The initial and important step in the process of looking for a job is drawing up good curriculum vitae, which is normally the first contact with your future employer. It should grab the attention of the reader immediately and should explain why you should be given a chance to attend an interview. While drawing the CV, it should be remembered that employers will not spend more than a minute in viewing each CV in the initial selection process.
So, if you fail to make an impression in this first step, you will not be able to take the process to the next steps. Some of the general recommendations on writing a good CV are given below:
• Presentation of the CV is essential: Set your skills and competences, qualification and other details logically and clearly so that the employer will be able to easily view the specific attributes.
• Care should be taken in punctuation and spelling, give appropriate consideration to all relevant details both in the form of presentation and substance.
• Ensure that your CV is brief with not more than two pages and you should try to provide essential details regarding what you are and who you are within these two pages. Even if you have an outstanding work experience, a CV with three pages is considered too long in some countries.
• If you do not have work experience, you can focus on training and education and you can also highlight work placements during training. You can omit training details which are not in any way pertaining to the job for which you are applying. Try to concentrate on information that can add value to your CV.
• It is important to check your CV for relevance, each and every time you are applying for a new job, to ensure that the CV corresponds the requirement of the employer. In this task, it would be better to gain some knowledge about the company for which you are applying so that you can modify your CV according to the requirement of the company.
• When you are looking for a good job in European countries, you can follow the europass CV format to impress the employer. This format would be most suitable since it enables you to present your qualifications, skills and competences in rational order. In this format, your CV will have to contain details in the following order:
- Personal information
- Work experience section
- Education and training section
- Skills and competences section
• Your CV should be concise and clear in such a way that your potential employer should be impressed just by having a look at it. Therefore,
- Use short and simple sentences.
- Precisely explain the reason for breaks, if any in your career or studies.
Make use of the above-mentioned general recommendations for creating impressive curriculum vitae.
