Your resume is an important document. You want to project your achievements so that you increase your chances of selection among the deserving candidates. You think that this particular job is just tailor-made for you, and that you can do wonders if you are selected. But your suitability for the post must stand out in your resume. Simple reason is that your prospective employer does not know you in person. He is not familiar with your skills, achievements, and experiences. All he has is your resume to know you. Your resume is the only thing, which tells him about you. He forms a picture about you and your capabilities on the basis of the information you provide in your resume. Therefore, the picture should come out to be "Picture Perfect". You should not appear to be a superman with unlimited abilities. Instead your resume should project you as a person who is most suitable for the job, which you should prove in the subsequently held Interview.
Therefore, it is imperative that your CV should help the recruiter to:
Get a clear picture of you
More importantly, get the right picture and one that will appeal to him
While doing all of the above, your CV should also retain your individuality.
At the same time, the resume should not be so stereotyped that it lists down only facts without a brief explanation. For e.g.:
Year Company Designation
1990-1992 Hindustan Lever Ltd. Assistant Manager
1992-1999 Bajaj Auto Ltd. Manager
Imagine yourself to be a recruiter. Has the above information captured anything about the candidate? What has been the candidate's role at each of these places? What are the functions that are encompassed in each of these designations? Each company has a different profile for the same designation. Job profile varies from company to company and industry to industry. In some, one may start of at entry level after MBA as a Manager, whereas in some others it takes a couple of years to become a manager in spite of having similar qualifications. All this information should come across.
This in no way means that one needs to put down everything. It should be just the right amount to reveal and sufficient enough to be left unsaid for the interview. To get the above ingredients mixture right, pay attention on following points:
