This sample CV is for the candidates who have been working in the
past but are now jobless. This format focuses on your skills, achievements and
qualifications.
Sample CV
Name:
Address:
Contact No.:
E-mail:
Career Summary
• Develop it as a short paragraph of approximately 50-60 words. Write about your
career aspirations and what you have to offer to the market.
• Your career summary should cover your skills, attitude, knowledge and work
experience.
• Write your career summary in third person singular. Draft and re-draft it.
• Your career summary should be supported with the CV content.
• Write your career summary in such a way that the interviewer should be able
to get a gist of your career in 30 seconds and shortlists you for the
interview.
Key Skills
• Develop this section in the bulleted format, to make your CV user
friendly.
• Write about the key skills you have gained during your last employments.
Focus on the skills relevant to the position you are applying to.
• Mention some figures which can impress the selectors and they shortlist your
CV for an interview.
• Any special, out of work activity can also find a place in this section of
CV. This activity demonstrates a facet of your personality.
Achievements
• Write this section also in a bulleted format. It makes your CV user
friendly.
• The achievements should be listed in the rank of priority.
• Try to relate your achievements with some figures
• The achievements section of your CV aims at telling the prospective employer,
“This is what I did for my last employer, I can do it for you
also”
Educational Qualification
• Write this section of your CV also in bullets
• If your qualification required for this role is lesser than what is actually
expected but you have a good work experience and knowledge about your area of
work, do not focus your CV on the qualifications.
Interests
• This is a good place in CV to write about your interests out of
work.
• Write them in bullets.
• They throw a light on the different facets of your personality
Work Experience
• Write this section of your CV in the chronologically descending
order
• Designation, company name followed by duration for example:
Marketing
Manager
April 2000 to Oct 2001
XYZ company
• Job responsibilities below the position details. They can be mentioned as
bullets or as interesting prose.
Personal Details
Date of Birth
Languages Known
Marital status
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