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​Since CV is the required part of our registration process we want to help newbies in preparing an outstanding resume and gathered tips from top tech companies’ workers! 1. The first must thing that should go into the CV of any student is the ‘Education’ section. - Start with the most recent education; - Include graduation month and year. 2. The ‘Experience’ part must include only the places, you have been working in. If there was no such experience with relevant background, just skip this part. - Start with the most recent experience including dates; - Avoid adding irrelevant information; - Write your results in that company/team. How does your work impact them? What are the outcomes of that?; - (Bad example of the job description): “Implemented X in Y”; - (Good example of the job description): “Implemented X in Y achieving Z (% of accuracy/number of registered users/number of clicks or engagement rate). 3. ‘Projects’ section. Here is the most delightful part of the resume. A project can be personal as well as a group project (even project, that you did during your course in the past). - Start with the most relevant by your opinion project and include the course name, if that project was done during some courses; - Include dates, when the project was finished; - Include a link to the project from your GitHub / Bit Bucket or other similar profiles to show that you really did it. Interviewers usually do not look at them, but if they’d like to look, they should know on what level you are. 4. ‘Technical skills’ section. The back-end of every student - technologies that student is acquainted with. - Sort them. For example ‘Technologies’ and ‘Programming Languages’ parts. Be more specific and able to differentiate them; - It is desired to start each part with the most acquainted technology/programming language. 5. ‘Extracurricular activities’ - if you have something to write to this section - it would be beneficial for you to include them. - Tell recruiter how you spend the time out of your courses and projects: maybe it is the membership in international chapters like ACM, science clubs and marathons, presentations or publications, or some scholarships; - Include your extra results, give more information about that, emphasizing your impact in front of others; - (bad example): “Awarded with a gold medal in International X Olympiad”; - (good example): “Awarded with a gold medal in International X Olympiad among 500+ participants”. 6. The final part of making a CV - design and formatting. - It is preferable that you write your CV in LaTeX. You can find CV templates in overleaf.com; - Do not overplay with design. Use simple and concise one; - Include your social link profiles and contact info at the top of the resume: GitHub, LinkedIn, email or other relevant ones; - Use readable ink. Black on white is the best choice; - Fit CV into one page. If more than one page, think about some redundant parts, or places showing up you not well in comparison with other parts; - Use bullet points for readability; - Check for typos and other errors before submission. Made with 💙 from Nazarbayev University ACM Student Chapter