AboutRuth Butler Expertise I will answer questions about resumes and how to do well on an interview. I am a former employment counselor and I have owned my own resume and career counseling business since 1982.
Question QUESTION: Respected Ma'am
i am Mini Nair i have completed my MBA in banking &marketing .i have been trying to get a job in banks
in operation department but i am not able to get that .i think this is because of my resume.Kindly see my resume and tell what is the problem in it
RESUME
MINI NAIR
OBJECTIVE: I would like to work for a professionally managed organization to maintain a constant and steady growth with improvising my whole self by real time experience. A position that will build my skills and allow my scope for upward movement.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
PROFILE: Tele marketing ( January.)
Company: Anandrathi Securities Ltd.
Job Profile:
• Identifying the target customer.
• Calling & taking appointments.
• Handling queries related to the products.
• Making database of the customer.
PROFILE: Business Development Executive. ( May -July)
Company: Reliance Money (Anil Dhiru Bhai Ambani Company)
Job Profile:
• Cold calling of customer (daily calling 15).
• Tele calling (daily 25 calls).
• Making of data base (surfing internet & friends /colleagues reference).
• Identification of the target customer.
• Achieving the selling target.
SCHOLASTIC:
COURSE INSTITUTE /COLLEGE PERCENTAGE
MBA (Banking & Marketing) 2007 ICFAI University.
63 .8 %
M.Com 2005
(Previous) G.S. College Of Commerce & Economics
Jabalpur (M.P). 57 %
B.Com 2004 G.S. College Of Commerce & Economics
Jabalpur (M.P). 55 .20 %
H.S.C 2001 St.Joseph’s Convent Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur 55 %
• Certificate In Data Entry System
• Ms-Word, Ms-Power point, Ms-Excel,
• Ms-Access, Ms-Project & Internet Browsing.
SUMMER PROJECT:
• Duration: 4 Months
• Organization: ICICI Direct.Com, Indore
• On The Job Training (OJT): Opening of Demat account and generate leads for
ICICI Web Trade Ltd
• Project Undertaken: “Investment Pattern Followed By The Investor And The Problems Faced By Them In On- Line Trading With Special Reference To ICICI Web Trade Ltd , Indore”
ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Received “The Best Project” In The Summer Internship Program Meet At Bhopal.
• Stood First In Certificate Data Entry Computer Course.
• Selected For The State Bank Of India Project.
STRENGTH:
• Working for Long hours under Pressure.
• Smart Working and Punctual.
HOBBIES:
Playing Computer Games, Listening Latest Songs.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
• Assistant Team leader of ICFAI, National College for event management.
• Participated in fund raising campaign organized by NGOs .
• Participated in N.S.S. Camp.
• Attended a workshop on Statistics by mathematical.
• Participated in Group Discussion Program held at college.
• Pursuing P. G Diploma in Investment Banking(DLP) & M.COM Final.
Pursuing a tally 9 (computer course)
DATE : / /2008
PLACE : JABALPUR MINI NAIR
ANSWER: Dear Mini:
I am sorry for the delay in answering this question. The question landed up in my "spam" folder and I did not see it until now.
You have some grammar mistakes in the resume. Also, what have you been doing since January? An employer is going to wonder why you only stayed at the telemarketing job for one month and what you have been doing since that time. Keep prior jobs in past tense. Example: Identified and targeted the customer.
Grammar: Cold called customers, not cold calling of customer.
Your strengths should not be in a resume. Put them in your cover letter. Take out your objective. You don't need one because you give an objective in your cover letter and yours is too long and wordy.
Warmly, R. Butler
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QUESTION: Respected R.Bulter
I received ur mail today i want to thank u for ur reply.
as u were asking that the employer would ask what have you been doing since January .i have mentioned this in my resume in the extra cirricular activity(LAST POINT) do u think that i should mention this in my scholastic group so that it would be easy for the employer
and about the career objective what do u think i should write in the career objective ?
Thanking you
Mini Nair
Answer Dear Mini:
Yes, you need to make this clearer, so that an employer can see what you were doing at that time. It is confusing if you only mention it at the bottom of the resume and they will probably miss it.
You do not need a career objective on the resume. I don't use them. They sound "canned" and are basically worthless.
You mention what you are looking for in the cover letter....that is sufficient.
