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What makes a resumé good?

A good résumé is key to landing a job, as it reflects your professionalism. Errors can deter employers, so ensure a polished presentation without spelling mistakes. Choose a format you like, present information thoughtfully, and list experiences in reverse chronological order for clarity. Highlight your skills effectively with action verbs and relevant details, showing initiative and reliability. Emphasize your education and work history, using concise and targeted language to capture the reader's attention. Craft your résumé with care to impress potential employers and increase your chances of securing your desired position.

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What makes a resumé good?

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  1. What makes a resumé good?

  2. Do you want a job or not? • A resumé with errors is an invitation for the reader to get ecological. What, me worry?

  3. INVITATION You are invited to recycle my cv • Date: • Location: Recycle bin

  4. A resumé is a formal and professional document • Poor presentation and spelling errors indicate to an employer that you are unreliable, unconscientious and/or lazy • Spell check will not find all mistakes • Grammar check is unreliable (no conventional sentence-paragraph structure)

  5. Formats • Not one format or layout; choose a style that you like. • How information is presented is very important. • List education and work experience in REVERSE chronological order, within categories.

  6. Adam Smith Westminster House 625 Easton Street London WC1 5RW 020 6538 7295 adam.smith@gmail.com Adam Smith Westminster House 625 Easton Street London WC1 5RW Tel: 020 6538 7295

  7. E-mail: adam.smith@gmail.com Birthdate: 12 May 1987 Nationality: French Marital Status: Single Full clean driving licence Adam Smith Westminster House 625 Easton Street London WC1 5RW Tel: 020 6538 7295

  8. Personal Profile Hardworking and highly motivated computer engineering student with technical team project experience seeks opportunity to use initiative and leadership skills in a sales or customer service position Profile Detail-minded individual combining strong interpersonal and communication skills with experience in customer service, training, and sales

  9. So what are you looking for?

  10. Objective An entry-level position in software development and operating system implementation or Seeking an entry-level position to coordinate and manage client-based projects

  11. Professional ObjectiveA position in business operations involving information technology and customer service. Emphasis in management information systems. Professional Objective To obtain a position with Company X as an application programmer using an MS SQL server

  12. EDUCATION EFREI – Ecole d’Ingénieurs des Technologies de l’Information Master of Science in Information Technology Engineering expected in 2010 EFREI – Engineering Institute for Information Technology and Business Applications Master of Science Engineering degree in Information Technology expected in 2010

  13. INFOSUP Paris 2004-2006 BTS (two-year post A-level diploma) in computer science, option applications developer Lycée Jules Ferry, Paris Baccalauréat S with honours (equivalent to A-Levels in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry)

  14. EDUCATION Master of Science in Information Technology Engineering expected 2009 EFREI – Ecole d’Ingénieurs des Technologies de l’Information (Paris area) BTS (two-year post A-level diploma) in computer science, option applications developer INFOSUP Paris 2006 Baccalauréat S (equivalent to A-Levels in Maths, Physics, and Engineering Sciences). 2004 Lycée Jules Ferry, Paris

  15. EDUCATION Master of Science in Information Technology Engineering and Management expected 2009 EFREI – Ecole d’Ingénieurs des Technologies de l’Information et du Management (Paris area) Coursework: Mathematics, Java, SQL database administration, software engineering, Linux, Windows, economics, English, communication BTS (two-year post A-level diploma) in computer science, option applications developer 2006 INFOSUP Paris Coursework: Baccalauréat S (equivalent to A-Levels in Maths, Physics, and Engineering Sciences). 2004 Lycée Jules Ferry, Paris

  16. Professional Experience Employment History Work Experience Employment Experience The choice of heading is yours The most important part of your cv and the most difficult to write well.

  17. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE • What do I want them to know about me ? • What have I DONE? • How can I best describe what I have done in order to reveal my skills? • How can I get my resumé noticed?

  18. Rules • Be consistent with format and style • Use job titles and skill headings that relate to and match the position(s) you are applying for • Use action verbs and keywords • Avoid using "I" in your résumé • Be concise and communicate RELEVANT INFORMATION

  19. Consider these three examples: one is too concise, another is appropriate, and one is too detailed. "Designed a K6 motherboard for a sub-$1000 PC"—Too concise. Does not convey details of critical components, nor does it discuss applications. "Designed amotherboardusing the K6processor, 430TX chipsetand associatedperipherals. Target applications were sub-$1000 PCs. To lower cost,graphics accelerationwas integrated on-board."—Appropriate. Discusses critical components, architecture, and applications. "Designed a motherboard using the K6 processor, 430TX chipset, Ultra-I/O controller, SDRAM, 512 KB of cache memory, clock generator, PCI and ISA slots, and a graphics accelerator with 4MB of memory on board. The system was targeted at sub-$1000 PCs being manufactured by various large computer makers in the US, Europe, and Asia."—Too long. Details that can be discussed in the interview are presented here. The statement about computer makers is irrelevant.

  20. Use Action Verbs For more verbs, go to Campus EFREI, English and Cvs, resumés and cover letters.

  21. Description of work experience RTC Networks, Richardson, Texas (September 2004 - Present) Technical Software Lead Engineerresponsible for design, development and testing of all wireless products for satellite and terrestrial communications. Components included: • Transceiver/Antenna unit, with integrated TCP/IP stack, providing real-time communications over satellite and terrestrial network. • Software for a custom-built LCD Keyboard Display Unit, providing the user interface.

  22. AMA Technologies, Goleta, California (May 2000 – July 2004) - Designed, coded, tested, and documented software for the Maintenance Diagnostic Computer for Avionics (level-C box) that received the first-ever FAA authorization for a C++ embedded product - Developed a Java cross compiler in Java for Rockwell's Proprietary Microprocessor - Developed a real time system to manage information from an electronically controlled engine - Worked concurrently on several other real time embedded systems

  23. Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie des Travailleurs Salariés (CNAMTS) French Social Security Administration • Conducted a feasibility study of a cartography tool for storage servers on a SAN network. • Developed an electronic document manager for IBM Enterprise Storage Server in a SAN / AIX 5.1 / PHP & MySQL environment. PROJECTS Institut Universitaire de Technologie deVélizy • Participated in a tutored project to develop software controlled via a mail server for downloading websites. The aim was to bypass a firewall. Oral presentation and a written report included.

  24. SKILLS

  25. TECHNICAL SKILLS Operating Systems Windows 98, 98 SE, NT 2000, XP Pro, Linux (like Mandrake 9.0, Knoppix 3.3, Red Hat 9.0) Software Office XP, Office 97, Publisher 2000, 3D Studio Max R2, 3D Studio Max R4, 3D Studio Max R5, SolidWork 2000, Mega, Paint Shop Pro 6.0, Visual Studio 6.0 ( Visual C++, Visual Basic ), Visual Age For Java, Dreamweaver Flash MX, Easy php 1.6, Easy php 1.7, Oracle, SQL + Languages C, C++, Java, VB, Php, HTML, XML, XSL, SQL, Javascript, UML, PL/SQL, Css

  26. LANGUAGES French native speaker / mother tongue / native English fluent / proficient / working knowledge Spanish conversational / some spoken / basic knowledge / intermediate

  27. Headings • Volunteer Work • Community Service • Employment Summary • Accomplishments • Summary of Qualifications • Leadership Activities • Affiliations • Publications • Presentations • Certification/Licensure • Referees / References • Further Information • Objective • Education • Related Course Work • Projects • Experience • Skills • Technical Skills • Activities • Awards/Honors • Related Experience • Other Employment • Internships / Work Placements

  28. What we might think▼ What we see ▼ INTERESTS Basket Movie Computer Video games Music Reading How unusual… Which one? That’s fortunate considering … Great. Another adolescent. All music? Can you be more general? Wonderful. We need people who can read. Overall, thoroughly uninteresting.

  29. INTERESTS • Basketball – played on regional Club team and advanced to national amateur championships in 2004 • Independent film makers - (e.g. Gus Van Sant, Hal Hartley, Jim Jarmusch) • MPRPG (SecondLife, SOS 21) • Contemporary U.K. and U.S. fiction (CormacMcCarthy, Michael Ondaatje, Martina Cole)

  30. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES • Engineers for a Sustainable World – member of local chapter leadership committee • EFREI Aide Humanitaire – Treasurer of student non-profit organization and Benin convoy leader • Volunteer mathematics tutor for disadvantaged primary school students • Volleyball coach for local high school team

  31. Referees / References • Available upon request • Referees available upon request • References available upon request

  32. Name Surname 150, avenue de la République 94800 Villejuif Phone: 01 46 77 96 31 / 06 66 32 65 09 E-mail: frenchie@gmail.com 20 years SOFTWARE ENGINEERING and SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS 2004 – 2007: EFREI, Ecole d’Ingénieurs des Technologies de l’Information et du Management (Paris area) Master program in management and information technologies engineering June 2004: Institut Universitaire de Technologie deVélizy (Paris area) Undergraduate degree in computer science and software engineering Integrated 12-week internship (see below) Coursework included: Mathematics, Java, SQL database administration, software engineering, Linux, Windows, economics, English, communication June 2002: Baccalauréat with honours,Lycée Frantz Fanon, Martinique (F.W.I) Equivalent to General Certificate of Education (GCE) 3 “A-levels”: Maths, Physics, Engineer Science Technical skills • Operating systems : UNIX, proficient with Linux, Windows 9x/NT/2000/Xp • Programming languages: Proficient with Java, C / C++, BASH, PHP, UML • Networks and Data Base: LAN, SAN, Oracle • Software packages: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, OpenOffice.org

  33. WORK EXPERIENCE 2004-2005 Promoting EFREI to teenagers in career forums. April – June 2004 Caisse Nationale d’Assurance Maladie des Travailleurs Salariés (CNAMTS) French Social Security Administration Feasibility study of a cartography tool for storage servers on a SAN network. Development of an electronic document manager for IBM Enterprise Storage Server in a SAN / AIX 5.1 / PHP & MySQL environment. October – March 2004 Institut Universitaire de Technologie deVélizy Participated in a tutored project to develop software controlled via a mail server for downloading websites. Objective was to bypass a firewall. Oral presentation and written report included. LANGUAGES French: native speaker English: working knowledge, proficient in technical English FURTHER INFORMATION Sport: basketball, judo, sailing, bodyboard (Morey) Cultural activities: earth sciences, electronic music, piano, fantasy novels (Terry Pratchett, Bernard Werber) REFERENCES Nicolas GYTHIEL – Information Systems Director, CNAMTS

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