eretn frA Curriculum Vitae (CV) is a summary of one's experiences,
professional history, education, skills, qualification and
personal interest. Your CV should be detail, compromising the
aspects that you want your potential recruiter to know.
Nowadays, people start to acknowledge the importance of CV.
Its importance includes:
1. To attract your qualities and to persuade the employer to
invite you for an interview (first impression).
2. It acts as your personal branding tool.
3. To inform the employer about your personal details,
including but not limited to education, work experiences, skills
and interests.
By having a good CV, you should aim to get an interview of
the specific job you have applied.However, first and foremost, it is important for us to know what
should be included in a CV:
1. Personal details (Your name, phone, email, LinkedIn profile,
current address and date of birth).
2. Personal profile (It should not exceed one paragraph, of which
you describe yourself, your degree, years of work experiences and
your strongest provable traits).
3. Educational background (Put your latest education and do not
forget to put your GPA).
4. Work experiences (Here, put your experiences, newest to latest.
Do not forget to put your position, company name and the start
and end date. It is also important for you to describe the jobs you
did and your achievements, if any).
5. Organizational experiences (It is important, especially if you do
not have any working experiences! Put your top 3 — 5 experiences
and write in in the order of newest to latest one. It would be even
better if you put the organizational experiences that are related to
the job you are applying).
6. Achievements (If you have any achievements related to the job
that you apply, put it so the recruiters know).
7. Certifications / Training / Portfolio (In this segment, you can tell
the recruiter what skills you have, through measurable
certifications or those that you obtain through trainings).So, when you have all of that information ready, make sure
you follow these tips to avoid the common mistakes people
make in making CVs:
1. Be consistent with the language that you use. Do not mix
languages in your CV, it will cause confusion.
2. Make sure it is readable. Choose a good font and put it ina
size that is comfortable to be read. Give some spacing in the
CV, do not make it too tight or compact.
3. Being creative is one thing, but your CV still needs to be
aesthetically pleasing. Use a color combination that looks
good together, and make sure your template is effective
enough to contain all of your information.
4. Show yourself but make it formal. The photo that you put
should not the one which is heavily filtered or have a flashy
background—do not use your informal vacation picture for
your CV.
5. Typos are annoying. Your CV should be well written, with no
wrong information and mistypes.Now that you know how to write a good CV, here is several do's
and don'ts when you are writing your CV.
Dos:
1. Place the most important information up-front.
2. We know you have a lot of experiences and achievements but
put the top and most relevant 3 — 5 experiences and
achievement. Your CV should be concise!
3. In accordance to the previous point, make your CV the
maximum 2 pages. However, if it is possible, make it only one
page!
4. Quotes are nice but writing it in a CV might not be the best
option—unless you are applying for a role in content writing.
5. A CV is very adjustable: make sure that your CV fits to the job
you are applying!
Don'ts:
1. Include salary information and expectations.
2. Use small fonts in order to fit all of your experiences and
achievements. What is the point of having 100 experiences, but it
is not readable?
3. Measuring your skills with dots or graph—it does look nice, but
it might not be accurate. Put a concrete proof such as certificate
or proof of trainings to assure others that you obtain that skills!
All in all, writing your CV might seem difficult, but once you did it
right, it might help you to open doors of opportunities you might
not realize it could be opened!% StudentsCatalyst
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