What makes a resum good Do you want

What makes a resumé good?

Do you want a job or not? What, me worry? • A resumé with errors is an invitation for the reader to get ecological.

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 WC 1 5 RW 020 6538 7295 adam. smith@gmail. com Adam Smith Westminster House 625 Easton Street London WC 1 5 RW Tel: 020 6538 7295

Adam Smith Westminster House 625 Easton Street London WC 1 5 RW Tel: 020 6538 7295 E-mail: adam. smith@gmail. com Birthdate: 12 May 1987 Nationality: French Marital Status: Single Full clean driving licence

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 clientbased 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 ALevels in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry)

EDUCATION Master of Science in Information Technology Engineering EFREI – Ecole d’Ingénieurs des Technologies de l’Information (Paris area) expected 2009 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). Lycée Jules Ferry, Paris 2004

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 INFOSUP Paris Coursework: 2006 Baccalauréat S (equivalent to A-Levels in Maths, Physics, and Engineering Sciences). 2004 Lycée Jules Ferry, Paris

Professional Experience Employment History Work Experience Employment 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 K 6 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 K 6 processor, 430 TX 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 K 6 processor, 430 TX chipset, Ultra-I/O controller, SDRAM, 512 KB of cache memory, clock generator, PCI and ISA slots, and a graphics accelerator with 4 MB 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 Verbs For more verbs, go to Campus EFREI, English and Cvs, resumés and cover letters.

Description of work experience 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 realtime communications over satellite and terrestrial network. • Software for a custom-built LCD Keyboard Display Unit, providing the user interface.

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 & My. SQL 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 Operating Systems Software Languages Windows 98, 98 SE, NT 2000, XP Pro, Linux (like Mandrake 9. 0, Knoppix 3. 3, Red Hat 9. 0) Office XP, Office 97, Publisher 2000, 3 D Studio Max R 2, 3 D Studio Max R 4, 3 D Studio Max R 5, Solid. Work 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 + C, C++, Java, VB, Php, HTML, XSL, SQL, Javascript, UML, PL/SQL, Css

LANGUAGES French English Spanish native speaker / mother tongue / native fluent / proficient / working knowledge 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

What we see ▼ Basket Movie Computer Video games Music Reading INTERESTS What we might think ▼ How unusual… Which one? That’s fortunate considering … Great. Another adolescent. All music? Can you be more general? Wonderful. We need people who can read. 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 (Second. Life, SOS 21) • Contemporary U. K. and U. S. fiction (Cormac Mc. Carthy, 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 Surname 150, avenue de la République 94800 Villejuif Phone: 01 46 77 96 31 / 06 66 32 65 09 E-mail: frenchie@gmail. com 20 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 9 x/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, Open. Office. 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 & My. SQL environment. 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. October – March 2004 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