The Nepalese Community mentored CS50 students in Nepal create their very first resume for securing internships!
[Third-person Narration]
LibreOffice has been a powerful open-source office tool for many users worldwide. The major
program in the office suit is the word processing software ‘LibreOffice Writer’ which is highly
effective for all level of people.
The Nepalese community recently conducted a CV writing session titled LibreOffice Writer - Creating Reusable CVs delivered by our Liaison for the Nepalese Community Mr. Suraj
Bhattarai. This session was one of the guest session for the first & second year CS50 students at IOE Purwanchal Campus, who underwent through the CS50 AI course this time. The purpose of the session was to help them articulate their learning from the CS50x and CS50 AI timeline, into a presentable resume together with their other strengths to get their very first
internship into the tech industry.
Suraj shares key insights when writing resume/CVs, he mentions that the fact with writing
resume is that fancy CVs or Canva templates are not yet a trend among hiring managers who
happens to be millennial. What sells for a peak career or a first internship is a standard resume
template. Apart from the online options that renders your downloadable CV after simply filling
major details, the offline space has no significant help rather than to make one out in friendly
software like LibreOffice Writer.
He additionally shares that professional CVs/resume for the purpose of the very first internship
are always simple, includes no crazy picture, do not sum up in two/more columns and mainly
focuses on experience & education — at’s it! This is equally true at every other level of the
career. And for the very purpose Applicant Tracking System (ATS) friendly resumes are
always the best choice to go with!
He concludes that LibreOffice Writer is a powerful word processing software program that
ships with many offline resume/CV templates. Also, more variations and template options could
be downloaded from the Official LibreOffice Extension Site or even the online template website – the best one that resembles your very CV/resume preference. With this powerful word processing program, you can even create your very own template and publish it for millions of other LibreOffice Writer users online/offline.
At the final minutes of the session, Suraj hosted a CV/resume building competition using
LibreOffice Writer, among the students. The 10 minutes challenge led a hands-on for the
students to experience LibreOffice Writer and get comfortable with it. A total of 38 students
showcased their resume/CV following tips from the session. Among them, based on the writing
style, formatting, and tone of language, top three were awarded a LibreOffice t-shirt as a
gesture.