selected for the position out of 75 eligible students to lead a 33-member team.
During my tenure, I was responsible for organizing the annual CSI seminar i.e., ‘ReLU – Artificial
Intelligence’. I was also the host of the seminar. The seminar was attended by 500+ people. Being the
Vice President I was also responsible for organizing competitions for 140+ students as a part of the
annual CSI fest. I managed communication with the staff members and 8 other committees under my
purview.

Sample 2 – Head Girl

Responsibilities
• Directed and led a 102-member student council.
• Supervised, Conceptualized, and Managed the event flow, participation, scripting, discipline,
and organization of 20+ cultural and academic events over the course of two years (May 2016-
May 2018).
Achievements
• Represented 1000+ students of the school. Selected out of 100+ students of the 12th-grade
batch.
• Introduced and spearheaded the first ever competitive cultural festival – XYZ (2+2 – 4 days) as
the Head Coordinator, XYZ. Created mentorship channels for 300+ students over 10+ genres of
cultural events. Auditioned these students and trained them. Revitalized cultural talent
mentorship and training. Brainstormed event ideas, and marketing campaigns to garner
participation and led a team of 102 to bring the festival to fruition. Set up the festival and
created a framework and processing system that was subsequently repeated every year in
school post my graduation.
• Revitalized the student council with cross-functional ease. Delivered on functions such as
Discipline, Academics, Cultural, Sports etc. Managed student development initiatives.
Established and maintained a conducive environment for efficient student learning.
 • Addressed the needs and concerns of all students (1000+) in the school and acted as a bridge
between the faculty/administration and the students.
Facilitated, conducted, and chaired all activities of the student council.

Academic Achievements
Sample 1 – Rank Holder
• Could you please confirm the fact that I, a student of XYZ (Year) was the first rank holder in the
first semester. I stood first across 5 departments among 350+ students in that academic year.
• I also stood third in my department (Information Technology) during the third semester among
70+ students in my class. With a cgpa of 10/10, I stood first during the 8th semester.
• Overall, I was the 5th rank holder out of 70+ students in my class (9.18/10 – across 8 semesters).

Sample 2 – Scholarship
XXX Scholarship - essay writing and interview were the rounds in the selection process. Secured XXX
scholarship worth XXX fees. 15 students were selected from a batch of 120 students.

Research Paper
Sample
This mail is to verify my roles and responsibilities as a part of the research papers: Topic, written under
your guidance (Year).
• Collected data by administering self-made stimuli from 59 neurotypical and 47 hearing impaired
children.
• Presented the study in the highly selective XXX Conference.
• Published the study in the XXX journal with a readership of XXX.

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