An eye-catching resume can get someone to a job interview as it primarily reflects you with your immense potential to an employer. So, it is important to develop an accurate and complete resume to get closer to a dream job. Considering this issue an online job preparation workshop was arranged by Bangladesh Open Source Network on 21 June 2020. This workshop was aimed at providing a clear concept about developing a perfect resume. This workshop was graced by professional resume writer and CEO of CorporateAsk Niaz Ahmed.
76 participants from all over the country took part in this workshop. Both undergrad and graduate students from different universities participated in this workshop. The Resume Writing Workshop is designed to assist job seekers to write the most effective resumes that reflect their accomplishments, skills, and experiences in relation to the job they are applying for. This resume workshop provides detailed explanations, as well step-by-step processes, for creating an effective résumé.
Our facilitator Niaz Ahmed is the experienced one in resume writing as he is a freelance resume writer & corporate trainer & working as the CEO of his own company "Corporate Ask" since January 2016. Within 3 years, he has written 4000 resumes by consulting with each & every client on one to one basis. He has prepared 1000++ resumes & profiles of MD, DMD, VP, CPO, CEO, CFO, HOD, CHRO level people. He has served clients from 28 countries & 80 different professions around the world. Apart from this, he has 7000++ career related publications in 15 different newspaper till now. He was invited as a guest speaker to conduct session on “Career Planning & Career Development” at 60+ Universities of Bangladesh. He has written resumes for clients of 30+ countries around the globe.
Niaz Ahmed focus on various way of writing a complete resume. Though there are so many resume formats, he focused on the basic component of a complete resume so that participant got to know about the skeleton of a resume. He stated the key elements which generally include in a resume. He also pointed the differences between a resume and a curriculum vitae. In his entire speech he answered to the questions of the participants. Niaz Ahmed said that, “Transform your resume into a powerful tool that will get you interviews”.
This workshop covered the topic like- basic concept of resume and cv, main ingredients of a resume, do’s and don’ts of it etc. He also explained the importance of chronological method while mentioning the work experience and education history, action words in a resume, right way of listing the functional section, way of writing career objectives and so on. He made this workshop easier to understand by using relevant examples.
This workshop was so informative to the participants as they were highly responsive during the entire workshop. They asked so many questions to remove their confusions about a resume. It is noted that, this workshop was organized under EDDG4BD project of BdOSN. Increasing the women participation in workplace is the main objective of this project which align with this workshop.