Making your CV

Agenda

 CV Making
 Dos & Don’ts
 Examining Sample CVs
 Q & As
CV: Is it necessary?
 Why CV is needed
 Your CV is your marketing brochure through which you try to sell
a commodity, i.e. your skills to the potential buyer i.e. the
prospective employer. The sole purpose of your CV is to fetch
you an interview call. It’s a window to your job
 Who needs CV
 Practically everyone, unless we are endowed with a unique skills
which are already known to the potential employer

CV is a key to open your door to your potential employer

and it makes sense to invest time & efforts in using it effectively
Understanding Recruiter
What you can do
About Recruiter
 Customise your CV as per
 What he wants
the opening
 Relevant profile
 Good fit
 Make it easier to read and
scan
 Gets lot of CV  Highlight key areas
 Can’t spend much time  Spacing & Layout
 30 Sec  Impressive first half page
 Scans instead of reads  Freshers
 Highlight projects, school
college responsibilities
which will make you stand
out
 Correct grammar & spell
Layout of CV
 Personal Info: Name, Address, Email, Phone
 Objective: Only if it is really from heart. Don’t put generic
 Executive Summary: Fresher focus on qualification, graders,
responsibilities, achievements
 Very important section- Make it brief and powerful
 Use numbers, highlight key points
 Key skills that stands you apart- Key memberships, international stint etc
 Work experience (if any)
 Education: Mention it before if seeking job on this basis
 Achievements & Extra Curricular activities
 Hobbies: Ones linking with the role
 Personal info: DOB, Nationality, Languages known
Dos of CV Writing
Content
 Words & Phrases: Use action words: Led, Managed, Achieved, Planned, Delivered,
Strategised, Advocated
 Use phrases to demonstrate your skills: Results driven, Reliable & dependable, High
integrity, Methodical approach, Self driven
 Write about your achievements from academic/ personal life. Do add numbers
wherever possible to make it absolute
 Mention about your interests out of work in the CV
 Put un-important things on the second or back page
 Include some numbers which can impress HR people and they allow you to meet the
responsible person for an interview
 Blow your own trumpet
 Do add personalised Cover note wherever possible

Visual & grammatical

 Use formal font faces
 Write short sentences
 Keep the same tense through out your CV
 Draft & Redraft to get best results
Don’ts of CV
 Lies about your candidature
 Resume or CV on top
 Flashy fonts
 Colorful or glossy paper
 Photographs until asked or compulsorily required for the position
 Usage of ‘I’, ‘my’
 References until asked
 Spelling mistakes and grammatical errors
 Your age, number of kids, age of kids
 Mentioning health problems in the CV
 Abbreviations or jargons as HR people may not understand them. Doesn’t
apply to IT candidates
 Current or expected salary until asked
 Reasons for leaving the last jobs
 Right alignment of the CV content