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This brief video of about 10 minutes is meant for B-School students and recent graduates. This video gives some useful feedback and guidance based on observation of a large number of b-school resumes.

The most important feedback is as follows:

1. You must have a 2-3 line Objective as the resume opening - to tell the reader what your background is and what you are looking for? It summarizes your resume in a precise way.

2. You must keep the resume very readable and if your contents are going into 2 pages, and if really you want to keep it to one page, then reduce the content and not the font size! If the resume is not readable, it will not be read, and it will be tossed aside because the reader has already come to know that you can’t think from the customer’s viewpoint - and that’s dangerous in business.

3. No section heading should have more than 5 bullets. And keep each bullet relevant to business and professional topics and try to align them to the Objective, where you can.

4. There is no need to mention age or sex in the resume. Your professional qualifications are the only thing that need to be visible to the recruiter. I will be very surprised if a recruiter is asking for this information in the resume. Its not needed.

5. Remember, the resume can only get you shortlisted. It is not meant to get you the job. So keep it brief and present your best achievement without diluting them with mediocre stuff, so that the reader should want to meet you.

Here’s link to the feedback file (pdf) as the text in the video may not be clear: Resume_Feedback_B-School

Here’s the video: