How to Prepare Effective Resume

The correct way to put down your name and contact details:

 

 Name: 

• Your full name .You must give your first name, middle name if any and last name.
• The name you have on your resume is the same as on your bank account or in your passport.
• If your name has initials in the beginning or the end, don’t ignore them.
• Remember, there may be others with the same first name as yours or the same last name. 

Address:

• Give the correct address with House Number, Street name, City and Zip code or Pin Code.
• If you have just moved into a new address, check the correct address before you put it on your résumé.
• If you are living with someone or moving from place to place, give the address of a family member or friend who can collect and deliver mail to you.
• Check with the person if he/she is ok with receiving mail on your behalf.
• It is not a good idea to receive personal employment related mail at your office address. 

Phone Number:

• Give both your landline number and mobile number.
• Landline: Before your actual phone number, put down your country code and area code numbers with a + sign in the beginning. This information will help international callers to identify the country and area you belong to:

                +91 80 26666666 
                +61 2 62222222
                +1 212 5200000
                +44 121 41431322

• For mobile numbers, add + and country code before the actual number.
• If the phone number belongs to another person or if there is another person who is sharing the use of the phone number on your resume, inform him/or her about it. She/he should be able to give and take messages on your behalf.
• If you are not going to be available at the  particular phone  number  between some  hours,  mention it on your resume…”Call between 8 and  10 PM”, ”Call after “6 PM”.
• It is not a good idea to give the number of your workplace.

E-Mail id:

• It is absolutely important to have an e-mail id. There are many free e-mail providers available. So setting up an e-mail id is easy.
• Choose a good id that is professional. It can have parts of your name or initials or numbers. Avoid names like Scorchingfire@yahoo.com or squeakytablet@rediffmail.co etc.
• If you already have an e-mail id for your friend that sounds unprofessional, get a new one.