CV Advice
A “Curriculum Vitae” is the document that serves as a unique tool in making you acquire the jobs of your dream, so it is essential, proper care and analysis should be done before penning down this document. It is a mirror in your world of accomplishments and achievements to the employer.
Here are some guidelines that will surly help you in making an effective CV:
The most common contents in any CV include:
- Objective
- Personal Details/Information
- Skills and Career Summary
- Key Achievements
- Qualifications
- Career History
Curriculum Vitae---Do’s and Don’ts Do’s
- Make Resume easy to read---by bulleted style text
- Make heading in bold face or capitals.
- Remember, to keep text lines under 74 characters long
- Give your contact information: landline number, mobile number, email and
home address.
- List your jobs in reverse chronological order – starting with the last (or current) job first
- Poof read the CV carefully for misspellings and typos
- Use active words that showcase your leadership and teamwork qualities.
Don’ts
- Avoid fancy type faces--italics, underlines, shadows, reverse – white letters on black) in your CV
- Avoid the use of font size larger than 16 points anywhere in the CV.
- Avoid two column format—that makes your Resume look like a newspaper or newsletter
- Avoid Hyphenated words
- Avoid sending low quality copies of CV, see to it, you use original laser printed CV
- Avoid hand writing any information in the CV; every thing should be printed
- Avoid double sided printed CV
- Avoid the usage of personal pronouns (I, my, me) in a resume as much as possible.
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