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CV
Writing
More often than not job opportunities start with companies
requesting to see CV´s. This is the first chance that a company will
have to form an opinion about you. From your own perspective this is
your opportunity to present your skills and experiences in the best
possible way. Your CV should ensure that you stand out from the
other candidates that are applying for the same job.
Preparing a CV:
As a guideline a good CV will contain the following details:
Personal Details: including name, address, contact numbers, date of
birth, nationality, ability to drive etc.
Personal Profile: This should provide an overview to you, what
skills, and experience, knowledge and career aspirations you have.
Remember short, sharp and to the point.
Education: including dates, location, levels of achievement.
Remember to put the most recent achievements first and work
chronological
Professional
Qualifications: As above
Previous work history: including name of company, dates, job title,
job descriptions and areas of responsibilities. Remember clients are
more interested in what you are doing now.
Record of Achievements: this may include details of personal
achievements outside of the working environment
Skills: Relevant skills such as use of databases, computer packages,
additional licences
Interests: Any activities outside of work such as sports or
societies are looked at by any potential employer as an indicator to
a balance to someone´s lifestyle. Do be truthful, as 9/10 employers
will focus on what your interests are out of work.
It is essential when preparing a CV to tailor this to the specific
position you are applying for wherever possible.
Remember what a company is looking for is how you are going to make
a difference to their organisation, so do emphasis what you have
achieved, where you achieved it, and the difference that this made.
To assist in the process you will need to find out as mush about the
prospective employer as possible and the job in question. This may
involve requesting a full job description, visiting the company's
web page or requesting a company brochure to be sent out. In essence
what you are trying to do is to put yourself in the employers
position and work out what it is you would look for in a CV if the
roles were reversed.
Presenting a CV
The presentation of the CV is equally as important as the content.
The objective here is to ensure that the reader of the CV can
extract the information at a moment's glance, as apposed to having
to search for the information.
Prospective employers are often inundated with hundreds of CV's,
which can often be a time consuming process. As a rule of thumb the
average time perusing a C.V. from an employer is somewhere between
30 seconds and 3 or 4 minutes.
Keep the CV clear, concise and factual, use headings, spacing, and
adequate margins and where appropriate different size text. Do keep
fonts simple.
2 Pages is often more than enough to encapsulate all that needs to
be seen
Organise your CV so that it follows a clear logical order. Using
Chronological dates enables the reader of the CV to follow your
career progress.
Use friends or colleagues to check spelling, grammar, accuracy and
layout of the information
Use of Descriptive words at the beginning of each sentence, (i.e.
managed, developed, presented etc)
Use good quality A4 paper and where possible use of a good quality
laser printer for clarity.
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