Mentoring Session on Resume Writing for MBA Students

Aligarh : “While designing a resume, one must answer questions such as – Who am I and why should a firm hire you”. This advice was offered by Mr SAM Husaini, President and Chief Strategy Officer at Procrealligence and an Alumnus (MBA 1994 Batch) of the Department of Business Administration, Aligarh Muslim University, while interacting with a group of MBA final year students at a session organized by the Personality Assessment and Mentoring Committee, Department of Business Administration, Aligarh Muslim University.

This one-to-one mentoring session for students of MBA final year for developing their resumes was in continuation to a workshop conducted by him on Personal Branding and Social Selling earlier. In the light of that session students redesigned their Resumes and submitted for review. This mentoring session was conducted by Mr. Husaini for the students shortlisted by him as potential mentees.

Students received constructive feedback on improving and adding value to their resumes. He recommended use of keywords for describing internship and previous experiences. He suggested the use of designing tools to develop creative resumes. He encouraged students to attend some online or offline courses or carry out live projects for companies nearby for better understanding of the concepts and strengthening resume.

In subsequent sessions, Mr. Husaini is scheduled to conduct mock interview sessions, followed by mentoring selected students in the field of Marketing and Branding.

Prof. Salma Ahmed, Dean of the Faculty, Prof. Jamal A. Farooqui, Chairperson of the Department and Prof. Parvaiz Talib, Faculty in-charge of the Personality Assessment and Mentoring Committee welcomed Mr SAM Husaini in the Department, while Dr Tariq Aziz and Dr Zareen Husain Farooq, other faculty advisors of the personality and assessment committee coordinated the entire event.