If you were to type the letters CV into your computer search engine you would find so many thousands of documents devoted to the writing, presentation, difficulties of doing them so that anyone would think that they were the most complicated thing to do.
But it really is not so – Yes, they are very important for getting the job you really want but they are not the ‘monsters’ that people make them out to be.
There are Six Basic rules to apply when writing your CV.
Firstly and most importantly is that it looks good enough to read.
If you were looking at the dessert trolley in a restaurant you would not chose the broken meringue or the chocolate fingerprinted cake would you? No! and in the same way the reader of your CV will only want to read it if it is neat tidy and legible.
The best thing to do therefore is to print your CV on standard white A4 paper.
Secondly list your personal details.-your full name (include any names you are also known by), age, address, telephone number and nationality.
Place them all on separate lines
Next, list your Education qualifications. Start with the most ones and the places you got them from.
Don’t go back too far, nobody will want to know about the stars you received in primary school.
Number four is Working History: Again no one wants to read about the time you worked as a paperboy/girl but list in order, starting with your most recent working experience and make a point of all the skills or achievements you may have gained from these times and Indicate how these skills/achievements could be used in the job you are applying for.
Make sure you add details of any positions or special responsibilities you have had.
Number Five is all about you: talk about yourself; any other skills you have, can you use up to date technology, do you like to learn new thing, do you drive, what are your hobbies, any clubs you are involved with, what you like to do after work.
Finally you should be scrupluously honest all the way through your CV. You should list any constraints you may have that may affect the work you can do – these include things like disability, family, mobility, poor grades.
Most CVs will contain a section which will ask you to list people who are willing to vouch for you and confirm the truth of the things in the CV (reference) – teachers, judges, vicars, managers etc. any trustworthy person or figure of authority – but remember you can’t list parents and close family as referees.
See, writing a CV is not as hard as it looks!
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