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Your personal address

Address to person named in

the advertisement

Use job title as the heading

Give some brief details of

what you are doing now

Enclose your CV

Don’t forget Enc

CURRICULUM VITAE

Curriculum vitae is Latin, literally meaning ‘the course of one’s life’. A curriculum
vitae (CV) sets out your personal details, education, qualifications and working
experience. Make sure you organise all the information logically under headings
and use columns where appropriate. All your details can then be found at a glance.
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Emphasise the heading

(you may prefer to use resumé)

Appropriate personal details

(you may add race, citizenship,
I/C number or others)

Summarise your main

selling points

Tabulate your education in three

columns (chronological order)

Be specific and list all your

qualifications (not just
‘3 O levels’)

Present job first, working

backwards

Hobbies/sports you
enjoy/special achievements/
results awaited?

A previous employer?
A teacher?
Youth club leader?

Month and year only

INVITATION TO INTERVIEW

A letter inviting shortlisted applicants to attend all interview should be fairly short,
simply thanking the person for his/her application and giving a day/date/time for
the interview.