RESUME WORKSHOP

PASSPORT TO WORK
Eng. Abdullah Ahmed Shawky LORD International R&D Senior Engineer

OBJECTIVE

OBJECTIVE

AGENDA Pick your teams

AGENDA

Pick your leader

Why this one

Lets Learn Teams Tasks

IMPORTANT QUESTION

Important Question

How long do you think an employer looks at each resume?

10-15 seconds. This is the time they decide to either

OR

KEEP IT

TOSS IT

SECTIONS OF A RESUME

SECTIONS OF A RESUME

Header Objective / Personal Profile Summary of Qualifications

Skills and Attributes

Employment and Volunteer Experience Education and/or Certification References

HEADER OF A RESUME

HEADER OF A RESUME
Name Address Telephone/Cell phone Number E-mail address
Abdullah Shawky Shawky

123 Whatever St Anywhere, B.C. A1A 1A1

Home: 02-03-0000000 Cell: 0100000000 abdullahshawky@anymail.com

OBJECTIVE / PERSONAL PROFILE

OBJECTIVE / PERSONAL PROFILE

Introduces you to the employer Provides focus by telling the employer what you want States clearly to employer what you have to offer OBJECTIVE: CUSTOMER SERVICE POSITION WITH CRAZY BEAN COFFEE COMPANY. PROFILE: A PERSONABLE INDIVIDUAL WITH STRONG COMMUNICATION SKILLS, WHO IS COMMITTED TO COMPLETE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SATISFACTION. RECOGNIZED AS FRIENDLY, MOTIVATED AND ALWAYS WELCOMES A CHALLENGE. CAPABLE, TRUSTWORTHY, AND DEPENDABLE.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS & HONOR CERTIFICATIONS What makes you the best person for the job? List the top four or five skills & qualifications here. Include skills mentioned in the job posting if applicable.
QUALIFICATIONS Professional customer service provider Proficient in handling cash, taking payments and making change Passion for fashion and clothing CERTIFICATIONS
IEEE Certificate for Outstanding Student Branch Support as a Microcontroller course instructor and student Branch Chairman, 20042005.

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

Hard Skills: can be taught or certified in. E.g. Typing, handling cash, Electronics Design ,Networking Soft Skills: personal attributes E.g. Punctual, energetic, flexible, team-player Include an accomplishment statement to support your attributes Hard Accomplishments Soft Accomplishments

ACOMPLISHMENT STATEMENTS

ACOMPLISHMENT STATEMENTS
Trained more than 15 new employees over a six month period resulting in increased customer satisfaction.

Increased reported customer satisfaction rate by 20% by providing effective training for more than 15 new employees in a six month period.

BEST
Better

Good
Trained new employees resulting in increased customer satisfaction.

OK

Trained new employees.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Job title Name of the company Dates of employment (years only) Duties and Responsibilities (looking as accomplishments)
R&D Senior Engineer and Embedded Systems Designer, Lord International, June 2006 Present Duties: Solve non regular Production and Machine Related Problems using Modern Control or Embedded Electronic systems. Plan, organize and carry out Research Projects to achieve Machine, Production and Quality Process improvement. Embedded C, basic and assembly language coding to be injected in the target processors for Research Programs.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Bachelor degree , Graduation Project. Practical Training or Training Courses. Certificates e.g. PLC Design, first-aid, Communication Skills. Professional Development e.g. Workshops with no certification.

Certification or degree Name of institution/program Dates Location

EDUCATION

Education
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Alexandria University, May 2005 Specialization: Electrical Engineering Dep., Communication and Electronics Branch. Grade: 72.6% Graduation Project: Design & Implementation of Power Line Communications Modems (FSK, OFDM) for Control Applications using Microcontrollers and Electronics. Graduation Project Grade: Excellent

C# Programming Course, Training Center X , July 2004.

REFERENCES

REFERENCES
Provides employer with background information 3-4 references are enough TYPES OF REFERENCES Work most recent job (supervisor or manager) Academic professor or teacher who knows if you are capable

REFERENCES

References
REFERENCES Bob Manager Pizza Hut, Night Manager 604-555-1234 bman@pizzahut.ca Prof. Sally Minister Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, X University, Bolivia 604-333-1122 Sally@Xbolivia.com

Fatal Mistakes

TYPOGRAPHICAL AND GRAMMATICAL ERRORS DUTY-DRIVEN VERSUS ACCOMPLISHMENT-DRIVEN OUTDATED OR INCORRECT FORMAT UNEXPLAINED EMPLOYMENT GAPS IRRELEVANT INFORMATION

FATAL MISTAKES

Fatal Mistakes

TOO LONG TOO SHORT

INCORRECT OR OUTDATED CONTACT INFORMATION

HOBBIES & INTERESTS

Unprofessional email address

Using abbreviations or contractions Overusing Buzzwords