Effective CV writing increases chances of getting an interview call.
Writing a CV is not as herculean a task as you might think........
Tips on getting your CV correct the first time for effective job search.
Ideas on writing your CV, Cover Letter and handling the interview if you have a
gap in your employment.
This article is an attempt to help the readers design an impressive and user
friendly CV.
This article is an attempt to help the readers design an impressive and user
friendly CV.
This article is an attempt to help the readers design an impressive and user
friendly CV.
This article is an attempt to help the readers design an impressive and user
friendly CV.
Simplest type of sample CV. Also suitable for the just out of college candidates
trying to hunt for a job.
Sample CV for those who have a good work experience but are less qualified for a
job.
If you have switched many jobs in a short duration of time, this sample CV can
help you.
Employed in the past but jobless now? This sample CV should help you write your
CV and secure an interview call.
Writing a CV is not as herculean a task as you might think. If you keep these
simple tips on mind as you start writing your CV, you will finally get an
effective CV.
The only fate dirty CVs meet is landing up in the trash bins. So, make sure that
your CV is neat and well organised. We talk a lot about the products being user
friendly. Make sure your CV is also user friendly. User here is the person who
screens the CVs and gives you a gate pass to the interview.
Neatness of the CV can be maintained by using punctuation marks correctly, using
legible fonts and maintaining a proper space between 2 lines.
No one has time to read pages after pages about you. Keep your CV as short as
possibly. Try that it doesn’t go beyond two pages. After all, certain things
should be left to discuss in the interview also.
Your CV should be able to grab the recruiter’s attention in first 30 things.
Recruiters receive a heap of CVs for every position that is advertised. They do
not have time to sieve through your CV to find the relevant information. Put
across your candidature in as few words as possible.
Long sentences are difficult to read and understand. Recruiters do not have time
to understand what you mean. So, make your CV reader friendly by using
punctuation marks properly.
I used to work as Business Development manager for XYZ company which is a
pharmaceutical company from 20th Dec’99 to 30th Jan’2001.
Worked as business development manager for XYZ company ltd., from Dec-99 to
Jan-2001.
Provide your contact details at the beginning of your CV. After your CV is
shortlisted, the first thing a recruiter wants to do is give you an interview
call. If your contact details are not easily found or are embedded somewhere in
the text on second page, there are high chances of you losing the opportunity
to the next candidate. So, provide a phone number and e-mail address where you
can be reached.
Your career summary appears on the first screen of recruiter’s computer. It
should say all about you and the recruiter should be able to decide by looking
at these 7-8 lines if they want to call you for an interview or not.
The key to attract the attention of the recruiter here is to match your
qualifications and experience with job notification & show in the 7-8
bullet points that you have all that is required for the position.
If you think you have any additional qualities or experience that would make you
the ideal candidate for the job, write them here.
If you have a work experience, qualification takes a back seat. Provide
information about your work experience focussing on your achievements which
display your skills. If you add some numbers to the achievements, it helps you
in increasing the level of interest in a recruiter.
For e.g. if you said, “Settled 4 manufacturing units in 5 states of India during
3 years” it becomes stronger than “Settled manufacturing 4 units in India”.
Provide your educational qualifications in chronologically descending order.
People are more interested in finding out about your recent past. If you have
not scored good marks, avoid providing the percentage of marks you scored.
Include the relevant information. Your CV may require a little bit of
modification according to the type of opening you are applying for. You may
need to expose different facets of your personality and work experience for
different openings.
It doesn’t matter to a recruiter what your father’s or mother’s name is.
Similarly, he is not interested in knowing the number of children you have
(until he has to bear their expenses).
Cut out these and other such unnecessary details from your CV. Similarly, you
can do with your driving license no., passport number, nationality if you are
applying to a job opening with in the country.
Most of the times your CV will be screened by the HR people and they are not
experts in every domain. So, avoid the use of abbreviations and jargons to make
the CV easier for them to read and understand. If they do not understand and
abbreviation or jargon you have used in the CV, it might cost you the
opportunity, making the whole exercise futile.
When you get to meet the people of your domain for an interview you can show
your expertise by using the abbreviations and jargons used in your domain.
For e.g. rather than writing SDLC it is better to write Software Development
Life Cycle.
Use words which display your control over things. For e.g. managed, achieved,
counselled, recruited etc.
Learn to emphasize at right place in the CV. If you think, any of your
particular achievements gives you a cutting edge over other job seekers for a
particular opening, emphasize on it. For e.g. if you are a fresher and you have
been a topper of your college or university, it is worth mentioning and
emphasizing in the CV. Similarly, if you are an experienced worker and your
particular achievement has been acknowledged by your employer, which you think
can add more value to your CV while applying for a particular position,
emphasize on it.
Try to keep your CV free of any spelling mistakes and bad grammar. They put the
recruiter off and can put you in embarrassing situations at times.
Spelling mistakes and bad grammar in your CV reflect up on your lazy and
careless attitude. They also communicate that you are not serious about this
position and no body would want to hire a person who is not serious about
recruitment.
At times, the spelling mistakes might put you in embarrassing situation. So,
make sure that you run a proper spell check and grammar check on your CV.
The recruiter knows well that you are talking about yourself in your CV. Avoid
the use of words like I, my in your CV. It makes you look egomaniac.
So, as you sit to write your CV, keep these tips in mind and prune out any
unnecessary details. What you finally get will be an effective CV.