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Writing a CV

(Curriculum Vitae)

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How to present myself?

Highlight your experience

Show personal attributes and achievements

Show your education and related training

Make yourself attractive interesting worthconsidering

Make the CV short ! easy to read

"o not oversell yourself

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Which elements are approprite for a CV?

Work History "#$ %ducation Skills &eferences ' photo (our existing salary )#ptional* %xperience Hobbies ! +nterests ,ist of publications-.ro/ects

0raining "one &efrences

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0ypes of CV

Chronological

Information included under general headings:

education, ork experience, etc!, ith the most

recent e"ents first!Skills based

#kills necessary for the $ob are highlighted!

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How to start?

%V',1'0% (#1& S2+,,S

What do + have to offer? 3 what am +

selling?%ist don: technical knoledge, managerialskills, I&, languages, etc!!!

'ersonal strengths interests

Example:$ad: #old books to clients located in elhi region!

4ood: Increased sales by *+

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Se5uence of headings

-b$ecti"e

'ersonal informationWork experience

.ducation

'ersonal characteristicsInterests

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#b/ective ).rofile*

'hrase a realistic ob$ecti"e:

.xamples:

/0n executi"e creati"e position here extensi"e

marketing, riting, management, design, andtechnical skills are re1uired, preferably ithin

atabase 2anagement3!

3esire a position in the office management!'refer a position re1uiring responisbility and a

"ariety of tasks4!

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'ersonal information

5ationality

0ddress&el! 5o!

.6mail

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5ot to include

0ge.thnic identity'olitical affiliation

7eligious preference2arital status'lace of birth'hotographs

8eight, eight, health&here are exceptions to some of these items9

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.ducation

listed ith the most recent first, including

results

professional de"elopment courses, again

listed ith the most recent first

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.xample:

%ducation6

2.d ni"ersity of 2anchester ;>+

7eport Writing &he =ritish Council *>>A

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Work epxerience:

7e"erse chronological order9

Include rele"ant experience and results

Brants (honors) aarded

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Work .xperience 6example:

*>> D to date 7uality 'ssurance 0echnicianCreated computer applications ith the help of a

programmer to monitor the factory en"ironment!0nalysed the 1uality assurance system and made

recommendations for impro"ements! &hese ereincorporated into the current 1uality assurancesystem!

.xamined e1uipment in the factory to check that it

met the company standards!In"estigated ne e1uipment installed in the

factory to make sure that it ould comply ith1uality assurance procedures

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Words describing responsibilities:

7esponsible for !!!:

'lanning, implementing, re"ieing,

negotiating, managing, coordinating,

e"aluating, directing, facilitating,

inspecting, training, producing, pro"iding,

informing, executing, de"eloping!!!!

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%anguages (fluency)

#pecific skills (techni1ues and e1uipment,computer programs, technology and other

technical skills)

Skills

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Words describing personal abilities:

Creati"e, efficient, proficient, systematic,

hard orker, prefer to act, ell "ersed in!!!,

illing to take initiati"e, like to ork in one

place, en$oy challenging experience,persistance to ork underpressure, first6

hand knoledge of!!!, ha"ing a desire to

learn

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Interests 0cti"ities

-ptional

-utside responsibilities and interests