How to write a Resume

self-improvement \rightarrow productive contributor

Show outcomes and impacts from the work, and who cares

CV: Long, put everything, Mostly used for academic and government laboratory jobs
Resume: 1-2 page, executive summary, first 1/3 page count
Coverletter: Explain (in perfect language) why you will be a good hire, why you are a good fit, any special circumstances (any gap longer than 2 month)

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What is a resume

• Brief summary of major accomplishments and skills
• Present outcomes and impacts

Who reads

• Computer scanner
• HR
• Hiring manager

Goal

• Excite interest by the hiring manager / Supervisor
• Get an interview

Tips

• 1-2 pages long, generous margins and not-smaller-than 10 point font
  Present outcomes and impacts
• Executive summary of accomplishments

Contents [ Reflected by solid facts rather than description ]

Hard skill

• Experience: internship, projects
• GPA
• Communication skills (oral & written)
• Data management & analytical skills
• Computational skills
• Problem solving skills

Soft skill

• Leadership
• Team skill
• Enthusiasm
• Creativity
• Time management
• Flexibility

Online demonstration

• Google scholar/LinkedIn/ResearchGate
• ORCID
• No embarassing photos when search in google
• Search web about the company, use their language & terminology

Structure

• Identifying data: Name/Phone/Email (different for different cultures)
• Education summary: Precise
• Experience:
  • Reverse chronological order
  • Three bullets: (1) What did you do; (2) What's your role; (3) Who care about the project
  • Try also to show soft skill here
• Technical skills
• Publications
• Human properties: hobbies that make you a human
• Reference

Tips

• Readability
  • Lots of space, wide margins
  • Use screening readable font & size ranging from 9 - 12
  • Left justified
  • No personal pronouns or full sentences
  • A single font, avoid underlining
• No ERRORS !
  • Formatting
  • Grammar
  • Spelling
• Fit to the culture
  • No photo, data of birth, marital status, place, gender, children etc. in US
  • These are allowed for German
• Tell the truth
• Focus on outcomes and impacts, make the upper 1/3 impactful
• Careful with Summary & Career Objective statements
  • For Company, no one cares about your career path/plan, they care only about what you can do for them
  • For faculty jobs, it may be slightly different as you need to fit your career path to the goal of the department
• Use big names as references. Ask them before !