Presentation of a Resume:
Typically, resumés are scanned (for approximately 30 seconds) before they are read, therefore, you must design your resumé in an easy-to-read manner which is visually pleasing to the potential employer: • Your resumé should be one 8 1/2" x 11" page unless you have enough professional experience to warrant a second page. If using more than one page be sure your name and "page 2" appear at the top of the second page. resumés should never be longer than two pages. • Resumés should be visually appealing and easy to scan.   READ MORE

Use plenty of white space between lines and make margins at least one inch wide. In order to emphasize particular items you may indent, use bullets (!), underline, CAPITALIZE or use Boldface Type.

Using Action Verbs: Using effective action verbs highlights your qualifications in several ways. First, action verbs allow you to describe your successes. For example, verbs such as: "established" "created", "improved", and "expanded", illustrate motivation towards accomplishments. In addition, action verbs describe actual activities and help the reader get a greater sense of your specific responsibilities. For example, refrain from using general words such as "helped and assisted", as these words leave the reader asking the question "how did you assist?".

A list of useful action words for resumés: Achieved, Acquired, Administered, Balanced, Build, Collaborated, Compiled, Communicated, Completed, Conducted, Coordinated, Created, Delegated, Demonstrated, Designed, Drafted, Enabled, Evaluated, Expanded, Facilitated, Founded, Handled, Implemented, Improved, Initiated, Invented, Launched, Led, Managed, Marketed, Maximized, Monitored, Negotiated, Obtained, Organized, Prepared, Presented, Procured, Publicized, Recommended, Recruited, Restored, Restructured, Served, Scheduled, Solved, Strengthened, Supervised, Taught, Trained, Translated, Utilized, Wrote.

Other Possible Resume Format: There are many different types of resumé formats used in today's marketplace, each offering advantages and disadvantages. The type which you choose will depend in part on what your career goals are. In selecting an appropriate format, focus on presenting your experience most effectively and highlighting the aspects of your background most relevant to the kind of position you are seeking.

The Chronological format: The chronological format is the most frequently used and most accepted resumé style. It lists work experience in reverse chronological order, with an emphasis on responsibilities, skills, and accomplishments.
Advantages: Employers are most familiar with this format, and often prefer to see experiences listed with skills used and dates performed.
Disadvantages: This format displays any gaps in employment. The Functional resumé may be a better choice for career changes or job applicants who have inconsistent work histories.

The Functional Format: The Functional Format is designed to stress the qualifications and skills of the job seeker, with less emphasis on specific employers and dates. Your experience is listed under designated skill/functional areas and tailored towards your career goal. If you are reentering the work force, changing careers, have little or unrelated work experience, this format allows you to present your qualifications and skills in a more effective manner. Advantages: This format allows you to highlight related and transferable skills, to emphasize professional growth and minimize unrelated experience, as well as to camouflage employment gaps.
Disadvantages: Some employers will be suspicious of skills listed separately from positions. In addition, when you want to highlight employers that you have worked for that have been highly prestigious; this format is not very useful.

The Hybrid format: The Hybrid Resume is increasingly being used by individuals who want to emphasize a particular skill base or unique capabilities. This format combines a functional style listing of technical skills or special abilities followed by a listing of work history and responsibilities similar to a chronological resumé. Advantages: Hybrid resumés allow you to highlight unique skills and capabilities that would be of interest to an employer, while also clearly stating company names, job titles, and dates.
Disadvantages: Unless a hybrid resumé is succinctly written, it can be lengthy and difficult to read. This format is also not useful if you are looking for a position in a highly traditional field or if your skill base is weak or outdated.


Sample CV

M Jalal Khan

Permanent Address: 1446 Gulshan Avenue , Dhaka , Bangladesh Current Address: 605/9 New DOHS, Dhaka , Bangladesh
Career Objective
An accomplished Database Administrator with demonstrated success in designing and implementing database solution that improves business functionality. Proven ability to implement technologies that increase performance, optimize cost and positively affect business .
Technical Skills
Languages: C, C++, Visual Basic, Perl, PL/SQL, COBOL, IBM Assembler, CICS,TCP/IP, MQ/Series, IMS/DC, Transact/SQL, Windows NT 4.0 Server.
Software: Oracle (6,7,8), DB2, SQL Server, Access.
Systems: Windows (95, 98, 2000, NT), UNIX.
Hardware: HP, UNIX Server, Compaq, Dell, DEC Alpha.
Certification: Oracle Certified Professional.
Professional experiences
Senior Systems Analyst, Bangladesh Database Systems
(November, 1995 October, 2006)
• As Senior Systems Analyst/Developer, authored a mainframe software application that makes data available 24 hours a day to a third party vendor.
• Support an existing production environment by designing, writing and changing software.
• Member of team that developed automated enrollment software for a university.
• As lead programmer, implemented a document digitizing process to scan and digitize CVs received from various print medium. Administered this process on a daily basis and efficiently tracked the project.
Programmer Analyst, Bangladesh Furniture
(February, 1991 - November, 1995)
• Created an jobseeker time tracking system using Visual Basic and Oracle.
• Designed software requirements and implemented code for jobseeker time tracking system.
• Participated in software testing and code inspections.
• Worked as an analyst on the team responsible for creating an automated sales and delivery system. System included inventory control and scheduling software for deliveries.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science , December 1989
Dhaka University of Technology ,
Dhaka ,
Bangladesh
Professional Affiliation
• Bangladesh Software Programmer's Association, 2000 Present
Database Designer Association of Bangladesh , Member 2000 Present