How to Write a Great Resume

Step 1: Structure of an Effective Resume

The way your resume is set up should make it easy for the reader to go from your personal information to your most important skills and experiences. Each part has a clear purpose.

Detailed Resume Sections:

1. Personal Details (Header)

What to Include:

• Full Name :Make it bigger and bolder.
• Phone Number: It should be a cell phone number that you can reach during work hours.
• Professional Email : Don't use a casual email address like cooldude123@gmail.com.
• LinkedIn Profile : Add it if it's current and helpful.
• Portfolio Link : This is especially important for developers, designers, and writers.
• Profile Picture : Not required, but common in creative fields or places where it's normal. You can quickly test your layout by putting professional profile picture in this part to see how it will look.

2. Professional Summary

Your professional summary is like a short, personalized elevator pitch.

What to Write:

• How long you've been doing it
• Your job title or area of expertise
• Your best skills
• A measurable achievement
• Career goals (optional)

Example :

"Customer-focused digital marketer with 5+ years of experience in social media strategy, SEO, and content marketing. Successfully led campaigns that boosted website traffic by 40%."

3. Work Experience (Detailed and Quantified)

The Work Experience section is the most important. This is the first place recruiters look.

How to Structure:

• Name of the company
• Job title
• Location (optional)
• Dates (Month/Year)
• A list of tasks and achievements in bullet points

How to Write Bullet Points:

• Start with Action Verbs : Managed, Created, Designed, Led
• Add Metrics : %, ₹, $, Numbers

Example :

• Content Manager | ABC Tech | Jan 2021 – Present
• Led a team of 5 writers to produce SEO content, increasing organic traffic by 45% in 6 months.
• Created and executed content calendars aligned with marketing goals.
• Managed social media campaigns that improved engagement by 30%.

While you're writing, you can use temporary profile pictures or placeholder images to help you picture photo-based resume templates.

4. Education

How to Structure:

• Degree (like a B.Sc. in Computer Science)
• Name of the university
• Year of graduation
• Optional: GPA (if it's high), classes that are related to the job, or honors or awards

Example:

• Bachelor of Arts in Marketing
• Delhi University, 2021
• Relevant Coursework: Digital Marketing, Consumer Psychology

5. Skills

Break this into two categories:

• Technical Skills (Hard Skills): for example, Photoshop, SEO, JavaScript, and Excel
• Soft Skills: for instance, being a leader, talking to people, working with others, and coming up with solutions to problems You can use the character count tool to make sure that the words in this section are short and that the section stays clean and balanced.

Example:

• Technical: Adobe Photoshop, SEO, Google Analytics, Canva
• Soft: Collaboration, Time Management, Creative Thinking

6. Additional Sections (Personalization)

These can add interest and uniqueness to your resume:

• Certifications from Google, Coursera, and other sites
• Awards
• Languages (with level of fluency)
• Hobbies and interests (if space permits)
• Volunteering

Add creative personal touches by creating handwritten section headers with text-to-handwriting conversion for subtle uniqueness.

Example:

• Certifications: Google Digital Marketing, HubSpot Content Marketing
• Languages: English (Fluent), Hindi (Native)
• Interests: Cycling, Cooking, Creative Writing

Step 2: Write a Strong Professional Summary

How to Craft the Best Summary:

• Be Specific : Talk about job titles and important areas of work.
• Stay focused on the results : Show how you did things.
• Be Relevant : Make sure it fits the job description.

Weak Example:

"I am a hardworking person with good communication skills."

Strong Example:

"Experienced sales executive with 6 years in the FMCG industry, consistently exceeding sales targets by 20% and developing key client relationships."

Step 3: Showcase Detailed Work Experience

Writing High-Impact Bullet Points :

• Action : Start with words like "Developed," "Managed," and "Optimized."
• Task : What you did as a job
• Result : Include improvement, revenue, reach, time saved

Example:

• Developed social media strategy that improved user engagement by 30%.
• Managed a team of 7 developers to deliver projects 15% ahead of schedule.

"I am a hardworking person with good communication skills."

Quantify Every Result where possible :

• Revenue: "Generated ₹10L in sales"
• Growth: "Improved process efficiency by 25%"
• Volume: "Handled 200+ customer queries per week"

To quickly see how long each bullet is, use the character counter.

Step 4: Monitor Word Count Effectively

Why It Matters:

• Recruiters who are busy like resumes that are one to two pages long.
• People often skip parts that are too full.
• People might lose interest if bullet points are longer than two lines.

Guidelines for Characters and Words :

• Bullet points : 15 to 25 words
• A summary : 40 to 60 words
• Headings : Make them short (2–4 words)

The character count tool makes sure that each part is short and to the point, but it doesn't leave out any important details.

Step 5: Personalize Your Resume Sections

Unique Personalization Ideas :

• Certifications : Add niche certifications that are less common but still important to the job.
• Creative Headers : Use text-to-handwriting styles to make your headers unique.
• Hobbies : List hobbies that help you get better at things in a subtle way, like "Chess" shows that you can think strategically.

Example:

• Certifications : Google Analytics, Canva Design Mastery
• Languages : Hindi (Native), English (Professional), Spanish (Basic)
• Hobbies : Blogging , Landscape Photography

Step 6: Clean and Professional Design

When planning a layout, you can use placeholder images to fill in empty spaces.

Step 7: Final Review Checklist

Before Sending Your Resume :

• Look for typos
• Look for gaps or mistakes in dates
• Check that all links work (LinkedIn, portfolio)
• Check that bullet points start with action verbs
• Check that contact information is correct