HOW TO WRITE A GOOD CV
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CURRICULUM VITAE
45% Previous related work experience
35% Qualifications & skills
25% Easy to read
16% Accomplishments
14% Spelling & grammar
9% Education (these were not just graduate recruiters or this score would be much higher!)
9% Intangibles: individuality/desire to succeed
3% Clear objective
2% Keywords added
1% Contact information
1% Personal experiences
1% Computer skills
You are 3rd year student
You are 3rd year student
What should you do?
HOW TO WRI
TEA
GOOD
CV
HAND-WRITING AVAILABLE FORM
1. TARGET ON SPECIFIC JOB
2. INFORMATIVE BUT CONCISE
3. CHOOSE A SENSIBLE EMAIL ADDRESS
4. SET YOUR SPELL CHECKER
5. DON’T TELL A LIE
1. TARGET ON SPECIFIC JOB
2. INFORMATIVE BUT CONCISE
3. CHOOSE A SENSIBLE EMAIL ADDRESS
4. SET YOUR SPELL CHECKER
5. DON’T TELL A LIE
TARGET ON SPECIFIC JOB
The purpose of this document is not to get your job, but to get you an interview.
Don’t try to tell everything in this document .
PROVIDE THE NECESSARY & SUITABLE INFORMATION ONLY
1. TARGET ON SPECIFIC JOB
2. INFORMATIVE BUT CONCISE
3. CHOOSE A SENSIBLE EMAIL ADDRESS
4. SET YOUR SPELL CHECKER
5. DON’T TELL A LIE
1. TARGET ON SPECIFIC JOB
2. INFORMATIVE BUT CONCISE
3. CHOOSE A SENSIBLE EMAIL ADDRESS
4. SET YOUR SPELL CHECKER
5. DON’T TELL A LIE
INFORMATIVE BUT CONCISE
78%CVs being too LONG are ELIMINATED at the first glance
Use the bullets Use the numberGive evidence to support your statementGet to the point
1. TARGET ON SPECIFIC JOB
2. INFORMATIVE BUT CONCISE
3. CHOOSE A SENSIBLE EMAIL ADDRESS
4. SET YOUR SPELL CHECKER
5. DON’T TELL A LIE
1. TARGET ON SPECIFIC JOB
2. INFORMATIVE BUT CONCISE
3. CHOOSE A SENSIBLE EMAIL ADDRESS
4. SET YOUR SPELL CHECKER
5. DON’T TELL A LIE
CHOOSE A SENSIBLE EMAIL ADDRESS
CVs with UNPROFESSIONAL email addresses are IGNORED
• [email protected]• [email protected]• [email protected]
Example
76%
1. TARGET ON SPECIFIC JOB
2. INFORMATIVE BUT CONCISE
3. CHOOSE A SENSIBLE EMAIL ADDRESS
4. SET YOUR SPELL CHECKER
5. DON’T TELL A LIE
1. TARGET ON SPECIFIC JOB
2. INFORMATIVE BUT CONCISE
3. CHOOSE A SENSIBLE EMAIL ADDRESS
4. SET YOUR SPELL CHECKER
5. DON’T TELL A LIE
SET YOUR SPELL CHECKER
i am a prefectionist and rarely forget details.
I have good writen comunication skills.Proven ability to track down and
correct erors.
Example
61%
GET A REPLY
32%
GET AN INTERVIEW
1. TARGET ON SPECIFIC JOB
2. INFORMATIVE BUT CONCISE
3. CHOOSE A SENSIBLE EMAIL ADDRESS
4. SET YOUR SPELL CHECKER
5. DON’T TELL A LIE
1. TARGET ON SPECIFIC JOB
2. INFORMATIVE BUT CONCISE
3. CHOOSE A SENSIBLE EMAIL ADDRESS
4. SET YOUR SPELL CHECKER
5. DON’T TELL A LIE
Some students have been jailed for six months for lying on job application forms, it emerged, but the offence carries a maximum sentence of up to 10 years in the most serious cases.
DON’T TELL A LIE
Show your best but don’t attempt to tell them a lie
