How to Write a

Curriculum Vitae ( C.V.)

H.Sinvhal
Professor, Earth Sciences
I.I.T. Roorkee
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

•What is a C.V.
•Why we need to make a C.V.
•Does one C.V. meet all
requirements
•Why it should be flexible
•What is the ideal length of a C.V.
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

• What is your aim in life ?

• How do you plan to achieve it?
• What is your dream
company/organisation ?
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

Do your SWOT analysis

• What are your Strong Points

• What are your Weak points
• What are the available Opportunities
• What do you perceive as Threats
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

• Decide for whom you are writing

the C.V.

• Find out more about the

company/ organisation
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae
• Is your application Solicited/Unsolicited ?
• Application Solicited
• Application Unsolicited
• Covering Letter
• How did you come to know of it?
• Web-site, Newspaper, Specialized
Journal, Friend, other
• One page with C.V. attached.
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae
C.V. Performa
  PERSONAL DETAILS:
  Name : Last First Middle
  Father’s Name: Last First Middle
Date of Birth Age
DD MM YY (In Years)
 

Sex : Male /Female

 

Marital Status : Single / Married

Nationality : Indian
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

• Correspondence Address(upto..date)
----------------------------------
• Contact Phone No.
• E-mail
• Permanent Address:--------------------------
• Inform the Company if there is
any Change
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

• Place of Birth ___ Distt.___ State______

• Passport No.________________
• Driving License No. _________
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae
• Academic Record
  Last Degree First , Mention Specialization, Year,
Univ./ Division ( CGPA details)/ Special
Achievements etc.

• Short-term courses / professional

training programmes attended:

  • Membership of Professional

institutes / associations:
How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

• Sports / extracurricular activities:

• Details of summer training and

projects undertaken
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

• How computer savvy are you ?

Computer Languages Known
Software Packages handled

• Other Achievements : SURA/Member of

other clubs/groups
• Sports
• Any other achievements in Student Life
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

          List your significant achievements

  a)
  
b)
 
c)
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

What type of assignments are you aspiring for?

(1 : Most Important, 5 : Least Important)
Entrepreneurial
Managerial
Dynamic
Growth Oriented
Administrative
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

What benefits motivate you ?

(1 : Most Important, 6 : Least Important)
Long-term Benefits
Performance Driven Growth
Medical Benefits
Immediate Cash Benefits
Social Security
Profit Sharing
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

In the coming 5 years, I

expect to have the following
career path :
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

How do you gather knowledge about

the following ?
(a)   The competitive environment
(b)   Market and trade dynamics
(c)   Products/services and technological trends
(d)   Innovations and patterns of customer
behavior
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

How have you applied best

practices ?
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

Classify your reading habits

(books & articles on global
economy, general business
practices, specify industry,
general knowledge, current
affairs)
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

(a) Are you decisive but sometimes too

quick,
OR are you more thorough but
sometimes too slow ?
(b) Are you intuitive or go purely with
the
facts ?
(c) Do you involve many or few people in
decisions ?
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

Are you more comfortable

dealing with concrete,
tangible, short-term issues,
OR abstract, conceptual and
long-term issues ? Please
explain
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

Describe a complex situation……

(a) In which you had to learn a lot,
quickly.
(b) How did you go about learning ?
(c) How successful were the results ?
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

How creative are you ?

What are the best examples
of your creativity in
processes, systems, methods,
products, structure or
services ?
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

How do you go about

establishing goals for
performance (bottom up, top
down, or are they easy or
“stretchable”) ?
How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

What should happen when

people fail to perform ?
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

How have you tried to build

team-spirit ? Cite examples of
your successes and failures
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

Describe situations when your

alertness enabled you to solve
a complex problem
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

How have you changed for the

better during the recent
years?
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

How well organised are you ?

What do you do to be
organised and what do you
feel you ought to do to be
better organised ?
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

What sort of mood swings do

you experience ? How high are
the HIGHS, and how low are
LOWS, and why ?
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

What has been the most

difficult criticism for you to
accept ?
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

How much supervision do you

want or need ?
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

Describe a situation or two in

which the pressures to
compromise your integrity
were the strongest you ever
felt
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

When there is a difference of

opinion, do you tend to
confront people directly,
indirectly, or tend to let the
situation resolve itself ?
(Write specific instances.)
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

Describe a situation in which

you were most effective in
selling an idea or yourself
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

What motivates you ?

 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

Give some examples of the

biggest challenges you have
faced and overcome
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

REFERENCES (Tell them

that you are giving their names as
referees)
1.
2.
(With phone No. and e-mail address)
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

Describe your Objectives :

Personal :
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

How far and how you been able

to keep a balance between
Professional Objectives,
Personal Objectives and
expectations of the dear ones ?
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

If you are single :

a) What expectations do the following
family members have from you ?
i. Father :
ii. Mother :
iii.Other members :
 How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

If you are single :

b) What efforts have you made to live
up to their expectations?
i. Father :
ii. Mother :
iii.Other members :
How to Write a Curriculum Vitae

FAMILY DETAILS
Thank You
Harsha Sinvhal