Become Inimitable- Perform Beyond The Expectations & Cover The Extra Mile

If we look around our environment everybody is looking  to avoid mistakes rather to bring perfection in his work  because since our childhood from Primary Standard to  Secondary that thing have been to be told  to us. we always strive hard for getting higher marks in tests  or get 100 % but we never strive for knowledge  or think out of box or indifferent. If somebody does not comply that then he has to face annoyance of his teacher or Boss , so mark your self  D for them  and A++ for  youself . Our schools are the factories where obedient & educated workers would have been produced and trained not Leader and change agents.Following are the extreme examples ;

•  workers who always waiting for instruction just like their previous experiences that can’t read the next chapter of the book until unless will not ask to do so. 

•  In the name of discipline they taught us always show up on time & look your watch that how many hours left behind

• Follow that instructions carefully don’t take any creative initiative .

• Should comply what to be told rather make any argument against what to be told.

• If you will perform well then you will be awarded next standard and here in corporate environment you will get raise in pay or rarely sometimes next promotion.

• Always waiting for recess , holidays & picnics , Now waiting for public holiday, political strikes & off days.   

We should not be a replaceable part of machine rather become a machine itself. Until & unless we will remain a part of machine then we will be replacing. We have to outperform and cover an extra mile because there is always been a very thin difference in becoming good to great because one extra degree make the difference . And one extra degree effort in business & life separates the good from the great.

•  In golf, for last 25 years margin of victory in all major tournaments has been less than 3 strokes.

• The margin for victory between Gold Medal & No Medal in 400m race of men has been .71 seconds only.

• For last ten years in formula one race the difference of $ 6millions  is merely 1.25 seconds , winner got $ 12million & second prize $  6million.       

It is our life and we  are responsible for  our Own  results  & consequences. We should perform Responsibilities rather Jobs and always strive forward for covering that extra mile which will take us on top & make us inimitable. We should be act as artist who always more than vigilant about his performance in every role, who does not care about  the stage , place or role but he would there to give his best performance.

I went  to restaurant last Saturday I saw a waiter having a big smile on his face , having blasting energy  & positive body language ,he was not only managing his orders but also providing the great customer services to other customers. He was enjoying his role &  performing more than his role , every customer were looking for him that he would take their order. On the contrary there were some other waiter with no energy & enthusiasm in them and they were trying to hide their faces in their caps .So  we should enjoy our role or job  and should  perform beyond the expectations & demand of role to restore that place in the organization or business where your existence become inimitable. 

By : Syed Shahzad Ali 

HR Expert in Pakistan

 

Supremacy Of Words - The Use Transformational Vocabulary

What happens if a hockey player scores a  goal & Coach didn’t praise him on the ground by saying “Shabash Bachay” or “Great Goal“ or “Superb” but later on he would do it  in the locker room ? For sure it would not have that much impact as it would have been, if done on the ground  at time he scored a goal . What if he express his feeling with low energy & fragile vocabulary on the ground? So timing & selection of words derive our actions. Sometimes we do not give much importance to our vocabulary much and it is our words which change our action in enthusiasm or passion.

We have to transform our vocabulary in order to be motivated our selves like we have to commit ourselves that we will not use word PROBLEM anymore in our entire life instead of challenge or confront because when we use word PROBLEM then our brain creates a Metaphor of “pitiable or perplexed person asking for help” and when we use word CHALLENGE, the metaphor of fighter  would be created by our brain. Our actions & behaviors have been derived by the metaphors created by our brains, so we have got to change our daily use of vocabulary and relate the positive metaphor with it.

Would you like to see any film again and again which you have rated flop earlier? For sure “Big NO”, in the same way we should replace our all metaphors & vocabulary which will turn around our disempowerment into empowerment. “I am getting tensed” can be changed to “I am concerned or little bit peeved”. Anxiety can be treated as a state where we are getting ready to energize to prove ourselves. We should take anxiety – restless feelings, of Interviews, Exams or Office Presentations as opportunity to prove ourselves. In anxiety we would be restless internally because we would be getting energizing inside out.

There are so many impressive words which we can use in our daily routine, if we’re[a1]  having a great time (at a party or working on your business) and you just say, “It’s okay, Fine” you’ll be robbing yourself of some of the juice that you could be getting.  Instead say, “This is fantastic.”  perfect… extraordinary… phenomenal… energized… brilliant… ecstatic…  incredible…awesome…fabulous……..Top of the world because when we say “ its fine or Okay “ then our brain create a metaphor of “deprived person” but when we use lively words as I mentioned above then it shows your over all personality that how much contented you are ? You can send enormous messages to other person through your right transformational vocabulary.

You can use modifiers too for irritation , tension , deprived, dejected moments etc:

• a little bit peeved                    
• somewhat concerned              
• kind of unfortunate
• that’s rather inconvenient

 & for joyful & ecstatic moments

• absolutely wonderful
• totally awesome
• Top of the world
• Perfectly Stunning
• deeply satisfying
• exquisitely delicious

And yes finally do note that when you are sending written messages these matters a lot more because the person with whom you are communicating with is visualizing you metaphorically. And when communicating on one to one basis your gestures must compliment the words you say otherwise this may not create the impression you wanted to make.

By : Syed Shahzad Ali 

HR Expert in Pakistan

Triumph Over The Bad Habits

My one of best friend use to be a chained smoker but I always enticed him hard to leave it . Ever time  he told me that "whenever he thinks about leaving the smoking , he feels so much pain associated with it ". So I started working on it as I did with myself , but now Alhamdulliah , I am not a smoker anymore. Yes he is absolutely correct ,it is a matter of pain & pleasure which is associated with over all habits, as long as you will be associated pleasure with your any bad habit , you can’t exonerate it . Habits take a single moment to change but it is up to you whether you are committed with to let off it or not . When you want to start a habit, don’t tell yourself you are doing it for life, tell yourself (your conscious brain) that you are going to try it for 21 days , because habit is a unconscious frequent repetition of behavior. For example if you want to start the habit of Exercise tell your conscious self that you are trying it for 21 days only . Now, when you have completed this for 21 days your conscious mind has the choice of stopping it or carrying on, or so it thinks. Now it’s up to you what sort of order will you give to your brain to do, now your commitment with that habit will emerge and you will be very near to acquire a new habit for another 90 days then it will become a permanent part of your personality or behavior as a Habit after 365 days . There are following stages one has to go through to emerge new habit/ pattern and letting off the old one.

What do u want And why ?

If you want to quit smoking you have to affirm your unconscious that you want to quit smoking& why you want to quit relate some pain with it, you have to correlate the solid reasoning with that otherwise after sometime you will resume your quit habit again . You have to repeat these affirmation whenever you have a free time specially at the bed time or in the morning while brushing or bathing.

Get the leverage yourself

Once you have affirmed your unconscious that what so you want with solid reasoning now get the leverage of yourself & show your control over you . Make a public commitment for quitting smoking , tell everyone you know specially to those who are very hooked up with smoking . Enjoy your leverage by denying the offer to have a Cigarettes.

Interrupt the pattern

Don’t like a bee , who hitting the window pane again and again for escaping, do different things if one thing is not working like don’t go there for a week or couple of weeks where smokers will have been gathered or quit the company of smokers. Just interrupt your past pattern it is just like that you made a lot of scratches on DVD & it not able to play again likewise interrupt your unconscious in that manner , it should not have single thought about the smoking. Associate a great pain with smoking or your any habit which you would like to quit.

Figure out some Alternatives

Associate pleasure with some other alternative which provide you the more pleasure that smoking . it is not meaning that you started chew Tobacco. You have interrupted your pattern so this sort of thought will not be emerged in your mind but do some constructive alternatives , It can be a jogging , mediation , cooking , reading etc.

Repetition of alternatives

Repetition is the mother of Skill , so repeat you new pattern/ alternative and then it will become your habit, then practice it and have pride on your self that you have an extreme control over your behavior.

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By : Syed Shahzad Ali 

HR Expert in Pakistan

Road Map To Realize Your Vision

Raise Your Standards:

For getting your desired success, you have to elevate your standards to a high level and you have to make sure that you will not settle for less than what you deserve. This is the first key towards your success in achieving your goal.

And it requires a lot of courage & effort. Raise in standards without change in your previous practices cannot be achieved, if you will be repeating your previous behavior continuously. It is just like a Fly confined in a closed room & hitting its head again & again on the window where it would be finding its way to flee from room but it is not trying to search a new place to flee.

Not only we have to raise our standards by bringing continuous Improvements in our behavior and practices, but keep on constantly trying to find new ways of doing the same. .

Firm Belief on Your Set Standards:

If you and I will not have a firm belief in our raised standards then we can’t raise our standards as we want. Self belief is the firewood for getting your set standards. Once you set & raise your standards then you must not even think about settling on less. You must have a belief that you must meet your raised standards at all costs. There should not be a second thought that haunts your mind.

Every belief has some reference, for understanding just take the believe as a table which requires four supporting legs to stand on, even if one of the leg will be not equalize other in terms of support, the other three will be shaken up and whenever anybody will give pressure to empty weaken side the table will plunge hard to ground, it is like our Belief.

A sales person has raised his standards and he might have has a belief that now he will not settle for less than Sales Manager – to make that table unshaken,. He has to build four firm references or legs to make his table (his belief) remain standup firmly, First of all that he is Good at sales, Sales is his aptitude, he is passionate about sales AND he can achieve any assigned target. He has all competencies & KSA (Knowledge, skills, abilities) to take up charge as Manager Sales and manage sales.

Developed A Strategy & Right Approach:

You have raised your standards and developed a firm belief, but now you have to develop a strategy that how one can be a Manger Sales. For this he has to adopt the “CANI approach -Constant and Never Ending Improvement”. You have to add value or bring improvement on daily basis to achieve your goal like read professional Sales book, Attend seminars & training sessions on self financed basis because it is for your own development. Until & unless you will get the pain of investment in short term, you will not get pleasure of achieving your goal (Sales Manager) in long term. You should document your strategy with start & end date to be a Sales Manager & on daily basis keep an eye on that what value you add or bring improvement and what efforts you have made for your Goal.

An Ultimate Success By Developing A Strong Self-Image

  A simple definition of a person's self-image is their answer to this question - "What do you believe people think about you?".There are chronic tips to get an ultimate success by developing a strong self image .

No More Excuses :

Stop furnish excuses for failures , blame others & Bad Luck etc. Well there is no failure or success but results are there . For unsatisfactory results we get experiences & from satisfactory / expected results we get  Achievements. We usually figure out reasons from unsatisfactory results for the outer world in the shape of lame excuses but it really  hurts our self image badly. There are result no failure or success , this is we who interpret results as Success or  Failure.

Pride in Yourself:

Self pride is the sense of your worth & value as a person in your own eyes. It is about how much do you like  yourself? Because until & Unless you will not have pride in yourself then nobody will have proud on you . Value yourself as much high much you can . You should have a pride at your family , on your school , College  university , Organization because if you will not value your institution or organization then nobody else will value it , develop an extreme  pride for yourself  .

Take care of your Appearance :

Especial care should be given to you appearance & wardrobe . You should  adopt your appearance as you would like to be as a Successful Person i.e. visualize your attire what you will put on once you will achieve your goal and become successful  , there is saying that you should wear clothes at your current job which is requirement of your next job – dressed yourself for next job or role .

Keep Yourself in Good Shape:

You must do some physical exercises to keep yourself in a good shape & remain physically fit , because if you will be doing physical exercises then  your brain will be getting more oxygen & blood circulation . You will not only enjoy your  dressing  but also you will feel good about yourself & feel more confident , which will ultimately emerge a positive self image which is a key for success.

Select what you  allow to go into your brain:  

You have a most precious asset with you “The Brain” ; use it in  proper manner & positive manner for that you have to set filter over the things i.e. only positive things should be allowed to go into your brain. What happen, when you throw garbage in a empty box ,eventually  it will become a trash box  and only rubbish & nonsense things would be coming out of it. Same is the case with Brain if negative & cynical things would be placing into brain , it will depict on yourself image and it is an impossible thing to get an ultimate success with negative self-image.  

Believe in yourself – you Can:

You can do anything but not everything , you must have a definitive confidence on yourself that you can do anything. If you will be hesitated or if you will not believe in yourself  then believe me you can’t accomplished your desire task as you want . Have you ever observed the Horse who jumps over the Obstacles very easily . How does he Jump ? actually he builds  a telepathic relationship with rider’s  brain & heart,  due to the self believe of rider ,he catches the signal of can do attitude, if rider will hesitate & doubtful  , horse will never going to  jump over the obstacle ,. It is necessary to have a firm believe in yourself & can do attitude to get an ultimate success.

No fear to Mistake :

The person who does nothing  , he does not make mistakes and eventually does not get success. We should not have any sort of fear about mistake and errors , we just keep on working towards our goal of success. Research shows when its been asked to successful entrepreneurs that “what is a Key to success? Nearly all replied in a same manner , they just keep forward & taking steps towards their destiny , most of the time they made lot of faults and mistakes but the credence of right step supersede the all effects of such mistakes . Just keep moving ahead , mistake is nothing its a experience and another way of doing the right thing


Positive Statements:

It is very vital for emerging a positive & strong self image that you must be making positive statements and using it in your daily life . There are some definite tips hat say to yourself “ you can do” , “ Do it now” , “ I am master of this thing” , I have all the potential to get success” before starting any task . “I am the most confident & successful person on the universe” paste it on your car’s dash board , on your motor bike speed meter , in your wash room where you usually brush your teeth & wash your face. Daily in the morning & in night when you go to bed for sleep , just repeat those words which is your weakness i.e. “I am good at English” or “I can face the audience very easily” etc. It will boost your confidence & you can overcome your weaknesses.



Check your Environment:

There is very famous saying that “ the person is been knowing by his friends’ company” , if you want to build your positive self image then you must join the company of those people who would be full of enthusiasm , Positivity , energy , Zeal. Check your environment before joining any company and avoid negative & pessimistic environment .



Do Some Charity Work:

It is very necessary for emerging a positive self image, self respect & self esteem that you must do some sort of charity work . Help others to accomplished their tasks . It will emerge the sense of achievement which will reflect on yourself image .


Compile a Success Record:

Maintain a file or scrap book to compile success record it may include you school report cards , certification of achievement , your first offer letter , appointment letter , confirmation letter, Snaps , anything which you value most include it . Go though it periodically & get the sense of success & achievement , share it with your family members , friends & colleagues etc.

Every Body Is Perfect ..............

We all must heard the saying that “ Nobody is Perfect” and we validate it whenever we made flaws , errors and mistakes . But I am strong believer of “ Everybody is Perfect” .

One breakthrough thinking came to my mind that can we create something which would be imperfect , not up to the required standards?, surely not ............

If it would have been happened then whether will it be deliberated effort for any creator with his creation ?, certainly not.

Now question arises that how we can say that Almighty God’s creation is imperfect ? and specially Human Being (Ashraf-ul – Makhlooqat , The Greatest among the all creations).Look at the Title which have been given us by Almighty Allah that we are so unique & perfect that nobody is identical among the billions of world population who having a 100 % resemblance with us , our DNA are not identical finger Prints are different ,furthermore, our own hands finger prints are different from other fingers. WOW, what a perfect creation has been done by Almigthy Allah .

We are creation of GOD & he made us perfect, there is need to explore ourselves to be perfect . Ask questions to yourself to be a perfect and start search for where you can be a # 1 , if your inner soul replies you to be #1 Swimmer then go for swimming , to be a #1 HR Icon then go for HR whether you have engineering degree because it is your inner soul who will make you a perfect & guide you to be a perfectionist( Number one ). So you must restrain all those negative thoughts which deviates you from your success and destiny and you considered yourself imperfect . No one is under or over privileged God has created everyone with the same competence ,we are responsible for our success and failure , It is our own responsibility to work on our Attitude , Skills and knowledge for getting success . No one can blame God for his bad fate or any failure. These are merely lame excuses for our incompetency .

At the age of 24, "I was a Bus Conductor" - Rajnikanth....

"I didn't even complete my University Education" - Bill Gates....

"I was the one who served in Hotels" - Oberoi....

"At my childhood days, I Stitched Shoes" - Abraham Lincoln....

"I worked in a Petrol Pump" - Dhirubhai Ambani....

"I Failed in the 10th Standard" - Sachin Tendulkar....

"Education Drop-Out & initially a Keyboard Player" - A. R. Rahman....

"I used to serve Tea at a Shop to support my Football Training" - Lionel Messi....

Life is not about what u couldn't do so far, it’s about WHAT YOU STILL CAN !!

“Strive Forward in the Right Direction…

Because Everybody Is Perfect”

Are you a Water or Coke ???

Yesterday when I returned home late but with a big smile, which is my usual habit, after having a very hectic training session at office.

On the face, I usually do not show any negative sign of unhappiness or tiredness, no matter how tired I am Or what time have I reached home.

When I passed smile to wife, she just started abusing the KESC for their extensive load shedding because I had asked her that“ Why the UPS is not working”. 

On my wife’s reaction which actually I didn’t like but immediately one striking phrase came to my mind from the book “Seven Habits of Highly Effective Leader by Stephen Covey” that “ No one can hurt you until & unless you will not let them to do so” i.e. One can abuse us, It is in one’s control but the response against it what we give, is in our control. Likewise weather , Natural disasters or some one’s behavior , KESC is not in our control but the choice of response is.

To understand this, let me tell you a short story,

Once upon a time , a man was polishing his new dream car; his 4 year old daughter picked up a stone and scratched on the side of the car. In anger, the furious Man took his child’s hand & hit it many times, not realizing he was using a wrench. At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures.

When the child saw his father, with painful eyes he asked ‘Dad when will my fingers grow back?’ The man was so hurt and speechless. He went back to the car and kicked it many times. Devastated by his own actions, sitting in front of the car, he looked at the scratches, His daughter had written ‘LOVE YOU DAD’. Whatever the situation, we should try to hold our nerves and keep intact in a positive manner. 

So what to do, let may say it, in a different way here that “Be Water and not a Coke”. 

What do I mean by this, well let me explain,

What does happen when we shake a coke bottle ? .. its blast , but when we shake the water bottle it remains calm though it may make some ripples.

It is our choice and response against a particular event which differentiates us whether we are water or a coke . Water is beneficial for the person’s health as well, think twice before taken any action or decision whether you are responding or reacting. Wise people respond whereas fools react. When you respond you have a lot of choices but when we react we don’t have choice except regrets , sorrow , unhappiness & troubles .

Because when we react its urgent & abrupt , it’s not planned at all and this can lead to big mishaps at times.

Be a Water Not A Coke…..!!!!!!!!!!

Have A Courage to Come True Your VISION ????

A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows . It is pretty much obvious that our success and future growth found in our vision of life . When I asked to the son of Bakery owner near to my home ( 19 Years Old ) about his future planning & vision then he replied me very enthusiastically that when I will be at my papa’s age then I will broaden the Bakery & will acquire adjacent shop. At that time I think for a moment that nobody stop him to think big or vast his vision that “we must have a world renown bakery all over the globe with thousands of branches spread out all over the world & my sitting office will be in Switzerland “ . 

It is all about courage to think big , very few people have this sort of audacity in their goals of life. Because everything develop twice in this world first it develop in mind then we figure out it onto reality . No engineer can develop an engine drawing until and unless it would have been developed in one’s mind . Believe me what you will dream to get , you must got it . One must have a firm believe on his capabilities & efforts that he / She is well versed that he can achieve his vision & come true his dream . One thing is common , in fact it is key to success that all visionary successful icons have been taken concrete steps towards their ideas without knowing the result but they have taken steps because might be 90% you will not get success in your initiatives but rest 10 % success will engulf your all 90% failure. It is not a person who is big but his vision make him big & different from rest.

“ While one person hesitate because he feels inferior and the other busy in making mistakes and become Superior”  Henry C. Link

Following are the steps that how one can come true his Vision.

Visualization

It is the technique of using one's imagination to visualize specific behaviors or events occurring in one's life. It is a detailed illustration of what one desires and then visualizing it over and over again with all of the senses (i.e., what do you see? what do you feel? what do you hear? what does it smell like?). For example, to be a CEO is your vision then first of all you have to visualize that how will you Feel when you will be dressed in branded Suiting , Your sitting office will be at your dream place , People will be giving you desired protocol, Secretaries will be around you to facilitate , You will be big wig etc. You have to do it every day , every night when ever get free just visualize yourself in that manner then your gestures & posters will be changing around like a CEO. Because things created twice in this world once in our mind then our mind produce it into reality.

Networking & Blogging

Once you have been visualizing then start networking with CEOs It might be done through referral , Trainings , Professional Social gatherings , Social Media Sites etc . It will not be uphill task ,there are lot of forums where you can find desired audience very easily . It’s the law of attraction at work, surround yourself with people who share a similar ambition, and have the drive to make themselves successful and together, you all move forward as a group. It’s one of those things, when everyone is engaged the magic starts to happen. Your vision should be your passion.

Maintaining High Self Esteem

You should have a proud on yourself because if you will not value you high then others won’t give you due importance .Once Female conceives a sperm of male , there are about 10 Millions cells released from the sperm of male & every cells can be converted in to a potential baby but when this race begins ,only one cell win the race and rest 9.99 Million lost their way . So we have been in a tough competition before our birth in this world , we have born with basic instinct of winner and we should have a firm believe on our self that we must Win. When we have defeated millions so can’t we defeat billions ?. Praise yourself as high as much you can it will be a basic key to get you vision in set time lines.

Acquire Mentoring

Mentoring in general is a relationship between someone more experienced and knowledgeable (known as Mentor) with someone less experienced and less knowledgeable in their area of common interest. Mentoring is a power free, two-way mutually beneficial learning situation where the mentor provides advice, shares knowledge and experiences for realization of mentees career aspirations and advancement. Follow foot print of your mentor to come true your vision .

Information Congregation

If your vision is to get your dream Car , Then start gathering the information about the that car . Rush to show room for test drive & asking the prices for your dream car , get the information from different banks for leasing & loans, paste the picture of your dream car or personality in front your Washroom mirror where you usually brush your teeth , placed it on your desktop , get the info about its specifications , search all the info available at any where .

Daily Progress & Set The Time Lines

Maintain a dairy or log book where you will jot down each & every step ,what you have taken in a single day to realize your Vision . You have to make sure that on each single day you must entered something in your log book and show serious concerns when you did not do anything .For instance , if you looking for your Dream house then on daily basis make sure you did something to realized your dream house in reality like go to real estate agent , search for newspaper in classifieds etc then logged it in your daily log book. Review your daily log book on monthly basis and set the dates line for vision accomplishment.

This is not because our vision is difficult that we don’t dare,

It is because we don’t dare that it seems difficult……..

By : Syed Shahzad Ali 

HR Expert in Pakistan

Tips for Resume Writing - Create an Awesome First Impression

" First Impression is the last Impression " a very well known phrase , but  usually we get it wrong when we go for interview because we have already made our first impression over the recruiter when they received our resume , This is a resume which  craft our first impression then lands job interview call but unfortunately  we don’t give much significance to our resume as we should given it and we merely treat it as piece of paper  and we thought once we will get an interview call then we will make awesome First Impression , usually we wait for this opportunity to make the  first impression but in reality it’s been already developed. Being a recruiter we have only 40 - 60 seconds for resume short listing , yes 40 - 60 seconds only , so you make have only 40 - 60 seconds to land your job interview which will bring a job offer for you. 

What is Resume ?

• The answer to :
• “What can I do for you Mr. Employer?”
• “This is how I am going to make your money!”
• Highlights the relevant facts about you, your education, and your experience.
• Makes the first impression about you.
• Positions you in the mind of the employer, thus creating a value.
• The interview gets you the job, the resume gets you the interview!

 Page Set up Of Resume  ; 

# Use 8-1/2 x 11inch ( A4 size) white or off-white paper.
# No Need to show your picture until & unless not required by Employer.
# Print on one side of the paper.
# A resume of a Fresh Candidate should NOT BE more than one page & Experienced resume should be on 3  Pages , if experience is  less than ten years.
# Use a font size of 10 to 14 points.
# Use non-decorative typefaces and choose only one font.
# Avoid italics, script, and underlined words .( only main headings must be underline)
# Do not fold or staple your resume
# If you are going to mail your resume through courier, choose a large envelope.

What should be in Your Resume?

Put in everything that would point out why you would be good at the job.

 1) Contact Information

• Name (largest font)
• Complete Address, City and State
• Telephone Number
• Cell Number
• Email Address ( should be Professional one )
• lucky_sapna2002@hotmail.com ( Unacceptable )
• fahad_hotguy@yahoo.com( Unacceptable )

 Your Email should be your name preferably  , 95 % resume rejected due to unprofessional Email addresses.

2) Objective

• Your objective is a statement of what kind of job you are seeking.
• Keep it short & Clear.
• Aligned with the job applied.
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• Example:
• “ To obtain a position as an Administrative Assistant in a hospital setting.”
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• Example:( Not Recomended)
• “Contribute, explore, innovate, improve, profit and benefit in the management with an employer that can afford the luxury of having some one like me thinking out of the box.”

  3) Career Summary 

• It is a concise section about what you have to offer to a prospective employer in terms of , Education ,Experience, Skills, Results, Interests or you job Objective.

• Example for Professional :
• “About X years’ hands on Human Resources working experience with multinationals & local organizations. XYZ University’s Post graduate with MPA specialized in Human Resources. Proficient in HRIS (Oracle's Application software version 10.7), ERP (Oracle 8.1.7.4 based), MS Office, Windows XP and the Internet.”

• Example for Fresh Candidates:

• XYZ University’s Business Graduate with 3.5 GPA. Have done six months Internships in Local & Multinationals like XYZ , Proficient in MS Office, Windows XP and the Internet.”

  4) Professional Experience

•  It Include your work experience in reverse chronological order that is, put your last job first and work backward to your first, relevant job. Include:
  
  
• Title of position ( can be mold)
• Name of organization
• Location of work (town, state if applying for out of station & abroad)
• Dates of employment
• Describe your work responsibilities with emphasis on specific skills , details and achievements.  Check the Job Description web page for ideas.

Exclude

• Company Comprehensive History.
• Company Logos .
• Street address, supervisor names, telephone number or reason for leaving. 
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5) Achievements

•  During Employment mile stones

• Extra Mile; you have covered for employer
• Anything which feel you Proud.

 6) Education

• List most recent education first.
• Mention Date of Completion and University/College name.
• Percentage only if I class.
• Academic honors.
• Don’t include high school (unless this is your highest level of education).
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• Relevant Coursework (Optional)
• This is for new graduates or current students.
• This lets the employer know which courses you have already completed.
• Do not list every course, only relevant courses to specific skills.

7) Trainnigs & Personal Information

Avoid 

• Height, weight, place of birth, marital status, race, caste, religion and health.
• Fancy Fonts, Clip art or non-traditional paper.
• Don’t go for bordered paper.
• Don’t fold resume, don’t stuff into envelope, don’t crumple.
• Avoid Details of Travels.
• Any statement that begins with &;I ; or ;My;
• Reasons for leaving previous job(s).
• Picture of yourself.
• Salary Information.
• References.
• Religion, Sect affiliations, political affiliations.
• Don’t Under line every Heading.
• Grammatical Errors & spelling Mistakes

 Making the First impression

•  The way you dress is the single biggest nonverbal communication you make about yourself.

• Your dress conveys success, trustworthiness, intelligence and suitability.
• Lean towards the conservative side of style.
• Avoid loud colors and printed fabrics
• Make sure your clothes are nicely pressed.
• Bring an extra tie, shirt or coat just in case.
• Make good relation at Reception & office boys.

 By: Syed Shahzad Ali

HR Expert in Pakistan

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