CV Writing Tips
Your CV is the first step for getting your foot in the door for a great job opportunity.
When you have a well written and professional CV, it can make all the difference between job searching and job finding!
The first part of your curriculum vitae will consist of basic information like your full name and contact details. Always try to provide your prospective employer more than one way of contacting you. A direct phone number or mobile and email address would be ideal.
Adding further personal details like Age, Gender & Nationality is optional but not essential. In the current market it is less common to include this information. This may depend on the country that you are residing in and also the job industry that you work in.
When you write your CV, everything should be up to date and current.
Just below your contact details, write down something about your career ambitions and goals. It is recommended to keep this part of your CV down to three brief lines.
Following your career objective, write about your academic background and qualifications. Start with your most recent studies and make sure that you write down the name of the institute as well as the dates of course taken.
After your academic background section, include your work experience starting with the role you are in or last position held. Remember to mention your job title, job description and length of time in each position. Your job descriptions should be straightforward and to the point, ideally using bullets to list all your main tasks.
Finally, always make sure that you put down contactable work references that your recruiter can contact.
Carefully choose your words when writing a CV, as most software used with the leading job boards, searches the CV database for specific key words from the CV. It is therefore important to include any additional training completed, software used and achievements.
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