A Winning CV
Work Experience
Your work experience should come next and should describe your responsibilities, skills attained and achievements in each position that you have had. This should always be in reverse chronological order, starting with your most recent position and working backwards from there. You should concentrate on your two most recent jobs, unless these are not relevant to the position you are applying for or you were only in these positions for a short time. Mention budgetary responsibilities, number of staff managed (if applicable) and try to give a good picture of where you fitted into the organisation and what interactions you had with other companies and departments.
Education / Qualifications
If your education is in the dim and distant past then you should not waste too much space on it, because your work experience will be far more important to the recruiter. It goes without saying that you must actually have all the qualifications you have claimed for yourself.
IT Skills / Training / Other Skills
You should list your up-to-date IT skills, training and other skills (such as language skills and typing speeds if relevant). For IT skills you may want to include hardware (PCs, Macs), operating systems (Windows XP) and applications (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Personal Details
This section is optional, you no longer need to include date of birth, marital status or nationality. Only include a driving licence if this is relevant to your job.
Hobbies & Interests
Hobbies and interests are generally not considered very important on a CV, however hobbies & interests may be able to tell a recruiter a lot about your personality, leadership potential and team working skills. So they should not be overlooked completely.
References
References do not generally needed to be included on a CV unless specifically asked for.
Format
Generally, when you are writing a CV you should keep it to two or three pages. One page tends to be too short and more than three pages may not be read. If you are emailing your CV you should send it in Microsoft Word format.
Interview Winning CVs
You will have to devote a fair amount of time to writing and producing an interview winning CV. Once it is finished you will have a CV that will really make an employer sit up and take notice of you and invite you to that all important job interview!
This article was produced by Bradley CVs, the professional CV writing service.
