{"id":9018,"date":"2020-04-28T12:33:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T12:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/civil-engineer-resume-how-to-get-it-right-9018\/"},"modified":"2020-04-28T12:33:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T12:33:19","slug":"civil-engineer-resume-how-to-get-it-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/civil-engineer-resume-how-to-get-it-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Engineer Resume: How to Get it Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/media.monsterindia.com\/cmsimages\/1567668848.jpg\" alt=\"Civil engineer resume\" width=\"626\" height=\"417\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Nailing your civil engineer resume is a key step in conquering the highly competitive environment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/how-to-get-a-job-as-a-fresher-11-easy-tips-to-get-there-faster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">job search<\/a> today. Here we bring you some tips to perfecting your civil engineer resume for the job you&rsquo;ve been eyeing.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong>Feeling under-prepared for interview rounds? This should help:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/8-civil-engineering-interview-questions-and-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8 Civil Engineering Interview Questions and Answers<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Things to keep in mind when creating your civil engineer resume <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Show them you are well-read about your prospective employer. You could do this with a simple mention such as relating to their values. You can do this in your cover letter too.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">In case you are switching from another industry, analyse what skills you already have that can make you a good fit for the new position, and market those in your resume.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">When listing out your work, focus on accomplishments instead of duties.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">If you are a fairly new job seeker, put your education details first. Similarly, if you are an experienced professional, the same goes last.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Pick up keywords from the advertised job descriptions and include them in your resume. This helps tracking software programs to recognise your resume better.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Follow a resume format that suits your level of experience.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Find out a resume format that suits you here:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/resume-formats-choose-the-one-that-s-right-for-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resume Formats: Choose the One That&#8217;s Right for You<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva,sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Here is a civil engineer resume sample that works:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/media.monsterindia.com\/cmsimages\/1567668338.jpg\" alt=\"Civil engineer resume\" width=\"600\" height=\"776\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Landing the job you want requires patience, skill and strategy. Make use of online job boards or acquaintances or professional networking platforms. If you have the right combination of skillset, networking potential and resources, you can get to the next step in your career in no time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>You may also like: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/how-to-get-a-job-as-a-fresher-11-easy-tips-to-get-there-faster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Get a Job as a Fresher (11 Easy Tips to Get There Faster)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterindia.com\/career-advice\/cv-or-resume-know-the-difference-and-when-to-use-which\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CV or Resume? Know the Difference and When to Use Which<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nailing your civil engineer resume is a key step in conquering the highly competitive environment of job search today. Here we bring you some tips to perfecting your civil engineer resume for the job you&rsquo;ve been eyeing. Feeling under-prepared for interview rounds? This should help: 8 Civil Engineering Interview Questions and Answers Things to keep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-resume-cover-letters"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.foundit.sg\/career-advice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}