Post on 14-May-2015
How to Write a Curriculum Vitae ( C.V.)
H.SinvhalProfessor, Earth Sciences
I.I.T. Roorkee
hsclass.mba@gmail.com
How to Write a Curriculum Vitae
•What is a C.V.
•Why we need to make a C.V.
•Does one C.V. meet all requirements
•Why it should be flexible
•What is the ideal length of a C.V.
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• What is your aim in life ?
• How do you plan to achieve it?
• What is your dream company/organisation ?
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Do your SWOT analysis
• What are your Strong Points• What are your Weak points• What are the available Opportunities • What do you perceive as Threats
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• Decide for whom you are writing the C.V.
• Find out more about the company/ organisation
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• Is your application Solicited/Unsolicited ?
• Application Solicited• Application Unsolicited• Covering Letter
• How did you come to know of it? • Web-site, Newspaper, Specialized
Journal, Friend, other • One page with C.V. attached.
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C.V. Performa
PERSONAL DETAILS:
Name : Last First Middle
Father’s Name : Last First Middle
Date of Birth Age DD MM YY (In Years)
Sex : Male /Female
Marital Status : Single / Married
Nationality : Indian
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• Correspondence Address(upto..date) ----------------------------------
• Contact Phone No.• E-mail• Permanent Address:--------------------------
• Inform the Company if there is any Change
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• Place of Birth ___ Distt.___ State______
• Passport No.________________
• Driving License No. _________
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• Academic RecordLast Degree First , Mention Specialization, Year, Univ./ Division ( CGPA details)/ Special Achievements etc.
• Short-term courses / professional training programmes attended:
• Membership of Professional institutes / associations:
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• Sports / extracurricular activities:
• Details of summer training and projects undertaken
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• How computer savvy are you ? Computer Languages KnownSoftware Packages handled
• Other Achievements : SURA/Member of other clubs/groups
• Sports • Any other achievements in Student Life
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List your significant achievements
a)
b)
c)
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What type of assignments are you aspiring for?
(1 : Most Important, 5 : Least Important)
Entrepreneurial
Managerial
Dynamic
Growth Oriented
Administrative
What benefits motivate you ?
(1 : Most Important, 6 : Least Important)
Long-term Benefits
Performance Driven Growth
Medical Benefits
Immediate Cash Benefits
Social Security
Profit Sharing
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In the coming 5 years, I expect to have the following career path :
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How do you gather knowledge about
the following ? (a) The competitive environment
(b) Market and trade dynamics
(c) Products/services and technological trends
(d) Innovations and patterns of customer behavior
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How have you applied best practices ?
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Classify your reading habits (books & articles on global economy, general business practices, specify industry, general knowledge, current affairs)
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(a) Are you decisive but sometimes too quick,
OR are you more thorough but sometimes too slow ?
(b) Are you intuitive or go purely with the
facts ?
(c) Do you involve many or few people in decisions ?
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Are you more comfortable dealing with concrete, tangible, short-term issues,
OR abstract, conceptual and long-term issues ? Please explain
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Describe a complex situation……
(a) In which you had to learn a lot, quickly.
(b) How did you go about learning ?
(c) How successful were the results ?
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How creative are you ? What are the best examples of your creativity in processes, systems, methods, products, structure or services ?
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How do you go about establishing goals for performance (bottom up, top down, or are they easy or “stretchable”) ?
What should happen when people fail to perform ?
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How have you tried to build team-spirit ? Cite examples of your successes and failures
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Describe situations when your alertness enabled you to solve a complex problem
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How have you changed for the better during the recent years?
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How well organised are you ? What do you do to be organised and what do you feel you ought to do to be better organised ?
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What sort of mood swings do you experience ? How high are the HIGHS, and how low are LOWS, and why ?
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What has been the most difficult criticism for you to accept ?
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How much supervision do you want or need ?
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Describe a situation or two in which the pressures to compromise your integrity were the strongest you ever felt
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When there is a difference of opinion, do you tend to confront people directly, indirectly, or tend to let the situation resolve itself ? (Write specific instances.)
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Describe a situation in which you were most effective in selling an idea or yourself
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What motivates you ?
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Give some examples of the biggest challenges you have faced and overcome
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REFERENCES (Tell them that you are giving their names as referees)
1.
2.
(With phone No. and e-mail address)
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Describe your Objectives :
Professional :
Personal :
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How far and how you been able to keep a balance between Professional Objectives, Personal Objectives and expectations of the dear ones ?
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If you are single :
a) What expectations do the following family members have from you ?
i. Father :
ii. Mother :
iii.Other members :
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If you are single :
b) What efforts have you made to live up to their expectations?
i. Father :
ii. Mother :
iii.Other members :
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FAMILY DETAILS
Thank You
Harsha Sinvhal