The point of your CV (Curriculum Vitae) is to sell your knowledge and your skills to the employer. The goal is to be interesting enough for an interview. But to achieve that you need to avoid some common pitfalls. These are listed below.
As I have told you before, CV is latin, Curriculum Vitae which stands for “tale of your life”. It is a little more information than you normally include in a resumé. You write your CV where you promote yourself and your skills. After that you write a personal letter suited for the work your applying for. Do not write any standard letters because that will be noticed by he or she that reads your application.
Can you answer the headline question? If not, no problem you will be able to answer it when you have read all of this. If you already know the answer, feel free to read this information anyway because you might still learn something. This text is about Why you should write a Curriuculum Vitae (CV).
Make your CV interesting
Do you know that your CV is the key for the company door? You want the job and you are ready for it - but does your key fit? How do you make your CV interesting, and that key to fit?
Some of the things I will write about in this post you will find in other posts. The reason for this kind of ‘double’ post is that I wanted to collect everything NOT to be in an CV at one place. If you can think of anything more to be excluded feel free to mail me the information and I will include it along with your name.
The first impression!
Your first impression matters a whole lot. If your CV doesn’t attract the reader’s attention in the first minute your chances of an coming interview are less than half. If you think about it for a second, a big company looking for folks to employ. Do you really think you are the only one to be sending an CV in? The employer might have several hundreds of CV as well as only five to look through. Not to mention the guy reading all of those CV probably has a job to do. So start your CV with work experience and after that personal and educational details.
CV, Vita or Resumé. CV is the abbrevation for the latin term Curriculum Vitae which explain your qualification in life. In the USA the term resumé is also used. An resumé is an short list of your qualifications. Your CV should not only list your skills but also personal information. You can see it as an collection of knowledge, experiences and skills.
- The history of your life
- The history of earlier jobs
- Everything you know
- Your bag of skills
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