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Sample cover letter for Internship position at Tesco
Business Analyst
Another way to balance how which points you choose to emphasize in the bullet points under each job description, look for the unusual combo.
I remember one classmate of mind who interned at Bain. She was an English major, but took several advanced math class -- well over my head as a Quantitative Economics Major -- and
got perfect grades in each of them. That's an unusual combo.
Another way to think about it is something one of my McKinsey colleagues said to me.
"We like to hire engineers with people skills. And we like to hire poets who can do math."
If you have an unusual combination of skills, be sure that comes through in your resume. Bust the stereotype that you might get type cast in.
**** Thoughts on Resume Formatting *****
Many different formats work, but a few general "common sense" rules of thumb apply:
* Put your education experiences at the top. Make sure the name of the school you went to is easy to read.
Whether you've never worked full time or been in industry 10 years, put the schooling at the top -- its what resume readers look for first, so don't bury it.
(If it is buried, it is assumed that the school name must not be impressive.)
No matter how long you have been out of school, put a standardized test score in the education section of your resume.
If it is missing, the assumption is it must be low (otherwise you would know to put it)
* List your career experiences in chronological order (most recent job at the top, following education) -- make sure employer names are easy to read
* Keep the resume concise -- 1 page for anyone with little work experience, 2 pages max for experienced hires.
* Use bullets to save space. Keep the points short and to the point. A good rule of thumb is 2 - 4 bullets per job experience, ideally most bullets being 1 line long
* Make sure the font size is easy to read (since a size 11 font will vary depending on which font is used), just make sure the reader can read it
* Make sure to bold all school names and employer names. No need to bold your job titles. Recruiters look at employer name first, job title second.
Emphasize the things that will catch a recruiter's eye first,draw them in to reading the resume, and then discovering everything else you have to offer.
If you worked for a "no name" employer, but all your clients were famous... list the client names (possibly bold them too... might be a little over the top, but at least it will get seen).
So if you worked for "John Doe Consultants"... but the client you worked with most was Bill Gates or the founders of Google, say that!
This is not resume writing, it is marketing!
* Do NOT include everything you ever did in your life. The point of a resume is NOT to write a personal biography. The point is to SELL YOU.
