If you are looking for a job, then it is important that you have to know how to describe yourself to an employer with the best way. A “C.V.” (Curriculum Vitae – Latin for “life story”), called in some countries a “resume”, is quite simple tool to promote yourself to the hiring person. The purpose of the C.V. is to make you attractive, interesting, worth considering to the company and so receive you for a job interview afterward. An employer can have number of resumes submitted for a single position so he or she will consider a few people who clearly appear suitable for the job interview.
Why does Professional C.V. increase chance on getting a job?
You may have heard someone said over and over that your resume has just 15 or 30 seconds to impress a hiring manager and make that person to call you for the interview. Right?
Wrong!
You don’t have that much time. You have only a blink of an eye for your C.V. to impress readers. You have about 3 seconds to impress most recruiters and hiring managers. Thus, the emotional impact on your resume that occurs within the first 3 seconds is critical. The hiring managers usually make up their mind based on emotions whether or not your resume is worthy of consideration, then use “logic” to justify their initial decision.
The must things that you should combine in your C.V
- Personal details:
- Education:
- Working experience:
- Interests:
- Skills:
Name, home address, college address, phone number, email address, date of birth have to be included. If you have your own web homepage (that’s good one) include it then. If your name does not appear if you are male or female, include this!
Provide study places of your education. Begin with the most recent degree and identify your subject options taken each year with special project, thesis, or dissertation work.
Provide most recent work experience with the employer name, company name, and job title. The most crucial part is to identify what you actually did and achieved in that job. Relevant part-time job should also be included.
The employer often concern on what will be your particularly interested activities because it can represent your leadership or responsibility you may have. Besides, if you used to be involved with any type of volunteer works, provide the details.
If you have ability in other languages, computing experience or other relevant skill provide those details on the resume.
Another strategy to catch up your potential employers looking at your C.V. is to use “Power Words” or “Verbs” that match the level of applied position. Generally, the employers make snap judgments when glancing at your resume. If they see unrelated job titles or skills then immediate assumption will be concluded that you are not qualified for the job you want. Adding to this problem is the fact that employers do not have time to read through each of your job descriptions to determine if you have the skills they need. So, make your strong work experience, skill or education related to the applied position highlighted for catching up the first glance through your potential employers.