What makes a resumé good?

Do you want a job or not?

• A resumé with errors is an invitation for the reader to get ecological.

What, me worry?

INVITATION

You are invited to recycle my cv

• Date:

• Location: Recycle bin

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)

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.

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

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

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

So what are you looking for?

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

Professional Objective A 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

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

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)

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

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

Professional ExperienceEmployment History

Work ExperienceEmployment Experience

The choice of heading is yours

The most important part of your cv and the most difficult to write well.

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?

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

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 a motherboard using the K6 processor, 430TX chipset and associated peripherals. Target applications were sub-$1000 PCs. To lower cost, graphics acceleration was 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.

Use Action Verbsaccelerated accommodated accomplished achieved acquired acted activated adapted added addressed adjusted administered admitted advanced advised aided alleviated allocated allowed altered ameliorated amended analyzed appointed apportioned appraised apprised approved approximated arbitrated arranged ascertained assembled assessed assigned assisted attained attested audited augmented authored authorized

For more verbs, go to Campus EFREI,

English and Cvs, resumés and cover letters.

RTC Networks, Richardson, Texas (September 2004 - Present)Technical Software Lead Engineer responsible 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.

Description of work experience

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

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 de Vélizy

• 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.

SKILLS

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages/ Databases: C++, C, J ava, Perl, SQL, Assembly, J SP, GSP, XML, Oracle, Sybase etc.

Operating Systems: Unix, Windows, Various Real-time operating systems.

Microprocessors: Intel x86 based, Motorola 68332, Power PC (MPC 823).

Network and Protocol: Sockets, TCP/ IP, HTTP-1.0/1.1.

Tools and SDK's: Apache1.3+ servers and modules, Win-32API, Win-CE and PalmOS-SDK.

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

LANGUAGES

French native speaker / mother tongue / native

English fluent / proficient / working knowledge

Spanish conversational / some spoken / basic knowledge / intermediate

Headings• Objective

• Education

• Related Course Work

• Projects

• Experience

• Skills

• Technical Skills

• Activities

• Awards/Honors

• Related Experience

• Other Employment

• Internships / Work Placements

•Volunteer Work

•Community Service

•Employment Summary

•Accomplishments

•Summary of Qualifications

•Leadership Activities

•Affiliations

•Publications

•Presentations

•Certification/Licensure

•Referees / References

•Further Information

INTERESTS

Basket

Movie

Computer

Video games

Music

Reading

Which one?

How unusual…

That’s fortunate considering …

Great. Another adolescent.

All music? Can you be more general?

Wonderful. We need people who can read.

What we see ▼

What we might think ▼

Overall, thoroughly uninteresting.

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 (Cormac

McCarthy, Michael Ondaatje, Martina Cole)

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

Referees / References

• Available upon request

• Referees available upon request

• References available upon request

Name Surname150, avenue de la République94800 VillejuifPhone: 01 46 77 96 31 / 06 66 32 65 09E-mail: frenchie@gmail.com20 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 de Vélizy (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 

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 de Vélizy

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