How to write your CV?

Table of content

 What is a cv
 How long should it be
 CV format
 How to write a good CV

We have many formats for CVS in different countries and for different jobs so you should have many CVs
if you looking for a job in many fields

for any work

screening recruitment

cv interview and
what actually
you can do

What is a CV?

The first impression about you

Or

It’s a short written summery of your skills, achievements and experience which related to the role you
want

You should understand how HR think and what he looking for to accept you in the job

How long should your CV be?

HR looks at your CV for 5 sec so you have to take his attentions with the min words in 1 or 2 pages only
CV format

 Contact information
 Summary about you
 Work experience
 Education and training
 Skills and interests
 Student activities and volunteering
 Certificates: you shouldn’t attach them with your cv
 Font and color: use a black, easy-to-read font in one size /use short sentences and break up
blocks of text/ avoid photos or images

How to write a good CV?

Contact
Put in the header of your paper

 Your name: first and last name (this should be in large and bold text)

 Address / Phone number

 Email: don’t use funny mail address

Summary about you

Not a statement about what you like and hate you should write some thing related to the role that you
will do -like selling something to HR-

Work experience
Write here any workshop and training you had before that can help you in that role

Write your work new to old with date

Education experience
Your projects and graduation certificates not in details only graduation project you can talk about

Skills and interests

Stop writing work under pressure and can work in a team

Mention only unique skills and interests that can help to be accepted in the job

Student activities and volunteering

write if you have volunteered or participated in a students activity that can show you can work
under pressure or team worker …

Skills, interests, student activities and volunteering are additional information you can put in a
bar on the left like example

References
https://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers-advice/cvs-and-cover-letters/how-to-write-a-cv
https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/careers-advice/cv-sections
https://www.cv-library.co.uk/career-advice/cv/how-to-write-a-cv-tips/
https://www.careers.govt.nz/job-hunting/cvs-and-cover-letters/how-to-write-a-cv/