Workshop on writing Resume and Statement of Purpose

A two hour workshop was held on 14th October, 19 in The IIS University, Jaipur which was open for all the students of the university. The workshop focused on building a student’s resume and the Statement of Purpose.
The workshop started around 1 pm with the felicitation of the guest speaker who was Mrs. Vidya Suresh, the country manager, ESIGELEC India office.
In the first half, Mrs. Vidya Suresh emphasized on the significance of resume. She elaborated some of the characteristics of a good resume. She also explained the format of a CV which has to be in the reverse chronological order. She highlighted some of the main points which has to be included in the person’s CV and those were: Personal contact details, Professional experience, Educational qualification, language skills, computer skills, Personal interests, References. She also emphasized on the importance of using some of the action words that can make a resume more attractive.
In the educational column of the resume-Specializations, ranks, honours, awards, publications etc. are to be included to get an overall review of the person’s performance.
Other things like attending a workshop, learning a new language could also be included. She also mentioned things that don’t work in a CV which include spelling errors, lack of personal details, poorly presented photograph, fancy formatting etc.
The second half was all about how to write a Statement of Purpose. The student has to understand that it is not a literary exercise. The answer to the following questions has to be there in the SOP:-
What do I wish to accomplish?
How did I arrive to this choice?
How will this impact my future career plans?
What style am I going to adopt?
Who’s my audience?
She also suggested checking the SOP, editingit, rewriting it and asking a family member or a friend to read the document to provide suggestions. The things that are to be taken into consideration when writing an SOP is , to avoid lies, plagiarism,flattery, childish sentences.
The workshop was wrapped up around 3 pm.The efforts of Mrs. Vidya Suresh ji were appreciated and encouraged by the staff as well as the attendees. There were a lot of questions put up by the audience which impressed the guest speaker. She showed her willingness for such workshops more in the in the coming future which is certainly motivating and encouraging both for the students as well as the faculty.