Resume/CV writing Tips

Resume Writing.

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Writing CV is an opportunity to show the hiring person or company what the qualification that you have. Writing resume is about selling you to the employer, the skills, and experience and showing the skills, talents and qualities that you have to best fit the position.

When putting up your CV, you have to include the following

1.      Bio Data: Personal information

It should compose your name, your address and your contact details such as telephone, emails, residence address. You must also include the languages that you speak.

Note that you can decide whether to include your age, your marital status and your nationality.

2.      Career Objectives: this is personal advertisement of your objectives and what you are capable of. It should also compose of :

·        Skills and qualities

·        Work background and achievements

·        Career aims

The CV should start with few interesting line that attracts and capture reader’s attention. It is very nice to use professional words that show achievements.  Avoid over use of simple use of words such as am hardworking and industrious words.  Use words that are machine readable. Most if the Employers use machine to sieve the best CV and application that have the skills that they are targeting.  

When explaining this element be precise and do not be broad about your details . When you are summarizing your career aims, think about the employer you are sending the CV to.

3.      Work Experience

If you have previously worked you have to put it down from the latest to the oldest that you have done. Include if at any point you have left job and involved self employment. However if you are a fresh from graduate you can only add your education background, trainings and workshops that you have done.

You should also include, the date that you have started the job, the day that you have completed, the employers name, the title of the position that you have worked for. You should also provide your duties and responsibilities in each job.

You should always try to relate your skills and experience that is required for the job to yours.

4.      Education and training

You should write according to the most relevant professional skills gained. Start from the latest to oldest qualification that you have had.

·        Universities and schools attended

·        Dates, qualification and grades attained

·        Any professional courses.

5.      Hobbies and Achievements

You can include interests, hobbies and achievements that you have attained related to the job that you have applied.

Include here if you were a member of any group, community org. or societies that show that you have done work related activities.

6.      References

The referees that you are going to indicate you know that you have chosen them to be your referees. You have to include at least one and at most three. If you don’t have any work related referee please choose a responsible person in the community to act that.