Curriculum Vitae Tips ...

 

Curriculum Vitae Tips ...

THE MARKS OF A GOOD CURRICULUM VITAE!

• A Curriculum Vitae should be a well-written concise document that is no longer than two-pages.
  
• Printed on a good quality paper, typically 100gsm in weight and watermarked.
• Well presented and laid out, with lots of white space. Avoid complex formatting, shading, boxes and stylised fonts.
• Avoid using long paragraphs and sentences.
• Keep your CV honest and factual.
• Sell yourself and be positive.
• Include a personal profile of three to four lines that sums up your key experience, skills, achievements and motivations. Ensure that a little of your personality is also conveyed.
• Employers are interested in how you can solve their problems! Work experience should therefore focus on your achievements and accomplishments, and should highlight the benefits that your work has had for an organisation. These should be backed up by facts and figures if possible.
• Information must be in reverse chronological order (most recent first).
• No misspellings or grammatical errors.

Avoid including unnecessary information such as:

• Titles and headings - it should be obvious as to what document this is.
• Reason for leaving - this will be covered in the interview.
• Salary details - this can knock you out of contention before you have started.
• Photographs - unless it is applicable to the type of work you are involved in e.g. modelling.
• Weaknesses - never tell readers what you do not have or what you have not had the opportunity to do yet.
• Jargon - ensure your Curriculum Vitae is reader friendly to as many people as possible.
• References - you can state that they are available on request, but it is inappropriate and unprofessional to include them in your CV.
• Marital Status, Religion, Nationality, Children etc. - this has no bearing on your ability to do the job.

Finally, you should select a format of Curriculum Vitae which is most suited to you and your background..