Resume guides

Practical, India-focused guides to writing each part of a resume. Facts are cited to their sources; everything else is our suggestion, and we say so.

• How to write a fresher resume

  A step-by-step guide to a first resume for Indian graduates: what to put first, how to describe projects and internships, and what to leave out.

• Writing a resume when you have work experience

  How to structure an experienced resume: lead with recent roles, show promotions and results, handle gaps, and trim what no longer helps.

• How to write achievement bullets

  Turn duties into results: a simple pattern for resume points, before-and-after examples, honest numbers and a list of strong verbs.

• Personal details on an Indian resume: what to leave out, and why

  Date of birth, marital status, religion, photo, Aadhaar: which personal details an Indian resume can leave out, why, and when to give them anyway.

• ATS-friendly resume formatting: what career services advise

  What university career services advise about formatting a resume for applicant tracking systems, where their advice disagrees, and how to check your own PDF.

• Save your resume as an A4 PDF

  How to save your CV Tayyar resume as an A4 PDF in Chrome on a computer or Android phone and on a Mac, and which print settings to check.