The following is from an email I recently wrote to someone concerning the way people send their resumes to recruiters. The bottom-line here is that recruiters hate spam as much as anybody else--and since it's crucial to our job to instantly decipher "signal" from "noise", thousands of resumes (if not 100x that) are deleted by recruiters daily because the message simply didn't get through.
Don't take this personally (I wrote it on a very sarcastic Friday afternoon), but do--if you want a shot at that great job opportunity--take it seriously.
The number-one thing I recommend people to add to their resume is clear/concise language in the body of their email to me telling me why I should care.
I get a constant, deep and steady flow of resumes that say nothing but "attached" in the body of the email, with a dangling (possibly virus-laden) word-document hanging there with a title like "bills_resume_revision19.doc".
Or, the emails say, trying to sound personalized (but end up sounding spammy): "I noticed the job you posted and I am a perfect match for it... or any other positions you have."
That don't help me worth nuthin'
The point is (speaking to job-seekers and would-be resume-blasters), help me to help you. Tell me what work you want to do, no what work you'll merely accept. Now, tell me why you want to do that kind of work.
Tell me what fires you up about life and gets you out of bed in the morning!!!
...In 100 words or less, please (this is not your dissertation, it's a teaser--a lead)... and do not, whatever you do, say simply "attached" and hope that I am bored enough to be interested in clicking your resume just for kicks--all of us are too busy for that. You wouldn't respect an email like that if I sent it to you. (Plus, would you click a word document willy-nilly in our virus-laden Internet community?)
Oh, and, lay off the "picnic" and "summertime" stationeries for the background of your email, please. I thought you wanted a job, and your email is screaming "vacation!"
ANNA UNIVERSITY
CHENNAI- 600 025
CENTRE FOR UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION
RESUME
LEVEL ( PG) :
NAME :V.SURESH BABU CGPA: 7.82
REG NO : 200521434 SEMESTER :III
DEGREE : ME BRANCH :ENGINEERING DESIGN
E-MAIL :sureshsept81@rediffmail.com
PRESENT ADDRESS: PERMENANT ADDRESS:
14,BHARATHIYAR STREET,
CHATTIRAM,
PATTABIRAM,
CHENNAI-600 072. 14,BHARATHIYAR STREET,
CHATTIRAM,
PATTABIRAM,
CHENNAI-600 072.
PHONE :044-26851824 PHONE : 044-26851824
AGE:24 DATE OF BIRTH: 17/9/1981
SEX :MALE HEIGHT: 173 cm
WEIGHT: 69 kg
NATIONALITY :INDIAN MOTHER
TONGUE :TAMIL
LANGUAGES KNOWN:
TO SPEAK : TAMIL, ENGLISH,HINDI
TO READ : TAMIL, ENGLISH, HINDI
TO WRITE : TAMIL, ENGLISH, HINDI
PERSONAL PROFILE:
FATHER’S / GUARDIAN’S NAME : P.VEERARAGHAVAN
OCCUPATION :ASST. III GRADE, FCI,AVADI.
ACADEMIC DETAILS:
COURSE INSTITUTION EXAMINATION AUTHORITY MONTH & YEAR OF PASSING % OF MARKS / CGPA
(UPTO MAY 2006)
S.S.L.C KVIAF,AVADI, CHENNAI. CBSE MA RCH 1997 50
H.S.C HIJ SCHOOL, PATTABIRAM,CHENNAI. STATE BOARD, TAMILNADU MARCH 1999 85
B.E. / B.TECH
(MECHANICAL) GOVT. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, TIRUNELVELI. MANOMANIAM SUNDARNAR UNIVERSITY APRIL 2003 67.04
PG: ME
(ENGINEEERING
DESIGN) COLLEGE OF ENGINEERILNG
GUINDY
ANNA UNIVERSITY
CHENNAI PURSUING 7.82 CGPA
(UPTO MAY
2006)
CURRENT ACADEMIC PROFILE:
SEMESTER NO GPA MONTH & YEAR OF PASSING ELECTIVES:
1) ADVANCED STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
2) COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND MECHANICS
3) COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS
1 7.896 DECEMBER 2005
2 7.782 MAY 2006
3
4
5
6
7
8
SOFTWARE SKILLS:
MODELLING SOFTWARE: AUTOCAD, PRO-E
ANALYSIS OFT WARE: ANSYS, ABAQCUS
CAD/CAM @CNC USING UNI-GRAPHICS
CNC PROGRAMMING WITH ISO FANUC CODES IN LATHE AND MILLING
SUMMER / WINTER PROJECT DETAILS IF ANY:
UG PROJECT: PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF DIESEL ENGINE RUN BY VEGETABLE OIL BLENDED DIESEL
The Vegetable oil blended diesel is being used to extent the availability of diesel and to reduce the depletion of petroleum fossil fuel at rapid rate. The smoke level decreased for about 15%to30%oil in vegetable oil in diesel mixture.
Satisfactory performance was obtained with the containing 30%PINNAI
CO-CURRICULAR / EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
ACTIVITIES
PARTICIPATED YEAR LEVEL OF
PARTICIPATION ACHIEVEMENTS
MARATHONRACE
VOLLEY BALL
CRICKET 1995
1998
1998 SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL LEVEL THIRD
RUNNERS
WINEERS
AREAS OF INTEREST:
STRENGTH OF MATERIALS
MECHANICS OF MACHINES
FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
RESPONSIBILITIES UNDERTAKEN:
Experience: WAVE CURRENT AUTOMOTIVE(P) LTD (August 2003 to march 2004)
Worked as programmer in CNC machine. Piston pin, fuel injector nozzles are the operation done using turning, milling operation .
ULTRA TECH(p) LTD( March 2004 to March 2005 )
Worked as site engineer in the field of fabrication and erection the project work is Electro static precipitator, conveyor structural works.
HOBBIES:
READING BOOKS AND JOURNALS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
GATE SCORE:226/1000 IN THE YEAR 2006
DECLARATION
I do hereby declare that the particulars of information and facts stated herein above are true, correct and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Place : chennai Signature :
Date : Name : V.SURESH BABU
Posted by: v.suresh babu | August 23, 2006 4:53 AM | Permalink to Comment