WEBINAR ON HOW TO BUILD A POWERFUL AND IMPACTFUL RESUME

The webinar on How to build a powerful and impactful resume is organized by the IEEE sreyas student branch on 2nd May 2020 by T.Harish Kumar.

About speaker
T. Harish Kumar(Entrepreneur and Talent Advisor, Bangalore) holds B.E in computers from VTU and MBA in HRM from GITAM university. He has worked for several leading corporations and consulting firms including STS
international, Equifax India as Talent Acquisition partner. He has 7+ years of experience in campus recruitment, lateral hiring, HR operations in the IT industry and loves to guide and nurture world-class talents on a mission to
increase employment in India.

Introduction and webinar
The webinar started at 11:00 am and lasted up to 12:45 pm. The speaker T.Harish Kumar sir started the webinar after a welcome by the IEEE sreyas student chair. Around 130 students registered themselves for this program.

The program started with a brief description of the building blocks of a resume. A detailed explanation about how powerful a resume must be?, uses of an effective resume, list of qualifications that are supposed to be mentioned in a resume, importance of resume outlook for job applications in MNC’s, do’s and don' ts, the difference between about one page, two page and three-page resumes and skills in demand that are looked for in a resume. Few sample resumes are explained in order to provide clear and complete knowledge about a resume. Students are also taught about the importance of communication skills to attend an interview, how to tackle tricky questions, and to defend a gap year to recruiters during an interview.

By the end of the webinar, students understood the importance of a resume and also how to build a resume that helps them to present a perfect resume while applying for a job or attending an interview. Students found this program interesting and highly beneficial for their careers. The program ended with a thank you note by the IEEE sreyas student branch chair.