Get the best tips on how you can prepare job-winning Curriculum vitae (CV) in 2024. This guide will show you how to write a great CV that’s ready for 2024
Writing a good curriculum vitae is one of the basic skills you need for your employability. Curriculum Vitae abbreviated as CV is an extract from a Latin word that means ‘course of life. Curriculum Vitae is a document that contains brief information about you and the career you seek to pursue.
Although there are different templates online that you can use to create your CV (though not free), it is very important that you learn to do it on your own. Most times, your school might not teach you how to write a good Curriculum vitae. But definitely, it is something you must be able to do. Most Times, your CV is accompanied by a cover letter, yet a cover letter does not replace your CV.
In this article, I will clearly explain to you how to write a good and attention-grabbing CV. But before then, let me answer the question of why you need a CV
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So then, how do you write a curriculum vitae? There are a few things you must consider in order to write a good CV. To write a good and actionable CV, the following must be put into consideration;
As much as it is stated that your CV must be informative enough, yet it is very paramount to highlight some of the things you must capture so that you do not go off point and provide unneeded information or forget some important information.
Your CV must begin with your full name. The name should appear thus, surname, first name, and middle name. You must be careful to ensure that the name provided here will correspond with the name used in other documents that are requested, the example of which are, your certificate, statement of result, and others. In a situation where the name does not correspond (in the case of a female who went to school as a spinster but now seeks for a job as a married woman), then a court affidavit must follow it to show that the two names in the documents provided are the same person.
The next thing is your personal and contact detail. You must provide your phone number, email address, and full address of where you live as your contact detail. In your personal detail, you should provide information such as date of birth, marital status, nationality, religion, etc.
Your personal profile is a very important part of your Curriculum Vitae that should not be omitted if you desire to have a good CV. It contains your career objectives which your prospective employers will be definitely interested in. Your career objective is the first point of contact, which will tell your prospective employer if or not you are fit for the job. Your career objectives should differ. Most preferably, it is advised that you know the company’s objective, vision, mission, and core value and with this information, draft out your career objectives.
This section highlights all the previous jobs (internship included) you have ever done. The more jobs you have done in the past, the more your chances of been employed. In stating your employment history in your Curriculum Vitae, you must also state clearly the period within which you did the job, your employer, and the office you held. No matter how menial or small the job might be, include it. If you have been employed in many companies and as such, your employment history seems much, then reduce some of them and put the most important ones that are related to the position you are seeking for.
In this section, you state clearly, all the institutions you attended with your qualification. Qualifications here are the various certificates gotten from each of these institutions. Note that the qualification differs from one country to another. That is, the certificate you will be given after graduating from an institution in Ukraine differs from the one gotten in Ghana. You should also state the duration within which you attended the institution. If it is a higher institution, do well to also include the grade with which you graduated.
This is a great selling point for you. Your skills determine your employability. State all the relevant skills you have. For example, a good computer operator with great knowledge in Ms word, excel, PowerPoint, etc, the ability to work as a team and under pressure, etc. These will go a long way to help you improve your chances of getting an interview appointment.
This is where a lot of job seekers disqualify themselves. Many people think that this section is for fun and as such, they include awkward hobbies. For example, you see hobbies like sleeping, seeing movies, traveling, and so on. Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple, and other multinational companies cannot employ you with this kind of skill set. No bank will ever employ you when your hobby is sleeping. Therefore find hobbies that will help in selling you out. For example, if you are applying for a marketing job, use hobbies like, socializing and interacting with people. If you are looking for a lecturing job, use hobbies like, teaching, researching, etc. In all, make sure your hobbies are relevant to the kind of jobs you are seeking.
Here, you include your referees. Your referees are those people who know you too well and will not have any difficulties in recommending you for any job. Make sure none of the people you use as your referees have any record of wrongdoing because it can disqualify you automatically. Most preferable, if there you know some influential people who are respected, and they know you closely, you can go ahead and use them as your referees. Provide their name, where they work, the position they hold, and the phone number. Referees are mostly 3 persons. Top of Form
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