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Writing a CV
(Curriculum Vitae)
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How to present myself?
Highlight your experience
Show personal attributes and achievements
Show your education and related training
Make yourself attractive interesting worthconsidering
Make the CV short ! easy to read
"o not oversell yourself
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Which elements are approprite for a CV?
Work History "#$ %ducation Skills &eferences ' photo (our existing salary )#ptional* %xperience Hobbies ! +nterests ,ist of publications-.ro/ects
0raining "one &efrences
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0ypes of CV
Chronological
Information included under general headings:
education, ork experience, etc!, ith the most
recent e"ents first!Skills based
#kills necessary for the $ob are highlighted!
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How to start?
%V',1'0% (#1& S2+,,S
What do + have to offer? 3 what am +
selling?%ist don: technical knoledge, managerialskills, I&, languages, etc!!!
'ersonal strengths interests
Example:$ad: #old books to clients located in elhi region!
4ood: Increased sales by *+
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Se5uence of headings
-b$ecti"e
'ersonal informationWork experience
.ducation
'ersonal characteristicsInterests
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#b/ective ).rofile*
'hrase a realistic ob$ecti"e:
.xamples:
/0n executi"e creati"e position here extensi"e
marketing, riting, management, design, andtechnical skills are re1uired, preferably ithin
atabase 2anagement3!
3esire a position in the office management!'refer a position re1uiring responisbility and a
"ariety of tasks4!
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'ersonal information
5ationality
0ddress&el! 5o!
.6mail
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5ot to include
0ge.thnic identity'olitical affiliation
7eligious preference2arital status'lace of birth'hotographs
8eight, eight, health&here are exceptions to some of these items9
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.ducation
listed ith the most recent first, including
results
professional de"elopment courses, again
listed ith the most recent first
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.xample:
%ducation6
2.d ni"ersity of 2anchester ;>+
7eport Writing &he =ritish Council *>>A
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Work epxerience:
7e"erse chronological order9
Include rele"ant experience and results
Brants (honors) aarded
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Work .xperience 6example:
*>> D to date 7uality 'ssurance 0echnicianCreated computer applications ith the help of a
programmer to monitor the factory en"ironment!0nalysed the 1uality assurance system and made
recommendations for impro"ements! &hese ereincorporated into the current 1uality assurancesystem!
.xamined e1uipment in the factory to check that it
met the company standards!In"estigated ne e1uipment installed in the
factory to make sure that it ould comply ith1uality assurance procedures
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Words describing responsibilities:
7esponsible for !!!:
'lanning, implementing, re"ieing,
negotiating, managing, coordinating,
e"aluating, directing, facilitating,
inspecting, training, producing, pro"iding,
informing, executing, de"eloping!!!!
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%anguages (fluency)
#pecific skills (techni1ues and e1uipment,computer programs, technology and other
technical skills)
Skills
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Words describing personal abilities:
Creati"e, efficient, proficient, systematic,
hard orker, prefer to act, ell "ersed in!!!,
illing to take initiati"e, like to ork in one
place, en$oy challenging experience,persistance to ork underpressure, first6
hand knoledge of!!!, ha"ing a desire to
learn
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Interests 0cti"ities
-ptional
-utside responsibilities and interests