Making CV (curriculum vitae) is your first contact with your future employer. You should keep in mind, that rarely more than a minute is destined to your CV. For that reason we suggest you to stay focused on 10 basic rules to improve your CV.
- Take care for appropriate introduction of yourself
Allege your knowledge and abbilities clearly and logically so your specific skills are evident easily. - Focus on essential
CV should be short. In most cases already two pages suffice to show who you are and what knowledge you have. In some countries is three-pages-long CV considered as boasted although your experiences are outstanding. - Do not feel ashame for not having any experiences yet
If your working experiences are still limited (perhaps you have just finished your schooling) describe educational experiences, knowledege of foreign languages or PC skills. - Do not exaggerate
It is very likely you will get caught on first interview. Do not use words like to master or to overcome unless you are really an expert in it. Some things are easily examined while interview. - Let someone else read your CV first
Some things are relevant for you only. Before sending your CV to the desired company make sure someone else reads it first. He can help you out with some undefined and ambiguous sentences. - Working experiences should be written starting with the most recent
It may seem a bit strange, but this sure is a technical advice: any working experiences should be written starting with the most recent. So employer can decide which experiences are still fresh and which are almost forgotten. Read the rest of this entry »
