Ideogeny - CV Building 26 Nov (1)

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Adnan Shahid

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What is a brand ?









What is a brand ?





A PERSONAL BRAND

Why





Components

ProfessionalIdentity

Resume/ CV

OnlinePresence

ProfessionalAssociations

CommunityInvolvement

Articles,Essays,Blogs











What is a CV?

• Is a written profile of yourprofessional qualifications

• Prepared by an applicant seeking

employment

• Multiple versions

• It might be called Resume (?)



Why write a CV ?

• Purpose of a CV is to get an interview by:

– Persuading your reader that you are the

best person for the job

– Constructing a professional image of

yourself

– Giving a ‘sample’ of your written skills

– Convincing them that you deserve to beinterviewed



Secret Recipe of a successful CV



Guidelines to RIGHT a CV ?

• Styles

– Reverse Chronological

– Functional

– Skills – Imaginative

• Length

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Best to limit One pager for entry level – Best to limit Two pager for other positions

– Try to restrict your CV to last 10-15 years



Before starting your CV• Recommended fonts

– Calibri

– Tahoma

– Times new Roman

• Use one or two fonts only

• Use bullets, but don’t overusethem

• Recommended font size 12, don’tuse smaller than 10.

• Print in high quality, white paper



How should you organize your CV

•Name & Contact Information

• Personal Information

• Career Objective

• Education

• Experiences

• Career History

• Certifications and Training Courses

•

Technical and Interpersonal Skills• Publications

• Awards & Activities

• Other Info



Name & Contact Information

• Your Name – in the top and in boldface

• Address

–

Residence• Email

– Includes your name

• Phone number

– Preferred pattern

+X(XXX) XXX-XXXX

– Write only one mobile

–

Land number is optional H o w s

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Summary Statement / Career Objective

• Your 10 second hook to the reader

• Clear, concise, and targeted to your careergoal

•

If you want to have more than one careeroption you should develop multiple CVs

• Should include – Desired position

–

Employment type – Organization type

– Experience, and Skills offered



Examples

• Not good:

A challenging creative opportunity where Ican apply my skills in a dynamicorganization with lots of room foradvancement

• Better:

To apply knowledge acquired throughmajor software implementations andleading teams for large and smallcompanies. (better)



Education• Start with the most recent academic

degree• For each degree

– Degree name

–

University name / Department – Year of graduation

– GPA or NO GPA ?

• Don’t include high school

• Don’t include Graduation project grade

• If you are currently working in a degree

– In progress

–

Expected graduation date



Experiences

• Your Projects – Start with the most recent

– Project name

– Involved technologies – Brief description



Career History

• Start with the most recent• Employer name

• Position title

• Time interval (month/Year)

• Responsibilities (optional)



Use of ACTION VERBS

• Using to be verbs such as ‘was’, ‘is’, ‘were’, or ‘are’are PASSIVE. Try using ACTIVE verbs

• Management Skills – Administered / Analyzed / Planned / Supervised

• Communications Skills – Developed / Formulated / Negotiated

• Research Skills – Collected / investigated / evaluated / interpreted

• Technical Skills – Assembled / Built / Computed / Designed /

remodeled

• Creative Skills – Conceptualized / illustrated / performed / revitalized

http://www.bc.edu/offices/careers/skills/resumes/verbs.html





http://wheatoncollege.edu/career-services/resumes/resume/resume-action-verbs/











Certifications and Training Courses

• Training Courses – Start with the most recent

– Training Center name

– Time interval (month/Year) – Brief description (optional)

• Certifications

– Start with the most recent – Certification name

– Earned date






















Technical and Interpersonal Skills

•

Technical Skills – Programming language

– Concepts

– Technology related

• Interpersonal Skills

– Goal oriented

– IQ score

– Communication and Presentation

– Work under pressure

• Language Skills
























Publications

• Write a title and a brief description for

each

– Research Thesis

– White paper

– Articles













Awards & Activities

• Award/Activity Title

• Year Granted

• Authority

• Description (optional)












Other Info• Attended events

– Name

– Date

– Location

•Research interests – Web Based Systems

– Robotics

• General interests

– Drawing paintings

– Solving puzzles

– Reading novels

•

Last updated date




























Things you should avoid in your CV

• CNIC number /

• Personal photo

• Irrelevant awards, publications, &

memberships

• Travel history

• Previous pay rates

• Reasons for leaving previous jobs

• Typing & grammar errors

• Lengthy descriptions





















Emailing your CV

• Attach as a PDF file

• Rename your CV file to be your full name

• Enter a job code and\or job title in theemail subject

• Write the following in the email body

Dear Sir/Madam,

Kindly find my resume in the attachments.

Regards,


















What are recruiters looking for ?

• 89.0 % Communication Skills• 86.9% Ability to work well within a team

• 86.2% Personal ethics and integrity

• 84.3% Analytical and problem solving skills

• 82.9% Work Ethics

• 74.5% Fit the corporate culture

• 74.0% Success with previous hire

• 72.5% Leadership potential

• 67.1% Leadership strategic thinking

• 64.9% Likelihood of recruiting “stars”

Wall Street Journal / Harris interactive ranking of America’s top business schools: Corporate recruiters MBA picks


























Power of delivery…

• 7% of our impact is determined by words

• 38% of our impact is determined by our

voice

• 55% of our impact is determined non-

verbally: our appearance, posture,

gestures and movement, eye contact and

facial expressions

Dr. Albert Mehrabian, UCLA Professor – research to determine communication impact



















Research yourself …




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• What is an annual report ?

• A report that provides information on

company’s strategic goals, marketing

plans, operational objectives, financial

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Conclusion

• Live your brand

• Build over time

• Brand all that you do … chose what is

important to you

• Don’t be afraid to let your brand grow

as you grow

• Your brand may stumble but get back

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