Drafting a resume

Resume Writing

The most important thing while applying for a job is your Resume. It doesn't matter how qualified or experienced you are, if the skills you posses or your experience and achievements you had are poorly presented, then you are going to have trouble in getting the job you want.

Format of Resume

The following guidelines are to be followed while writing a resume:

Text Format: The first thing that catches the attention of a employer is the size of the text and its font. Usually its best to keep a font size of 11 or 12 and, the font prefered is Times New Roman, Calibri and, Arial.

Margins: Your page should have one inch margins with 1.5 or 2 point line spacing. The body of your resume will be aligned to the left and your header should be centered at the top of your page.

Heading: You should give all of your contact information including your name, address, email, and phone number. Your name should be in a slightly larger size - either 14 or 16 point font.

Order in writing a Resume

The following is the order to write a simple resume

• Provide your education details.
• List all your awards and achievements.
• List your key skills in your area of specialization.
• List your employment history.
• List your extra curricular and volunteer activities.
• At last, write your declaration with your name and date.

Typing in Indian regional languages

Using the Phonetic keyboard

Using Indian languages on computers are very attractive for a layman. Quillpad & lipikaar is a free online typing tool in Indian languages. It supports translit eration technologies according to pre-defined rules. A translit eration technology is one that allows users to type words as they would casually do (like 'rashtrbhasha' instead of 'rAShTrbhAShA) such as rigid case-sensit ive typing rules. Translit eration tools expect users to type English words phonetically. This allows users to communicate in their own regional language of their choice. Following are some of the site that offer this facility:

http://www.google.com/inputtools/try/
http://quillpad.com/
http://www.lipikaar.com/

Fonts Download

Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) Programme init iated by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEIT ), Govt. India has the objective to develop information processing tools to facilit ate human machine interaction in Indian languages and to develop technologies to access multilingual knowledge resources. The fonts are being made available free for public through language CDs and web downloads for the benefit of masses. Click on the selected language for download fonts.

http://www.ildc.in/

Padma Plugin

Padma is a technology for transforming Indic text between public and proprietary formats. The technology currently supports Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Devanagari (including Marathi), Gujarati, Bengali, and Gurmukhi.

Padma's goal is to bridge the gap between closed and open standards until the day Unicode support is widely available on all platforms. Padma transforms Indic text encoded in proprietary formats (ex: dynamic fonts) automatically to Unicode. Padma also has support for transforming from ISCII and translit eration schemes like IT RANS and RTS (Telugu only). For download the plugin click here.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/873

Fundamentals of IT

Computer Fundamentals

Computer fundamentals manual is presently available in the English, Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. The manual covers the following modules in detail.Click on the each module for downloading.

• Preface
• The History of Computers
• Parts of Computer and Storage Devices
• Soft ware
• Computer Networks and Internet working
• e-mail
• Useful websites directory
• Use of local languages in computers
• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Reference web sites

Local Language Support

Introduction

We provide here steps to enable language support in your computer system, especially for Microsoft Vista, Windows 2007, Windows 2000 and XP. We also present the steps to convert Unicode font into True Type Font (TTF) and vice versa.You will also learn about how to convert a Word document into pdf.

How Do I Do?

Enable Language Support

Windows Vista, like Windows XP, has inbuilt In Script keyboards for nearly all Indian languages. You can add them via the Control Panel.

1. Go to Start → Control Panel
2. If you are in normal view,select 〈Change keyboards or other input methods〉 from under 〈Clock,Language and Region〉.
3. If you are in Classic view,select 〈Regional and Language Options〉.
4. Select the 〈Keyboards and Languages〉 tab if it is not already selected.
5. Select the 〈Change keyboards...〉 button.
6. Choose you desired language(s) from the list and expand them using the '+' sign. Then, expand the item which says 〈Keyboard〉 and tick your preferred keyboard layout(s).
7. Select 〈OK〉 and 〈OK〉 again to save the changes.

Enabling Indic support for Windows 7

Visit http://www.bhashaindia.com for more information about Enabling Indic support for Windows 7.

Enabling Indic support for Windows 2000

Follow these steps:

Start >> Setting/Control Panel >> Regional and Language option

Step-1: Click on “General” button
Step-2: Check “Indic” option from drop-down menu located at the bottom under “Language setting for the system” heading
Step-3: After checking the “Indic” opting, an instruction will come to insert “Windows 2000 Professional CD-ROM” to copying some file. So, insert the CD to allow them to copy file.
Step-4: Click on “OK” button

Again, follow these steps: Start >> Setting/Control Panel >> Regional and Language option

Step-5: Click on “Input Locales” button
Step-6: Select the language from drop-down menu available under the “Input language” heading
Step-7: Click on “OK” button.
Step-8: After that, at the task bar (Right bottom) “EN” will appear
Step-9: If that option does not appear, please restart your computer
Step-10: After restarting the computer “EN” option will appear at the Right bottom of task bar
Step-11: Open Word page
Step-12: Change language with “Alt and Shift” key. If you have enabled Hindi then “HI” will appear
Step-13: Start typing in Hindi or any other language. It provides support of In script keyboard.
Step-14: If you want to use “Phonetic Keyboard” then follow the below given process.

Download IME support to use Phonetic Keyboard

Step-01: Open the web page: www.bhashaindia.com
Step-02: Click on “Download” menu (Under “For End Users” heading, located at left side)
Step-03: Click on “Indic IME”
Step-04: Under Indic IME option, click on “Indic IME-1 (Hindi)” to download
Step-05: Save the file on desktop and unzip it
Step-06: Double click on “Setup”
Step-07: After finishing the installation, better restart your computer
Step-08: Follow this process: Start >> Setting/Control Panel >> Regional and Language Option >> “Input Languages>> Select “Hindi Indic IME 1 [V 5.1]” from drop down box, available under “Keyboard layout/IME” heading >> Ok >> Apply
Step-09: Open the word document and change the language option with “Alt and Shift”
Step-10: Click on the “Keyboard” image and select the “Hindi Transliteration” option and start typing in phonetic way.

Enabling Indic support for XP

Follow these steps:

Start >> Control Panel >> Regional and Language option

Step-1: Click on “Regional Options”
Step-2: Select “India” from drop-down menu located at the bottom under “Location” heading
Step-3: Click on “OK” button

Again, Follow these steps: Start >> Control Panel >> Regional and Language option

Step-4: Click on “Languages” button
Step-5: Check both boxes given below the “Supplemental language support” (After checking the box, one instruction will come to insert “Service Pack-2” CD to copy some file
Step-06: Click on “OK” button
Step-07: Click on “Languages” button
Step-08: Click on “Details” button
Step-09: Click on “Add” button, given below the “Installed services” heading
Step-10: Select language, i.e., Hindi from drop-down menu given below the “Input Language” heading
Step-11: Click on “OK” button and then on “Apply” button
Step-12: At the task bar (Right bottom) “EN” will appear
Step-13: If that option not appeared, please restart your computer
Step-14: After restarting “EN” option will appear at the Right bottom of task bar
Step-15: Open word page
Step-16: Change language with “Alt and Shift” key. If you have enabled Hindi then “HI” will appear
Step-17: Start typing in Hindi or any other language. It provides support of Inscript keyboard.
Step-18: If you want to use “Phonetic Keyboard” then follow the below given process.

Download IME support to use Phonetic Keyboard

Step-1: Open the web page: www.bhashaindia.com
Step-2: Click on “Download” menu (Under “For End Users” heading, located at left side)
Step-3: Click on “Indic IME”
Step-4: Under Indic IME option, click on “Indic IME-1 (Hindi)” to download
Step-5: Save the file on desktop and unzip it
Step-6: Double click on “Setup”
Step-07: After finishing the installation, better restart your computer
Step-08: Follow this process: Start >> Control Panel >> Regional and Language Option >> “Languages >> Details >>Hindi Traditional >> Add >> Select “Hindi” from Input language >> Select “Hindi Indic IME 1 [V 5.1]” >> Ok >> Apply
Step-09: Open the word document and change the language option with “Alt and Shift”
Step-10: Click on the “Keyboard” image and select the “Hindi Transliteration” option and start typing in phonetic way.

Enabling Indic support for Microsoft Vista

Follow these steps:

Start >> Control Panel >> Regional and Language option

Step-1: Click on “Location” option
Step-2: Select “India” from drop-down menu
Step-3: Click on “OK” button
Step-4: Click on “Keyboard and Language” button
Step-5: Click on “Change Keyboard” button
Step-6: Click on “Add” button
Step-7: Select “Hindi or any Indian language” language
Step-8: Click on + sign that is located of the left side of “Hindi” option
Step-9: Click on + sign that is located in left of the keyboard option
Step-10: Check both option– “Devnagari Hindi (Inscript) and “Hindi Traditional”
Step-11: Click on “OK” button and then on “Apply” button
Step-12: At the bottom task bar (Right bottom) “EN” will appear
Step-13: If that option does not appear, please restart your system
Step-14: “EN” option will appear at the Right bottom task bar
Step-15: Open word page
Step-16: Change language with the “Alt + Shift” keys
Step-17: Start typing in Hindi or any other language. It provides support of In script keyboard.
Step-18: If you want to use “Phonetic Keyboard” then follow the process given below.

Download IME support to use Phonetic Keyboard

Step-1: Open the web page: www.bhashaindia.com
Step-2: Click on “Download” menu (Under “For End Users” heading, located at left side)
Step-3: Click on “Indic IME”
Step-4: Under Indic IME option, click on “Indic IME-1 (Hindi)” to download
Step-5: Save the file on desktop and unzip it
Step-6: Double click on “Setup”
Step-07: After finishing the installation, better restart your computer
Step-08: Follow this process: Start >> Control Panel >> Regional and Language Option >> “Keyboards and Language>> Change Keyboard >> Hindi Traditional >> Add >> Hindi >> Check the Box “Hindi Indic IME 1 [V 5.1]” >> Apply >>Ok
Step-09: Open the word document and change the language option with “Alt + Shift”
Step-10: Click on the “Keyboard” image and select the “Hindi Transliteration/Hindi Indic IME” and start typing in phonetic way.

How to convert Unicode font into TTF (True Type Font)

You need to download these Setup files from Microsoft Bhasha.

1. TBIL Converter 4.0
2. .Net Framework 3.5 SP1

Please follow these steps to run the Setup and convert file:

Step-1: Click on .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 to download that and save it at your Desktop
Step-2: After that, Click on TBIL Converter 4.0 that is available under Font Tools menu and also save this at Desktop
Step-2: First Run the .NET Framework Version 3.5 SP1
Step-3: After that Run the TBIL Setup (For that double click on Setup image and follow process
Step-4: After that Desktop icon will appear.
Step-5: Double click on that to do the font conversion and follow these processes >> Check the Doc Files box >> Go >> Source Language (Hindi) >> Source format (Unicode) >> Source font (Mangal) >> Target language (Hindi) >> Target format (ASCII) >> Target font (Kruti Dev 010 >> Next >> Browse >> Convert >> OK >> Exit >> Yes
Step-6: File will get saved at that location where source file had been kept.
Step-7: After conversion you may find some characters (letters) are missing, so that you have to do the correction manually.

Convert TTF into Unicode font

Visit http://www.innovatrix.co.in/unicode/fileconverterindex.php5 for more information about convert TTF into Unicode font

How to convert Word document into PDF

There are so many tools are available for PDF creator and you can use that tool based on your choice. PDF 995 is also a PDF creator.

About PDF 995

• PDF 995 is a PDF creator that converts Word document/ Excel sheet/ PPT, etc into PDF.

Follow the following steps to download the setup and convert document into PDF.

Step-1: Click Here to download PDF 995 http://www.pdf995.com/download.html
Step-2: Download- PDF 995 Printer Driver (Version 9.2) and Free Converter • Version 1.3, that is available under “Pdf995 2-Step Download” menu
Step-3: Download both set up and saves at your Desktop
Step-4: Run both program one by one
Step-5: Open any Word document/Excel sheet or PPT
Step-6: Follow these steps to convert that into PDF >> File >> Print >> PDF Creator >> OK >> Save

Sources

1. www.Bhashaindia.com
2. www.tdil.mit.gov.in/

Loan for Vocational Education and Training

IBA's Model loan scheme for Vocational Education and Training

Introduction

The Indian Bank's Association(IBA) Model Educational Loan Scheme for pursuing higher studies in India & Abroad was formulated initially in the year 2001 and modified subsequently from time to time with the objective of facilitating pursuit of higher studies by meritorious students. The focus was mainly on technical and professional courses in recognised Colleges and Universities. The vocational courses offered by ITIs, ITCs, Polytechnics and other technical institutions / bodies were not covered in the Model Educational Loan Scheme (some banks do provide loans for pursuing 3 year diploma courses offered by Polytechnic Institutes). However, in view of the initiatives being taken by the Govt. of India in skill development in recent years, a need was felt for providing institutional funding for the students undergoing specialized skill development programs in recognized institutions. The Govt. has estimated that the country would require 10 to 15 million skilled workers every year to support the development process. The initiatives being taken by the Govt. are for setting up new training facilities, modernization of existing centres and intensive faculty development. The “Model Educational Loan Scheme for Vocational Courses” has been developed as an extension of the existing Model Educational Loan Scheme for pursuing higher education in India & Abroad, to support the national initiatives for skill development.

Objective

The Model Educational Loan Scheme for Vocational Courses aims at providing financial support from the banking system to those who, have the minimum educational qualification, as required by the institution / organization running the course eligible under the scheme .

Appliciability of the Scheme

The scheme could be adopted by all member banks of the Association or other banks and financial institutions as may be advised by the RBI. The scheme provides broad guidelines to the banks for operationalising the educational loan scheme and the implementing bank will have the discretion to make changes as deemed fit.

Eligibility Criteria

Student Eligibility

1. The student should be an Indian National
2. Have secured admission in a course run or supported by a Ministry / Dept./ Organisation of the Govt. or a company / society / organization supported by National Skill Development Corporation or State Skill Missions / State Skill Corporations, preferably leading to a certificate / diploma / degree, etc. issued by a Govt. organization or an organization recognized / authorized by the Govt. to do so.

Courses Eligible

Vocational / Skill development courses of duration from 2 months to 3 years run or supported by a Ministry / Dept. / Organisation of the Govt. or a company / society / organization supported by National Skill Development Corporation or State Skill Missions / State Skill Corporations, preferably leading to a certificate / diploma / degree, etc. issued by a Govt. organization or an organization recognized / authorized by the Govt. to do so. . State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC) / State Level Coordination Committee (SLCC) may add other skill development courses / programmes, having good employability.

Minimum Age

There is no specific restriction with regard to the age of the student to be eligible for education loan. However, if the student was a minor, while the parent executes documents for the loan, the bank will obtain a letter of ratification from him / her upon attaining majority.

Quantum of finance

Need based finance to meet expenses as worked out under para (Expenses considered for loan) below will be considered subject to the following ceilings :

• For courses of duration upto 3 months Rs. 10,000/-
• For courses of duration from 3 to 6 months Rs. 25,000/-
• for courses of duration upto 1 year Rs. 50,000/-
• for courses of duration above 1 year Rs. 1,50,000/-

Banks may, at their discretion, consider limits upto Rs.75,000/- for courses with duration upto 1 year and limits upto Rs. 2 lakhs courses with duration above one year for specific courses offered by reputed institutions having regard to the nature of such courses and employability (ability to repay out of job earnings).

Expenses considered for loan

1. Tuition / course fee .
2. Examination / Library / Laboratory fee
3. Caution deposit
4. Purchase of books, equipments and instruments
5. Any other reasonable expenditure found necessary for completion of the course. (As such courses are localized boarding, lodging may not be necessary. However, wherever it has been found necessary, the same could be considered on merits)

Margin

Nil

Rate of Interest

Interest rate to be charged linked to the base rate of banks as decided by the individual banks or at reduced rate, if an interest subsidy is provided by the Central / State Govt. to all or a class of beneficiaries proposed to be targeted. Simple Interest will be charged during the study period and upto commencement of repayment.

Note :

• Servicing of interest during study period and the moratorium period till commencement of repayment is optional for students.
• 1% interest concession may be provided by the bank, if interest is serviced during the study period and subsequent moratorium period prior to commencement of repayment.

Processing Charges

Nil

Security

No collateral or third party guarantee will be taken. However, the parent will execute loan document along with the student borrower as joint borrower

Source and more information :Indian Bank's Association