Step 1

Include Your Own Portfolio, Linkedin or Personal Website Link. Portfolios are the projects, designs, past work you’ve done that you would like to show the employer.

Include a short summary about yourself. Do this in the 3rd person, for example, “Simran is a motivated financial professional”

Include a professional email address.

List all your skills you have and are working on developing.

Feel free to list the course names you’ve studied, and if you received good marks then definitely include that!

Hiring managers at the biggest tech companies are swamped with thousands of resumes for each job opening. There are Chances that a two-page resume won’t be read in full. Under these circumstances, getting your most marketable qualifications onto a concise one-page resume is one of the most important steps to success. The easiest way to reduce document length is to reduce work experience. Read More

Always make it easy for hiring managers to perform a fair assessment of your abilities by clearly state their relevant skills early on in the resume. You should show past skill utilization by describing the ways in which they used them and reference the skills in key sections of the resume, including the summary, skills section, and work experience. Additionally, you need to show depth in a given language and skill. Read More

In addition to including your skills, you need to back up the accomplishments on your resume with star format. This helps illustrate your value to an employer by breaking down exactly what you’re capable of achieving.

Important Information

[IMPORTANT] In Canada & the US, It’s important that you never use a photo on your resume. Never include your age, marital status, or Passport information.

Use easy-to-read fonts, preferably just Arial.

Keep your resume to 1 page only, unless you have 20 PHDs.

Include the skills you’ve learned in college/university, list the software you learned, but only include them if they are relevant to the job.

Spellcheck often. No spelling errors.

Save the resume as your full name, for example, JenniferWatsonResume.PDF

Star Format Resume

4 Components of STAR in Resumes

1. Situation: your job, challenge, role, or other context

Begin by defining the role you filled at a previous employer’s company. Include the position and your core responsibilities.

2. Task: demonstrating your competencies through defined problem-solving

Select a required competency from the job posting and describe an instance in your previous job where you needed to demonstrate that expertise.

3. Action: showcasing your ability to make things happen

Provide details about the actions you took to deal with that issue, including whether your efforts involved acting alone or in concert with other members of the team.

4. Result: achieving your goals and adding value

Document the actual results that you achieved. Here, you will want to focus on quantifiable results, using real numbers to highlight the value that you provided to the company.

What Do Canadian & US Employers Want?

Canadian-Style & US-Style Resume Standards

Companies and Employers set an ATS which stands for Applicant Tracking System. It’s a database system that they use to filter through job applicants.
99% of Fortune 500 Companies use Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

One of the strongest strategies to stand out from the competition is to make sure your resume is very similar to the job description, with matching skills, qualifications, and experience levels.
With each application, edit your resume so you get picked up by the ATS system and get the job. Above is an example of a sample resume where information is clear, to-the-point, and ATS friendly.

Applying

Start applying by going to job posting platforms such as LinkedIn, Indeed, and Monster

Company Career pages (located at the bottom of company websites)

Ask other International Students to “introduce you” to their employer & professors to “review your resume”

The last resource is to visit your college or university Job Portal.”

We wish you all good luck in your future endeavors. We hope this information will help you find your dream job.

- MangoVisa Team

Testimonials

Here’s more resume advice, from international students who are currently working in Canada.

Senior Analyst, Strategic Sourcing & Projects

Loblaw Companies Limited

Prateek Gautam

”Lastly, include the quantitative achievements as a result of one's actions in very important. This is because employers are highly responsive to measurable proven value. Numbers allow them to better understand the value you may bring to the position.

Senior Product Manager

Cisco

Akash Shukla

”Research about client/employer. Narrow down what one is actually looking for. Look at the job duties and make sure your resume includes all the required job duties and qualifications. If possible refer to some other Canadian job market sample resumes.
Make sure you are correctly explaining about what all job duties you have performed in the past. Do not repeat anything, This could make the recruiter think that you have copy pasted and the content is not original.

Valuation Analyst

Scotiabank

Sumedha Pahuja

”First and foremost, I reduced by 2 page resume to a one page one. I did it by removing unnecessary content, reducing font size, changing font style, removing extra spaces and lines and so on. Canadian employers love simplicity. One should always create resume that are easy to understand. It should be relevant to the job opening.
Ensure to include as many skills as possible. Most importantly, make sure the skills, content and everything else is in line with the job description. Do no lie on the resume because you will be caught in the interview! Just make sure to include whatever you've done and include it in a efficient manner.

Project Manager intern(Coop)

Fiera Capital - Internship

Shradha Oberoi

”While applying for a job/internship, I made sure that the requirements for the job and my resume are not strikingly different. There has to be some connection - key words or job requirements that should be highlighted in the resume.

Associate Project Manager

RBC

Viranchi Dhawan

”My experience is that every month the resume gets updated with something more relevant in terms of trends/feedback. This will always showcase how you are growing in your career and better understanding the changing job market. Also, make sure to participate in numerous resume critiquing sessions to better equip yourself from the eyes of the recruiters!

Marketing and Communications Associates

McMaster University

Bhumik Dedhia

”Modifying the resume to include the key words from job description into the work experience section.
There are multiple standards, the Career department in the schools prefer a simple format that is in reverse chronological order. Whereas, companies prefer skills first resumes that align with job description. Therefore, it is advisable to learn from recruiters for their preferred format of resume.

Business Analyst Intern - Amplify Program

RBC

Kartik Porwal

”Highlight 3,4 points for every past relevant experience and start with the recent education and then showcase previous education. If the gpa is good then do highlight that as well.

Financial Analyst

Foresters Financials

Bhavika Sachdev

”Tailor the resume for each role . Focus on how you can say more in less word. Using the right words is the key and focusing on outcome is important. The resume preferably should be one page and should talk about extra curricular activities as well.

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