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Great CV Resume Design for Greater Opportunities 4 July 2021

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A bit about me @rifatnajmi Now: Tech Startup

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Resume vs CV

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CV: No limitation Comprehensive Multi-purpose

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Resume is: Short Specific Single-purpose

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What is a Resume

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Resume is Short Usually in 1 page. Resume is Specific Contains only relevant information. Resume is for a Single-purpose Used for job applications.

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Resume is a trailer to your own life

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What to Put In a Resume

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Who I am My name My short introduction and/or career objective (optional) Example: Certified Enterprise Design Thinking Co-Creator and UX Designer. Currently works at Traveloka as a Design Lead, leading a cross-functional team of 8. Previously worked at digital agencies, startups, and consulting, including Gojek, Halodoc, and IBM.

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How to contact me Mobile number Is it active on WhatsApp/Telegram? Email address Does it look like [email protected]? Social media Only list the one I want others to see. Don’t list it if I: - Liked pornographic contents. - Retweeted hoaxes. - Posted insensitive stuffs.

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What I am My working experience - Working experience - Relevant internship My educational background - Your highest education - Relevant courses My organization experience - Student organization - Voluntary works

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Why they should invite me What differs me from the competition: - Relevant licenses - Relevant skills - Relevant certifications - Relevant awards

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Work Experience Don’t: Write down the job description Designed proposals and marketing materials. Designed social media contents. Managed the web team and maintained the websites. Do: List the impact Produced 100+ design deliverables single-handedly within 3 months. Created viral memes that had been shared for +1M times to help promote the company's apps. Managed a cross-functional team, delivered and maintained 12 websites, resulting in +500.000 registered partners in the first year.

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Content is king, but ...

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Too much information equals no information

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What not to Include In a Resume and other Don’ts

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Don’t include any sensitive information My ID number My home address Scanned image of my ID card A selfie of me holding my ID card

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Other Don’ts Don’t make it too big Keep it below 1 MB. (Smaller) size matters. Don’t include personal information if not requested For example: Personal data. Don’t include irrelevant information For example: Irrelevant hobbies. Don’t make a one-size-fits-all resume Tailor the resume based on the targeted job. Don’t lie

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Designing Your Resume

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Designing the resume Use templates This could help kickstart the resume creation Structure the content Just like doing your paper: i.e. Use heading as the section title. Put the experience chronologically Most recent should be shown first

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Don’t follow this stupid trend Subjective Everyone has their own standard. Not accountable How to guarantee a 100% score? Distractive The graphic would more dominant than the rest of the page.

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The design is not just what it looks like and feels like. The design is how it works.

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Softwares don’t matter You can use any software to create your own resume. Make sure you can export the resume as a PDF file: 1. To keep the size small. 2. To make it compatible in any devices.

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Remember, Content is King.

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Always Keep Your Resume Updated

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Create Yours

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Use any text editor 1. List down your experience (work, volunteer, education, organizations). 2. Write down the job description, better, your impacts. Use any editor (either text or graphic) For this exercise we’ll be using Canva. 1. Open Canva and use any resume template you like. Google “Canva resume template” or use this link: rifat.id/alsacanva 2. Start pasting the text from the text editor. 3. Rearrange the layout as needed. 4. Download as PDF.

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Ask Me (Almost) Anything

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Thank you Hope to see you again!