How to write a CV (adapted from Ahmed Abd El-Rahman)

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How to Write a Professional CV

By:

Oladapo Fadoju

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Agenda

What is a CV?

How should you organize your CV

Things you should avoid in your CV

Things employers look for

Ensure that your CV is neat

Recruitment agencies

Write your CV


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What is a CV?

Is a written profile of your professional qualifications

Prepared by an applicant seeking employment

Multiple versions

It might be called Resume


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How should

you organise your CV

Name & Contact Information

Personal Profile (Career Objective)

Technical and Interpersonal Skills

Career History

Experiences (only if you have gaps in your work history or recently left education)

Education

Professional Certifications and Training Courses

Other Info


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Name & Contact

Information

Your Name in the top and in boldface

Address (optional) Residence

Email Includes your name

Phone number Preferred pattern

+X(XXX) XXX-XXXX

Write only one mobile

Land number is optional



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Personal Informati

on

Military Service Status (optional)

Marital Status (optional)

Gender

Other Driving License



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Personal Profile or Career Objective

Clear, concise, and targeted to your career goal(s) or a clear statement that matches the needs of the potential employer or recruiter.

Should include Who you are: a statement, one

sentence long, that describes you truthfully but powerfully

Skills and qualities that you possess

If you want to have more than one career option you should develop multiple CVs



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Technical and Interpersonal

Skills

Technical Skills

Interpersonal Skills Goal oriented

IQ score (optional)

Communication and Presentation

Work under pressure

Language Skills



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Career History

Start with the most recent

Employer name

Position title

Time interval (month/Year)

Brief description of your role and responsibilities



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Experiences Your Projects

Start with the most recent

Project name

Involved duties and skills

Brief description



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Education

Start with the most recent qualification

For each qualification name

year attained

Don’t include primary or high school if you have graduated more than 5 years ago

If you are currently in a degree In progress

Expected graduation date



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Professional Certifications and Training

Courses

CPD & Training Courses Start with the most recent

Training Center name

Time interval (month/Year)

Brief description (optional)

Certifications Start with the most recent

Certification name

Earned date



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Other Info General interests or

Hobbies e.g. Drawing paintings

Solving puzzles

Reading novels



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Things you should avoid

in your CV

ID number

Personal photo

Irrelevant awards, publications, &

memberships

Travel history

Previous pay rates

Reasons for leaving previous jobs

Typing & grammar errors

Lengthy descriptions

The words “References available

upon request”


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Things employers look

for Signs of achievements

Patterns of stability & career direction or progression

Professional presentation of your CV


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Ensure that your CV is

neat

Recommended fonts Calibri

Tahoma

Times new Roman

Use one or two fonts only

Use bullets, but don’t overuse them

Recommended font size 12, don’t use smaller than 10.

Print in high quality, white paper


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Recruitment agencies

Rename your CV file to be your full name

Enter a job code and\or job title in the email subject

Write the following in the email body

Dear Sir/Madam

Kindly find my resume in the attachments.

Regards,


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Write your CV Time for the workshop

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Thank You

How to write a CV (adapted from Ahmed Abd El-Rahman)

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