[Full Name]
Pune, Maharashtra | +91 [10-digit mobile] | [firstname.lastname]@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/[your-profile]
Resume guide
Personal details in resume
Personal details in a resume are the lines a recruiter needs to reach you: your full name, phone number, professional email, city and a LinkedIn or portfolio link. Indian freshers may add languages known and date of birth. Leave out religion, caste, marital status, a photo and your full home address unless the employer asks.
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Contact header
[Full Name]
Bengaluru, Karnataka | +91 [10-digit mobile] | [firstname.lastname]@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/[your-profile] | github.com/[username]
[Full Name]
Indore, Madhya Pradesh (open to relocating to Pune or Hyderabad)
+91 [10-digit mobile] | [firstname.lastname]@gmail.com | linkedin.com/in/[your-profile]
Personal details section
Personal Details
Date of birth: [DD Month YYYY]
Languages known: English, Hindi, Marathi
Nationality: Indian
Personal Details
Father's name: [Name]
Date of birth: [DD Month YYYY]
Languages known: English, Hindi, Telugu
Permanent address: [House no., street, city, state, PIN]
Personal Details
Microsoft Teams: [your Teams email]
Languages known: English (fluent), Hindi (native)
Notice period: Immediate joiner
Languages known
Languages known: English, Hindi, Tamil
Languages: English (professional), Hindi (native), Kannada (conversational)
Languages: English and Hindi (speak, read and write fluently); Bengali (speak fluently); Odia (conversational)
10th and 12th marks
Class 12 (HSC), Maharashtra State Board, [College name], Pune | 2022 | 86.5%
Class 10 (SSC), Maharashtra State Board, [School name], Pune | 2020 | 91.2%
Class XII, CBSE, [School name], Jaipur | 2021 | 88%
Class X, CBSE, [School name], Jaipur | 2019 | 92.4%
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, [Polytechnic name], MSBTE | 2023 | 78%
Class 10 (SSC), Maharashtra State Board, [School name], Nashik | 2020 | 84%
Do's and don'ts
| Do | Don't |
|---|---|
| Put your name, phone, email and city at the very top, in one or two lines. | Add religion, caste, marital status or a photo unless the job post asks for them. |
| Use a professional email made from your name, such as firstname.lastname@gmail.com. | Write your full home address with PIN code; your city is enough for a private job. |
| Write your phone number with +91 and check every digit twice. | Use a nickname email from school, such as "rockstar_raj99". |
| Add a LinkedIn, GitHub or portfolio link only if it is up to date. | Write "Resume" or "Curriculum Vitae" as the heading instead of your name. |
| List languages with an honest level: native, fluent or conversational. | List a language you cannot hold a conversation in. |
How to write personal details in a resume
Start the resume with your full name in a larger font. That line is the heading of the page.
Under it, write your city and state, your mobile number with +91 and a professional email, on one line separated by bars.
Add one link that shows your work: LinkedIn for most roles, GitHub for software and data roles, a portfolio for design and content.
If the employer or the format asks for more, add a short Personal Details section at the end: date of birth, languages known and nationality.
Remove anything the employer cannot use to contact or assess you, then read every number aloud to catch typos.
Common mistakes
- A wrong digit in the phone number or a typo in the email, which means no recruiter can reach you.
- Half a page of personal details on a one-page resume, pushing skills and projects down.
- Different phone numbers or emails on your resume and your Naukri or LinkedIn profile.
- Listing "Skype ID" in 2026, a year after Skype was shut down.
How to mention 10th class in a resume
Mention Class 10 in your Education section, not in personal details. Write it last, below your degree and Class 12, with the board, school, city, year and your percentage or CGPA.
- Format: Class 10 (SSC), board, school, city | year | percentage or CGPA
- Use the board's own name: CBSE, ICSE, or your state board, such as Maharashtra State Board or UP Board.
- Write marks the way your marksheet shows them. Older CBSE Class 10 marksheets, from the CCE years (about 2010 to 2017), show a CGPA; from 2018 they show marks.
Once you have a degree and some work experience, you can drop Class 10 and keep only your degree and Class 12.
How to write languages known in a resume
Write languages in one line, with a level for each: "Languages: English (fluent), Hindi (native), Marathi (conversational)". Put the line in your skills or personal details section.
Languages matter most in customer support, sales, BPO and field jobs, where a regional language can decide who gets hired. For those roles, move the line up into your skills section and say whether you can read and write each language as well as speak it.
How to mention a Skype ID in your resume now that Skype has closed?
Leave it out. Microsoft shut Skype down on 5 May 2025 and moved its users to Microsoft Teams, so a Skype ID on a resume now looks out of date. Most interviews in India run on Google Meet, Microsoft Teams or Zoom, and recruiters send you a link by email.
If a job post still asks for a Skype or video-call ID, give the email you use for Microsoft Teams or Google Meet, labelled clearly, for example "Microsoft Teams: firstname.lastname@outlook.com".
Should a fresher add date of birth, photo or marital status?
Private companies in India rarely need them, and university and campus guides advise leaving them out: Harvard’s resume guide says not to include a picture, age or gender, and IIT Madras’s placement cell does not allow pictures on student resumes. Add date of birth or a photo only when the job post or the application format asks for it, which is more common in government, PSU and some overseas applications.
Marital status, religion, caste and father's name have nothing to do with your skills. Leave them out of a private-sector resume.
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Questions freshers ask
Your full name, mobile number with +91, a professional email, your city and state, and one link such as LinkedIn or GitHub. Add languages known and date of birth only if the employer or format asks for them.
Your name and contact details are necessary, because recruiters cannot reach you without them. A separate Personal Details section with date of birth and nationality is optional, and most private companies do not need it.
No. Your city and state are enough for a private job. Write the full address only when an application form asks for it, which is common in government and PSU applications.
Contact details go at the top, under your name. If you add a Personal Details section with date of birth, languages and nationality, put it at the end, just before the declaration.
In your Education section, latest first: degree, then Class 12, then Class 10. For each, write the board, school, city, year and percentage or CGPA, exactly as your marksheet shows it.