How to Write a Curriculum Vitae ( C.V.)
Prof. Samirsinh P ParmarDharmsinh Desai University, Faculty of Technology,Nadiad, Gujarat, IndiaMail: [email protected]
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•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/organization ?
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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/ organization
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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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PERSONAL DETAILS: Name : Last First Middle Father’s Name : Last First Middle
Date of Birth Age (DD MM YYYY) (In Years)
Sex : Male /Female Marital Status : Single / Married Nationality : Indian
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• Correspondence Address(up to..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 Record Last Degree First , Mention Specialization, Year,
Univ./ Division ( CGPA details)/ Special Achievements etc.
• Short-term courses / professional training programs 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 : - Member of other clubs/groups, news letter, • 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
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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”) ?
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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 organized are you ? What do you do to be organized and what do you feel you ought to do to be better organized ?
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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
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