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.
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