Presentation on a betterpreparation of a curriculum vitae

• Components of a good CV

• Style – the layout, formatting and headings you use.
• Content – All good stuff about you
• Positives Points of agreement – Point out how and why you meet their requirements.



• Curriculum Vitae

• Summary of one's life - details of education, exeriences and achievement.
• Personal Details - Name and address, ph no, email and own home page or webpage.
• Easy to read language, design, focus on the job, quotes from peoplpe,
• USe font size 10 - 12 typed in A4 size paper.



• Impoprtance of CV

• CV will give chance to evaluate yourself.
• CVs are mostly used to screen candidates for interview.
• CVs are the first introducer to the interviewer and explains your complete task



• Types of CV

• Chronological CV - Education and training is given importance. The latest qualification comes first.
• Functional / Skill based CV - CVs are created with concentrate on skills and responsibilities or experiences. Usually meant for experienced persons.
• Speculative CV - Sent not based on any advertisement. Match your skills, experience, education with the skills of the job requires.



• Order of the contents in CV

• Name and address
• Contact details
• Carrer objectives
• Educational qualifications
• Awards(If Any)
• Skill sets and personal attributes
• Experience / employment history
• Voluntary work
• Extra curricular activities, interests and hobbies
• References



• Career Objectives

• Your carrer objectives tells the employer what you are really looking for in a position.
• For team work job: I want to work in a team where we can take on new and exciting challenges.



• Educational Qualifications

• Should be written in a reverse chronological order.
• With percentage of marks and name of the institution.
• Year of passing.



• Awards

• Awards demonstrate your achievments to your employer
• Forget about any awards you received prior to 7 years
• Give the award details with quantifiable terms



• Skill sets

• This section tells the empployer what skills you have that fit the position they are looking for.
• Try to describe the skill you have demosntrated it.
• Eg: Keyboarding skills
• Communication skills
• Basic computer skills



• Employment history

• Part time jobs - tuition, data entry, etc.
• You have taken a postion during your holidays
• State your employer, position held, responsibilities, duration and key achievements
• For eg: Sales assistant, Rama retails shop, 2.6.2005 to till date.
• My role as a part time sales assistant, I am responsible for assisting customer with their enquirires and processing sale transactions.
• Key achievements: Demonstrated excellent customer service.
• Communicated affectively.



• Voluntary work

• Some activities that you may have done in voluntary basis.
• This area will help you to tell an employer how you have learnt new skills, worked with a team and learnt responsibilities for an assinged work.



• Interests and hobbies

• In this section you can demonstrate yours strengths to an emplyer.
• If you have have a limited experience, this is a valuable tool for demostrating your abilities to an employer.



• References

• This is the final part of the CV
• Include the names, oraganisations and contact numbers of people who can act as references for you.
• Give them a call ask their willingness to act as a reference for you.



• DO's

• Be brief - a two page resume is deal
• Prepare CVs for induvidual companies
• Customize your resume for your job target.
• Use action verbs / positive words - it will create strong impact. eg: motivated, monitored, created, analyzed, coordinated etc.



• DONT's

• Avoid folding your CV
• Dont include irrelevant information - previous salary, unproved awards, prizes and publications etc.
• Say what you did and not what you think.
• Personal information - marital status, religion, health, native place etc.
• Avoid unusual font size, stylish letters, graphics, underlining and unusual spacing.
• Avoid repeating information.
• Avoid personal pronouns.
• Dont outsource, do it yourslef.



• CV Writing Tips

• Focus on the job you want.
• Emphasis on achievement and results.
• Easy to read design and language.
• Spelling mistakes are unforgivable.
• Education or employment first.
• Quantify every statement.
• Ask someone to review your CV.



• Covering Letter

• The cover letter reflects your communication skills and to some extend your personility.
• Name and address - left side top.
• Date and place - right side top.
• Head and letter - subject and reference.
• The middle paragragh - brief description of ypur education and experiences.
• Closing - The closing in which you propose step for further action. Dont end with hit the mark, use sentence with gentle and polite manner.