TO MAKE A GOOD CURRICULUM VITAE OR RESUME

First we need to know what is CV (Curriculum Vitae) ?

Curriculum Vitae: an outline of a person's educational and professional history, usually prepared for job applications (L, lit.: the course of one's life). Another name for a CV is a résumé.

What should my CV Contain about?

A CV is the most flexible and convenient way to make applications. It conveys your personal details in the way that presents you in the best possible light. A CV is a marketing document in which you are marketing something: yourself! You need to "sell" your skills, abilities, qualifications and experience to employers. It can be used to make multiple applications to employers in a specific career area. For this reason, many large graduate recruiters will not accept CVs and instead use their own application form.

What is the chance of my CV to be read by an employer?

Employers receive an average of 60 applicants for every advertisement for a low-skilled job, and 20 for every skilled job.

Significantly, almost half of these candidates are perfectly suitable for the role, according to research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)

So that makes their CV - or curriculum vitae - all the more important when attempting to stand out from the crowd.

Experts say there are some golden rules for getting a CV correct, not least accuracy, spelling and grammar.

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Here are 10 Tips to make good impressive Curriculum Vitae

1 Get the basics right – 

There is no right or wrong way to write a CV but there are some common sections you should cover. These include: personal and contact information; education and qualifications; work history and/or experience; relevant skills to the job in question; own interests, achievements or hobbies; and some references.

2 Making the most of interests –

 Under interests, highlight the things that show off skills you've gained and employers look for. Describe any examples of positions of responsibility, working in a team or anything that shows you can use your own initiative. For example, if you ran your university's newspaper or if you started a weekend league football team that became a success.

3 Making the most of experience – 

Use assertive and positive language under the work history and experience sections, such as "developed", "organised" or "achieved". Try to relate the skills you have learned to the job role you're applying for. For example: "The work experience involved working in a team," or "This position involved planning, organisation and leadership as I was responsible for a team of people".

4 Concentrate on your achievements not your responsibilities-

        This means listing things you have done - such as products launched, sales increase, awards won - not rewriting your job description. Quote figures whenever possible

5 Your educational background- 

Make sure that you include all Education and prizes awarded, research interest, funding awarded for research projects, other research experience and your publications. 

6 Including references – 

References should be from someone who has employed you in the past and can vouch for your skills and experience. If you've never worked before you're OK to use a teacher or tutor as a referee. Try to include two if you can.

7 Stick to no more than two pages of A4 – 

A good CV is clear, concise and makes every point necessary without waffling. You don't need pages and pages of paper – you just keep things short and sweet. 

8 Tell the truth – 

Everyone lies on their CV, right? NO! Stop! Blatant lies on your CV can land you in a whole heap of trouble when it comes to employers checking your background and references. The last thing you want is to start work and then lose your new job for lying. You also may get caught out at the interview stage when you suddenly can't answer questions on what you claim to know. And that can be VERY awkward!

9 Make it look good –

 We live in a world where image is everything, and that also goes for your CV. Take some time to pretty it up... Use bullet points and keep sentences short. Use the graphic design trick of leaving plenty of white space around text and between categories to make the layout easy on the eye.

10. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHATS INSIDE OF YOUR CV-

          Many of us just write lots of things and stuff inside their CV’s without knowing what are they or where they for, and some of them even fake, so the next time you make CV or Resume just make sure what you write in there.

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