CV writing sample 2

List of adjective for writing CV

• Diligent
• Attentive
• Conscientious
• Consistent
• Organized
• Passionate
• Hard-working
• Determined
• Trustworthy
• Resolute
• Committed
• Loyal
• Skillful
• Self-starter
• Reliable
• Motivated
• Persistent
• Aggressive
• Enthusiastic
• Enterprising
• Professional
• Strong
• Easy going
• Reliable
• Exciting
• Proactive
• Productive
• Professional
• Achiever
• Active
• Cooperative
• Analytical
• Successful
• Team Player
• Passionate
• Customer-oriented
• Competitive
• Solid
• Responsible
• Results-driven
• Results-oriented
• Organized
• Leader

The best tips for CV that "sells"

Think about CV as about the product of the company called “YOU”. The same marketing principles when companies market their products apply when you are looking for a job. It doesn’t mean that you have to be marketing GURU to find a job. However, keep in mind following:

1) Choose area of your interest. Where would you like to work in first place? What job excites you and what skills you have to get that job?

2) Make a research. What employers are looking for in people? What expert’s CV in this industry looks like? What is existing demand in the industry?

3) Prepare CV. Think what future employer may be interested in. Do you have those qualities listed? What makes you stand out from others? Find out who might want to hire you and why? Create the most positive impression about yourself while still being truthful.

4) Make your CV look professional. It is important to be specific, use professional jargon, show numbers of your achievements or responsibilities, describe details when it is appropriate so that potential employer can judge that you are truly experienced, professional and have qualities he/she is looking for.

5) Choose the package. It is the most important thing in the whole CV creating process! Make sure that throughout CV 1) all font is the same 2) that you talk about experience in the same style (e.g. responsibilities/achievements, or only responsibilities, or without specification, etc) 3) that there is no grammar mistakes 4) that you are using nice and same layout.

6) Make it attractive. Don’t be afraid to use adjectives. Words like: strong, professional, solid, bright, confident, excellent, reliable, and other will give boost to your CV and will make it shine among others.

7) Product testing. Check if your CV is “buyable”. Give it to some of your friends to read and to provide you with feedback. You want to make sure that when your potential employer sees it he/she will know why you are applying and what qualities you have that suits the job best.

8) Sell your CV. Now it is time to act. Look for opportunities to “sell” your CV to your potential “customers”. Friends, Linkedin, Facebooks, Newspapers, FAS, companies open days, targeted/professional meetings, and etc. Choose companies you are interested in and contact them even prior to job opening!

9) Don’t give up. Unfortunately, you will receive rejections, no’s, and even no reply in large numbers. Don’t give up! Quantity and persistence WILL PAY OFF!

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Template for the best CV

I find following template for resume one of the most useful. Try to fill in all the details as best as you could and at the end you should get the best CV :)

Contact Information

Name:
Postal address & postcode:
Mobile telephone:
Landline telephone:
E-mail address:

Key Skills

· Present your key skills in a two- or three-column format with or without a section heading.

List your skills that are required for your target job (in less than three words each):

Experience / Employment History

· If you have more than one job entry, copy and paste the following for the number of job you need to describe.

Job title:

Company:

Overview of the company (what it does/size)

Town/Country:

Start Date (month and year)

Finish Date (Present or month and year)

Responsibilities:
· Start each bullet with a verb (preferably a descriptive action verb). If you can quantify or qualify each point, do it. Describe your action(s) and illustrate the results and/or benefits of your actions.

- Led … Spearheaded … Created … Mentored …
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Achievements:
· Write down main achievements and enhanced responsibilities that you can think of to be sure your first draft is thorough. Elaborate on the achievements that relate to the target job’s key criteria. Use past tence talking about things you achieved.

- Increased … Built … Reduced … Improved … Saved …
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Education

Name of Institution and town:

Type of degree received and/or related coursework:

Year degree received or years attended:

Achievements/Awards/Extra-curricular activities:

Continuous Professional Development Courses and/or Training

List all training courses you have taken that are relevant to the position you are targeting:

Certifications/Licences

List all professional certifications or licenses and their numbers:
List details about your driver’s licence and/or other licences:

Computer Skills

List your computing / IT skills:

Interests / Hobbies

List your interests:

Additional Information

List other relevant information, such as foreign language skills:

General tips on CV

Writing appropriate Cv it is one of the most important task in getting new job. For me (I believe like for most of the people) it is much easier to say 10000 words about my experience, talking through every detail, explaining benefits of hiring me, than to write a CV, where in 100 words you need to state in clear form why you is the best one to be hired. When I was composing my CV three people, who had a huge experience in composing CV and hiring people were helping me. I would love to share some of the tips I learned from them:

1) Try to keep short. My Cv is on 2 pages, but most important information (relevant work experience, key characteristics) I keep on one page mainly because not many people will go readying my CV till the end (too much effort). So try to put most important information about yourself and your past experience (the best if it is relevant to the job)at the first page.

2) Keep it relevant to the job you are looking for. It is very easy to find required skills and experience for the job by simply checking required skills and experience in job adverts. For example job says working with clients, you say – I have strong communicating skills. Job says ability to work under pressure – and you go very hard working and flexible person. Look at 2-3 job ads you are interested in and simply adjust your Cv to suits their looking for requirements.

3) Use adjectives while talking about yourself. You don’t want to lie about your past experience, but sometimes it is important to add some colour to your CV. Instead of saying – have a knowledge of working with PC you can say – have a strong knowledge working with PC, excellent communicational skills, (you don’t want to exaggerate saying the best, amazing...) but can go on with useful, effective, qualified, highly.... and on

4) Talk about achievements. I found it is very useful to stay in Cv not only responsibilities but also achievements. Here you want to talk using past tense, some of the major achievements, every one that you think may relate to you.

5) Keep it in nice way. It is highly important and I strongly recommend you to check front, spelling, spaces, and paragraph in your CV. You are creating piece of paper that will represent you, make sure it look nice and clean.

I will talk more about different ways how to write CV later on.