CareerManagement

HowtoWriteYourProfessionalResume
AhmedM.Mosbah
April4,2012

CareerManagement
ReduceyourplantowritingThemomentyou completethis,youwillhavedefinitelygivenconcrete formtotheintangibledesire

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Foranygivenworkinstructionsthereis

AJob

ATool

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Foranygivenworkinstructionsthereis

IdentifyCareer ProfileMap

Resume&CV Writing

StartYour Career

Foranygivenworkinstructionsthereis

IdentifyCareer ProfileMap

Resume&CV Writing

StartYour Career

IdentifyYouCareerProfile(SWOTAnalysis)

WhatWhereWhyHow
(Opportunities)(Threats)(Strength)(Weakness)

 Whatdoyoualwayswanttobe? Doyouhaveapassiontobeaprofessionalexpert? Howdoyouseeyourselfin20yearsfromnow? Whodoyouknowinsuchaworkposition?

 Wheredoyouwanttowork? Whereyouwanttobeinthenext20years? Whichpositionyouareinterestedin? Whatisyourdreamcareerlocallyandworldwide?

Industry
OilandGas Refining&Liquefaction Fertilizers Cement Manufacturing Petrochemicals InformationTechnology Automotive Applications& Welfare RealEstate MarineApplications Academic Networks Software Hardware Health&Medical Charity Sport Human Development SoftSkills

Field
Engineering Design Analyst Operation Maintenance Process Production Research&Development Control Quality Safety Education Construction Project Service Finance &Cost Database Entrepreneurship Marketing HumanResources Business Training

Location
Lab Field Office Offshore Onshore Vehicle Marine Plant Workshop Industrial Facility University School Institute Shop Enterprise TravelService TrainingFacility Society

Position
TopManagement Management Administration FrontLine Supervisor Technical Technician Intern Trainee Student Volunteer

Organization
Multinational International Private Sector Investment PublicSector(Global) PublicSector(Local) Enterprise SmallEnterprise SmallProject NonProfit Community Club

Examples

Example1 Oil&Gas Operation Offshore Technical LocalPublicSector

IwanttoworkinaTechnical positionasanOffshore OperationEngineer inawellknownOil&Gas LocalPublic SectorCompany

Example2 Manufacturing Production Plant Technical Investment

IwanttoworkinaTechnical positionasanPlant ProductionEngineer inawellknownInvestment Manufacturing Company

Example3 Software Research&Development Office Supervisor Enterprise

IwanttoworkinaSupervisory positionasanOffice Software DevelopmentEngineer inaneffectiveEnterprise Company

Example4 Petrochemicals Process Plant Intern PrivateSector

IwanttohaveanInternship opportunityasanPlant ProcessEngineer insuchagreatPrivateSector Company

Writing Task
Write Your Own Profile

 Whydoyouwantsuchagreatposition? Doyoureallydeservethisworkopportunity? Doyouhavetherightqualificationsforthiswork? Doyouhavetherequiredskillsforthis?

 Didyouprepareyourselftohavesuchagreatjob? Doyouknowtherecruitmentopportunities? Areyoufamiliarwiththelocaljobmarket? Whatisyourbackupplan?

YourSkills AnalyticalSkills(ProblemSolving) TechnicalSkills(Engineering) QuantitativeSkills(CreativeThinking) ManagementSkills(Leadership) SoftSkills(Effective)

JobRequirements Physical& Psychological AcademicBackground(Problems) SomeTechnicalKnowledge HRDepartmentAwareness RecruitmentProcess EffectiveSoft Skills

Foranygivenworkinstructionsthereis

IdentifyCareer ProfileMap

Resume&CV Writing

StartYour Career

PurposeofaResume
Firstimpression Reflectyourindividualstyle Highlightsyourstrengths Servesasascreeningdevice Showyourwritingstyles AKEYELEMENTFORGETTINGANINTERVIEW

Resume& CVs

Professional
Your Todays Resume

ChronologicalResume InterviewRequest(1or2Pages) CanBeReadin10Seconds Keepdifficultiestotheinterview

Complex

Online Template

Simple

FunctionalCV InterviewRequest(1or2Pages) HardtoRead

Fresh Graduate

ChronologicalResume NeedtoWork(2or4Pages) EasytoRead

Preliminary

OutlineofaChronologicalResume
1.Name&ContactInformation 2.Profile 3.ComputerSkills(targetjobswithtechnologyskills) 4.Education(relevantclassprojectscanalsobeadded) 5.WorkExperience(mostrecentjobslistedfirst) 6.ExtracurricularActivities 7.Activities&Interests(optional)

Name&ContactInformation

ALBERTS.EINSTEIN
Egyptian,Married(2Children),BirthDate:January1,1880 10FacultyofEngineering,ElHadara Alexandria(EGYPT) EMail@Website.com +20.100.222.333/+20.3.500.0000

KeepThisUptodate

Resume Task # 1

ALBERTS.EINSTEIN
Egyptian,Married(2Children),BirthDate:January1,1880 10FacultyofEngineering,ElHadara Alexandria(EGYPT) EMail@Website.com +20.100.222.333/+20.3.500.0000

Profile

IwanttoworkinaSupervisory positionasanOffice Software DevelopmentEngineer inaneffectiveEnterprise Company

TheprofilereplacestheoldnotionofObjective.Inafewlines,ithighlightsyour skills,yourobjective,andaccomplishmentsthatareincludedinyourresume. Itpresentsthemostrelevantinformationaboutyoutothereader,helpingyou tobescreenedtotheyespile.Itisusefultodevelopmorethanoneprofileso youcancustomizeyourresumefordifferentjobsanddifferentemployers.

KeepThisInteresting

Resume Task # 2

ComputerSkills(TechnicalCourses)

RecruiterslookingforITprofessionalshaverequestedthatyourITskillsappear atthebeginningofyourresume.Categorizeyourskillsusingsubheadingssuch asLanguages,PlatformsandApplications.

Remember!!Asoftwareskillmeans:

Hardware+Software+CertainJobs+Experience

KeepThisIntelligent

Resume Task # 3

Education
CurrentDegree TitleofDegree,NameofSchool,LocationofSchool,and

CompletionDate,GPAorHonors,ScholarshipsandAwards,Coursesrelatedto theposition,Classprojectsinvolvinguseofindustryrelatedskills.

SpecializedTraining Notetrainingrelatedtotheposition/careeryouare targeting

Resume Task # 4

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B.Sc.ChemicalEngineering,AlexandriaUniversity
OverallGrad:Excellent(100%) Projects:TimeMachineDesignBasedonRelativityTheoryApplication ProjectGrade:Excellent(100%) Achievements:NobelPrizeforPhysics(1990)

M.Sc.ChemicalEngineering,AlexandriaUniversity
OverallGPA:Excellent(3.8/4.0) Thesis:TimeMachineDesignBasedonRelativityTheoryApplication Achievements:NobelPrizeforPhysicsAgain(1990) Scholarship:AlexandriaUniversityScholarship19901991

WorkExperience

Listworkexperienceinreversechronologicalorder mostrecentjobsfirst. Nameofemployer,location. Positiontitle.Ifthejobtitleisdirectlyrelatedtothecareeryouare targeting,thenlistthejobtitleaheadofthenameoftheemployer. Datesofemployment.Useonlyyears nomonths.Rightaligned. ScopeStatementtodescribelevelandoveralldescriptionofthe responsibilitiesofthejob.

Resume Task # 5

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1880 1990

CANADAENERGYANDGASPRODUCTIONCO.(USA)
Position:ElectricalEngineer Responsibilities:Maintaintheintegrityofgaspipelineflowandassurance Courses:SafetyinOilandGasPlants

1990 2000

CANADAENERGYANDGASPRODUCTIONCO.(USA)
Position:ElectricalEngineerIntern(Trainee) Responsibilities:Maintaintheintegrityofgaspipelineflowandassurance Courses:GlowAssuranceandIntegrity

ExtracurricularActivities
Recruitersareinterestedinassessingyourvolunteerworkforyour employabilityskillsinareassuchasleadership,management,andproblem

solving.Theseactivitiesalsogiveanemployeranindicationofwhatyouare likeasaperson.Include:

Volunteeractivities(includeyourleadershiproles) MembershipinSchoolclubsandprofessionalassociations Participationinteamsports(includingthelevelofcompetitionrole)

Resume Task # 6

WordProcessingSoftwareSkills

(1)BeUpdatedwithNewWordProcessingSoftware (2)UseResumeTemplatestoConstructManyVersionsforYourLife (3)TablesTablesTables (4)SymmetricFontandSpaces(FontandSizeareOptional) (5)FileFormats(ElectronicVersion/PortableVersion/EditableVersion)

WordProcessingSoftwareSkills

WordProcessingSoftwareSkills

WordProcessingSoftwareSkills

Demo

ResumeSample
PersonalInformation Profile Education Internships/Training SpecialCourses Awards(Activities) SoftSkills/Strengths/Languages

ReferenceListisRequestedduringan IntervieworJobApplication

ReferenceList
AvoidAbbreviations,Negative words,colors,spelling,grammar &punctuationmistakes, unnecessaryinformation,word arts,cliparts,logos&graphics, usingaverybigorverysmallfont size&theunusualfonts.

Dont:
Lieorexaggerate. Givereasonsforterminationorquittingajob. Includesalaryrequirements. Listreferences. Usejargonorabbreviations. Foldorbind(folder,plasticsleeve). Includelogosorgraphicsinyourlayout. WritethewordResumeorCVatthetoporbeginphraseswithIor usecompletesentences. Startphrasesinexperiencesectionwith;myresponsibilities/duties included. Usecoloredinkforprintingyourresume. Crossout,correctorwriteanythingonyourresumebyhand.

Dos:
Focusonyourcareerobjective. Keeptheresumefocused. Viewyourresumeasanadvertisementforyourself,notanattendance record. Presentyourselfaccuratelyandpositively. Describeyourexperience,skillsandeducationinspecificwordsandaction verbs. Useactiveenergeticphrasesoverpassivedullones. Usebasicformatting. Ensurethatyourresumeiserrorfree. PrintonqualityA4/Letterpaper. Considerafunctionalresumeifyouhavegainedanumberofskills.

Foranygivenworkinstructionsthereis

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Resume&CV Writing

StartYour Career

Career Search

RoutineProcedures TimeWaste
FacultyCampusPaperWork EgyptianEngineersSyndicateRegistration PersonalStatue&MilitaryPaperWork PersonalID&Passport JobRequirements

MilitaryService Preparation FinalResults ReliefPeriod ProjectEvaluation GradProject FinalExams GradProject Study

JobMarket
ResearchforDatabaseResources
MarketDatabaseforYourCareerGoal(Companies&Organizations)

UnderstandHRDepartment
Prepareyourtools(Resumeandcoverletter)inmanyformats

RecruitmentResources
Newspapers RecruiterOfficeJobBoard HitnRunTechniqueRelations Internet CareerApplicationsInternalAnnouncement

CoverLetter
CompanyInformation(Header) ContactInformation(From To) Subject Introduction Objective(Core) Signature

Foranygivenworkinstructionsthereis

IdentifyCareer ProfileMap

Resume&CV Writing

StartYour Career

StartYourCareer
SuccessistogofromaFailuretoAnotherFailure withnoLossofEnthusiasm Sir Winston Churchill

ThankYouQuestions!?
AhmedM.Mosbah
A_Mosbah@Hotmail.com