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Here are some useful tips that would surely help you to prepare an attractive resume-

1. List out all your academic projects, as mini-projects in your CV
2. Provide only brief summary about these projects
3. Mention all your technical know-how's but concentrate upon your strengths
4. Make sure there are no spelling or grammatical errors in your CV
5. Don't give out too many personal details
6. Don't include irrelevant details like hobbies: playing cricket etc!!
7. Focus on your Final Year Project & highlight it so as to attract the recruiter to call you for an interview
8. Don't keep your CV monotonous ot too lengthy, try to keep it crisp and short
9. Don't USE VARIOUS COLORED FONTS in your CV! (Trust me you will never gain anything by doing so)
10. Italicize or underline important things in your CV, but don't INCREASE THE FONT of selected words!

Remember content is king! Your CV must be appealling, but also sensible at the same time!

If you are a final year graduation student or a fresh pass-out graduate, seeking an IT job, chances are high that you might have applied in countless companies, but got very little positive response in turn!

So you must be wondering the reason behind this! Well sure thing, firstly the recession in the IT sector, has brought down the number of job opportunities, which has in turn forced the recruiters to tighten their criteria.

At this point of time, nobody wants to really hire a fresher who simply knows nothing about the industry as well as the tricks of the game!

However, the sad part is that as a fresher you might not have too much to write on your resume. Despite this, you should try to frame your resume in such a way that it looks appealling to the HR/Recruiter, but not too superficial at the same time.

Remember that getting short-listed for the interview is not the last thing on your cards, as you must stand true to your words during the selection process as well.

Read the article on "Top 10 tips on building a good fresher resume", to learn the art of preparing a good CV!

If you are struggling to find a good job at the moment, joining a call centre may seem to be a good idea. However, you must not fall into this trap, as you may end up building a career in the call-cente (BPO/KPO) industry rather than IT.

So what can you do?

You can always try to do some small projects on your own to improve your credentials, which will surely boost your chances of selection in future

You can try to contact your seniors & take some references

You can visit websites like

www.freshersarea.com
www.c-cplusplus.com
www.code-maniac.blogspot.com
www.cool-sap-faqs.blogspot.com

and the likes of them, to find good opportunities & learn from tutorials.

Keep learning, don't give up!

Post your questions & take assistance from me!

Last but not the least, you can also contact me to: max.topcoder@gmail.com

As you know that IT industry is facing terrible recession & with problems like Satyam scandle weakening the roots of IT, getting an IT job is getting tougher day by day.

Being an IT professional, i realized that it is always a wise option, to establish your identity by doing something out-of-the-league rather than trying to do the same what ever one else is doing!(commonly known as sheepi-culture in India)

So i decided to get into ERP & joined Oracle Apps Team. Prior to this i was struggling to make my presence felt in the world of C/C++ programming, however after trying for 5months or so, i changed my decision.

Parallely i started to learn web-based stuff like jsp, servlets, PHP/MySql, HTML & JavaScript.

As a result today i am capable of handling all kinds of projects & i am no more bothered about my job anymore, & i am going to launch my own company pretty soon!

I would suggest all the freshers to either enter into ERP (Oracle-Apps) or web-based PHP/MySQl/ PL/Sql coding or Java Swings, Servlets and JSPs & be the best in business.

Don't simply try to find a job that pays you enough, but leads you nowhere in life!