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minimalist cv template
minimalist cv template
Work Experience
Position (Jun 2022 - Current)
PROFILE Company - Company City, Company State
STATEMENT List your most recent (current) role first.
Include your key duties and some accomplishment(s) in 3-
Write 2-4 short sentences, 4 bullet points
summarizing your qualifications,
core competencies, and most in- Use “keywords” appearing in the job ad to describe your
demand skills. If you are an entry- duties.
level candidate, use the last Write in present tense if you are still employed.
sentence to express your career
goals or role expectations. If
you’re an experienced applicant, Position (Feb 2018 - May 2022)
mention some of your “bragging Company - Company City, Company State
rights” — a recent achievement,
industry accolade, certification, Write in the past tense to describe your main line of work.
etc. Use strong verbs to communicate your duties and
responsibilities with impact.
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Include a quantifiable accomplishment (e.g., Created a
summary examples.
marketing campaign with led to a 25% YoY increase in
sales)
SKILLS
Position (May 2010 - Feb 2018)
Check the “Candidate Company - Company City, Company State
Requirements” section of the
Write in “first-person assumed” to make your bullet points
job ad
shorter.
Highlight overlapping skills –
Use “power words” such as descriptive adjectives and
hard, soft, and technical
strong verbs to better describe yourself.
Feature some of them in this
If you have changed careers, highlight your transferable
section and include the rest
skills — competencies that are relevant to the desired
in your CV copy
role.
Only highlight skills that are
Don’t go further than ten years. Skip through minor
relevant to the job
promotions or irrelevant entry-level jobs you held ages
ago.
Read how to list your core
competencies on a resume.
For extra tips, check our ultimate guide to writing an impactful
resume.
Honors, Awards,
Professional EDUCATION
Membership
Degree: Field of Your Studies
Tenured professionals may want School Name | The School Location (City and State)
to include a separate section,
listing all relevant honors, awards, Graduation Date
certifications, licenses, and
professional memberships they
hold. Certifications, Licenses, and
In each case, make sure to
include an issuing date,
Extra Training
membership dates, and/or expiry
dates. List the name of the certification/training program with a
completion date. For licenses, add an expiration date (if
Physics Institute Award for applicable).
Breakthrough
Research (2019) List all your education in reverse chronological order from
International Photonics the highest degree to the lowest.
Federation Member - 2017- Don’t put GPA or Dean’s List honors unless you are a
present recent graduate.
Professional Certified Limit training and certifications to the past 5 years.
Lecturer – 2020
Don’t include grants, awards, or industry recognition here
Photonics chip production if you have more than 3 entries. Make a separate section
training, Colorado University instead.
– 2018