Saturday, 11 February 2012

Additional Post - My Resume


Titus Lim Hsien Yong
Professional Communication LetUsChatterStreet
Block 1000 #55-055
Singapore 891246
Mobile Number: 8192 4675

Objective:
To enroll as a graduate student for the Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering
Practice (M.S CEP) in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT).

Summary of Personal Skills:
·      Dynamic and objective student with competent intellectual acumen. Able to grasp complex concepts and translate learning to developing effective solutions.
·      Keen and tenacious learner. Diligent student fully committed to the fruition of academia and self-enrichment goals.
·      Resourceful leader who is able to manage key appointments and build strong rapport with group members. Consistently meeting project deadlines and excelling in performance.
·      Outstanding presentation and writing skills.
·      Able to use MATLAB (Matrix Laboratory) programming software and familiar with Microsoft Office software.

Academic Achievements:
National University of Singapore (NUS)                                         2011 – Present
Candidate for the Bachelor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering      
·      Secured a place in the NUS Global Engineering Programme – an accelerated bachelor’s programme to groom outstanding students.
·      Awarded the NUS Undergraduate Scholarship.

Anderson Junior College                                                                  2007 - 2008
Awarded the GCE ‘A’ Level Certificate (7As)
·      Awarded the Top Student Award by the college for performing amongst the top 1% of cohort in the GCE ‘A’ Levels of 2008.
·      Awarded the Certificate of Accomplishment for completing the Alpha Programme with Distinction – the college’s premium programme to groom academically strong students in areas of leadership, community service and group achievement programme.
·      Awarded the Edusave Awards for Achievement, Good Leadership and Service (EAGLES) by Mrs. Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, Minister of State in 2008.
·      Represented the College in the prestigious American Mathematics Competition in 2008.

Saint Andrew’s Secondary School                                                   2003 – 2006
Graduated with the GCE ‘O’ Level Certificate (5As & 2Bs)
·      Awarded the Edusave Scholarships in 2005 and 2006 for performing amongst the top 10% of the cohort.
·      Placed First in Subject for Chinese in the GCE ‘O’ Levels of 2006.
·      Awarded the EAGLES by Mrs. Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, Minister of State in 2006.

Other Achievements:
National Service                                                                               2009 – 2011
·      Served as an Investigation Officer at the Special Investigations Branch, Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Military Police Command.
·      Nominated for Best Soldier of the Month of January 2011.

Co-Curricular Activities (Anderson Junior College)                       2007 - 2008
·      Awarded the College Colors Award in 2008 for outstanding performance in Chinese Chess.
·      Awarded the Sports Leaders Award in 2008 for outstanding academic and co-curricular activity performance.
·      Awarded the Platinum Award for Community Involvement Programme (CIP) contributions (more than 120hrs of CIP).
·      President of the Anderson Junior College Chess Club 2008.
·      Undertook and headed extracurricular CIP projects as the Head of Communications in liaison with the Lion Befrienders Association of Singapore (North) to organize a Mid-Autumn Celebration for Senior Citizens.
·      Lead the AJC Chinese Chess team to 1st position in the Raffles Cup, 2nd Annual Hwa Chong Cup chess competitions in 2008.

Co-Curricular Activities (Saint Andrew’s Secondary School)         2003 -2006
·      Awarded the Certificate of Merit for Leadership and Exemplary Contribution to the Prefectorial Board.
·      Awarded the Lincoln Award for extraordinary resilience and aptitude in execution of prefectorial duties.
·      Vice President of the Saints Mind Games Club and Captain of the Saints Chinese Chess team.
·      Placed 1st in the Saints Chess Open for the Chinese Chess category.
·      Executive Committee of the English Language Drama and Debating Society.
·      Key Member of the Saints Debating and Oratorical Team.

Additional Information:
·      Languages: Fluent in English and Mandarin, written and spoken.
·      Personal Interests: Politics, Community Service, Mathematics and Science.

- References Available Upon Request -

8 comments:

  1. Hello all!

    This is an additional post, although also for the sake of ES2007S! Once again I would appreciate constructive criticism or any general feedback!

    Cheers

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  2. N.B

    Resume is 2 pages long. The 2nd page starts at "Graduated with the GCE 'O' Levels Certificate (5As & 2Bs)"

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  3. Haha, now I know where you're from. Umm, you may know my brother(s)! They were from SAS (& SAJ) too LOL.

    Okay first, it's too long, 100% of the pg limit. Basically, what Brad said last session was that, inclusion of Uni edu would suffice, unless well of course, if you're from Raffles or something. haha.

    Try synonyms of 'awarded' or avoid repetitions altogether. Umm, ya, I don't think I'm in a position to comment much so yups. Good job though!

    Snr

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  4. Hi Titus, here are my comments:

    - The first three points of Summary of Personal Skills seems to be more like qualities rather than skills.

    -It is better if you demonstrated your personal qualities through examples. We should 'show' rather than 'tell' in our resume, eg. "built a program to analyze stock risks in MATLAB" rather than just "proficient".

    - Academic achievement is okay. For graduate studies application, O level is not necessary. Be careful if you mentioned so many activities during your secondary, but none during your undergraduate.

    - I like the way you bold the keywords. However, bolding "College Colors Award" and "Platinum Award" might not help the readers much as the name of the awards are not self-explanatory.

    - In general, I like your readable format. However, the content is too long (2 pages) for a resume that does not include technical details and academic publications. The content is not very strong to convince that you are suitable for graduates studies. Should include “stories” with active verbs (eg. gained strategy development skill during National Service) rather than “lists”.

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    1. Hey Mercia!

      Have mercy on me I am still a freshman!!! hahahah! So I really have no achievements / internships / research projects, nor used MATLAB to model the stock market, etc to speak of in NUS. Which is why I included my secondary school stuff - plus some of the achievements are really good!

      Beg your pardon! Thank you for your comments!

      Cheers!

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  5. Anyway, I forgot to include the 7Cs.
    You can improve the conciseness and coherence by removing some awards. Having many awards is a good thing. However, too much award can distract the reader's attention from the main focus of the resume.

    Cheers,
    Mercia

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  6. Hi Titus,

    Out of the 7Cs, I feel that you have 6 of them. You just lack conciseness. I know that it's hard to be concise given that you have so many achievements. Maybe you can make the font size smaller and remove the ones that are the least relevant to what you are applying for.

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    1. Hey Jian Min!

      Thank you for your advice! It is much appreciated! Argh...time to start scratching hard at my head again X_X

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