Resume format for freshers, with what to put in each section

A fresher resume has the same job as any other: show you can do the work. You prove it with study, projects and short stints instead of years in a role. So the order changes, and the rest of the rules stay.

The order

1. Header: name, target role, city, phone, email, one link.
2. Summary: two lines on what you studied, what you can do and what role you want.
3. Education: degree, college, year, grade if it is strong.
4. Projects: two to four, each with what you built and a result.
5. Internships and work: any paid or unpaid work, including part-time jobs.
6. Skills: tools and methods you can show, grouped.
7. Certifications, achievements and activities: only the ones that relate to the job.

Projects carry the weight

Write a project like a job. Give it a name, the tools, and one or two bullets on what it does and what came of it. "Built a Python script that cleaned 40,000 rows of college admission data, used by the placement cell for its yearly report" says more than "Python, Pandas" in a skills list.

Part-time and unrelated jobs count

A year at a café shows you turn up, handle customers and work shifts. Keep it to one or two bullets that point at what the target job needs.

What to leave out

• School marks from class 10 and 12, unless the employer asks for them. Many Indian employers do ask; check the post.
• Hobbies, unless they show a skill the job uses.
• A photo, father's name, religion or marital status. Date of birth is common in India and optional.
• A declaration line with a signature. It adds nothing.

One page

Keep it to one page. If you run over, cut activities first, then the weakest project.

Two sample resumes show the format filled in: a computer science student and a commerce graduate. The Fresher template is set up in this order already.