Let’s face it: that the task of creating a Curriculum Vitae (CV) or resume from scratch can be a daunting one. The curriculum vitae is after all, the main document employed when marketing one’s services to potential employers, and as such, is the document that determines whether the employer invites one for an interview or not. And given the fact that most employers tend to be busy people with little time to waste, one has to create a CV knowing that it could be eliminated for the smallest mistake in it, as the employer tries to narrow down their searching field.

In days gone by, someone who didn’t feel confident enough in creating a curriculum vitae on their own from scratch normally had to seek the services of ’specialist curriculum vitae writers’ who would then help him or her with the task of creating the CV. These specialist curriculum vitae writers would then typically walk them through the CV creation process, sometimes offering to actually write the CV for the jobseeker themselves, and at the end of it all, asking for a hefty fee for their service.

But a person looking for a job, especially a first job (which is when one is likely to be inexperienced in CV writing) would be most likely to be a person who could ill afford the prices that the professional CV writers typically asked for their services, leading many people to ask if there was no surely no better way to go about it all. Granted, a person who didn’t know much about CV writing could still decide to ‘try their hand at it’ even without the services of the ‘professional CV writer’ but this was a route not many people were willing to go, especially keeping in mind what was at stake here (a livelihood), which made many people wary of going about it by trial and error.

Then came the CV templates, and all that changed once and for all. The CV template’s development can be said to be a result of the growth of various word-processing computer software programs, which in a bid to increase the value for their users (and market differentiation for themselves) started coming up with templates for making the various documents one could be possibly looking to make using the word-processing software.

CV templates have since advanced greatly in their functionality, and pretty much every word-processing software program worth its name nowadays comes with some sort of CV templates to help the users with that task. With the help of these CV template software programs, people who always asked whether there could be a way they could get perfect curriculum CVs without having to seek the services of professional CV writers have the perfect answer. Anyone who uses the power of these software-based CV templates has the opportunity to get a perfect CV, a CV that is better than what even the best of the professional human CV writers could ever make. Some of these CV templates are even available online – typically for free or at nominal costs.

So great has the functionality of CV templates become that in the latest versions of them, all you have to do to make use of the template is enter your details onto the template in a ‘form-format,’ that is, as would do when filling a form, click on some ’submit’ button, and ‘bingo’ – have a professional-looking CV made for you, with the software underneath basically ‘doing all the thinking for you.’

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By their very definition, resumes are supposed to be brief summaries of your skills and abilities: short, but attention-grabbing. A great resume uses keywords and catch phrases to highlight your accomplishments and abilities and if done well, is your ticket to getting you at least as far as an interview.

On a resume, personal details are a big no-no, and anything much longer than two pages isn’t the standard in most cases. Your resume is simply a launch pad into the Human Resources office and once there, your interview is your opportunity to share all the details of your education, work history, and experience.

So, with all the emphasis on the “right” resume, is there ever a time when it’s appropriate to share a bit more about yourself as part of the job search process before the interview? Absolutely!

Enter the Curriculum Vitae

From the Latin for “vital,” vitae means a short description of one’s life and a Curriculum Vitae, or CV for short, is pretty much that — a sort of Extended Play version of your resume, if you will. More biographical in nature, a CV often includes personal information and may run several pages long. Accomplishments are detailed, rather than highlighted.

It may seem hard to believe that people actually require CVs, given all the focus on how writing a great resume is the crucial key in landing a job interview. In most cases, this still holds true…a great resume is still the key to getting your foot in the door. But if you ever decide to seek a job in academia, apply for a fellowship, or apply for work overseas, then developing your CV is necessary.

Over Here, Over There

In the U.S., the most likely time you’ll need to submit a CV is if you apply for an academic, education, scientific, or research position. You may need to submit one if you’re applying for fellowships or grants as well. Have a list of accomplishments that includes publications and presentations? A CV is absolutely essential, especially in the academic and research fields.
If you’re seeking work out of the country, submitting a CV is the norm in British Commonwealth and European countries, as well as the Middle East, Africa, and Asia (which pretty much covers most of the rest of the world). Although not necessarily expected in the United States, all that information you’ve been taught to keep off of your resume will probably need to go on your CV for an out-of-country employer, since many of them expect to see more personal details about you, including where you were born, your date of birth, and marital status. In some countries, you may even need to include a photo!

Nitty-Gritty Details

So what exactly does a CV entail? For starters, expect it to be more than two pages long, because you’ll be providing a lot more detail about your background and skills, including your work history, educational and academic background, teaching and research experience, publications, presentations, awards, honors, affiliations, and any other pertinent information, including samples of your work, if appropriate. If you’ve been in the workforce for awhile, it’s not unheard of for a CV to be 10 to 15 pages long…or more!

You may need to develop more than one CV, just as you might have more than one version of your resume. It depends on what you’re applying for and what you want to have front and center on your CV. A CV for an academic position stateside will need to look different than a CV you might submit to an international oil company for an executive position halfway around the world.

Chances are, if you’re a researcher or a scholar, you probably know all about CVs, but if you don’t, not to worry! Job postings will (hopefully) specify what they need in terms of a resume or CV. If you’re not sure, a simply inquiry with the people doing the hiring will get you the answer you need.

By: Michael A. Fleischner


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Are you bragging about yourself enough on your resume? I don’t mean bragging in an obnoxious or fictitious sort of way, but in a “look what I can do” sort of way.

One of the main things I notice with my clients and their existing resumes is that they don’t BRAG enough about their accomplishments. They don’t talk enough about what they’ve done above and beyond their daily responsibilities.

My worksheets are very C.A.R.-oriented. The C.A.R. methodology is this: Challenge, Action, Results. What Challenge did you face? What Action did you take to rectify it? And lastly, what were the Results? It is a very accomplishment-focused method and works wonderfully every time I have a client who doesn’t talk enough. When I send these out to clients, I am amazed at the achievements that come pouring out. Why did it take sending a worksheet to get this VITAL information out of them? I ask each client this. The response is generally the same– either, “I didn’t know how to word it” or “I didn’t want to sound like a bragger”. Many of us were raised to be humble about our accomplishments, not to be boastful. Remember, though, if you don’t let the reader know of your what you’ve done, then why would they hire you? How do you stand out from the pile of candidates?

Here are a few tips about bragging in a non-bragging way to get yourself noticed:

1) List your daily responsibilities clearly in your narrative under the job title. Even the ones you think aren’t worth being mentioned. If there are too many for more than a 5 or 6 line paragraph, then summarize.

2) Think of each task you did in that made a difference, something you were praised for, something that saved the company money. Readers LOVE to hear how you saved the company money or drove revenue by 43%, etc. For example: “Currently implementing a new sales method that will eliminate 6 trucks from the road and save company $45,000/year”.

3) Add the accomplishment, even if it has a negative undertone or you were fighting challenging conditions. For example: “Despite negative sales growth in Michigan’s harsh economic climate, met the challenge of producing positive topline growth successfully while managing net revenue and contributing to margin gains”.

See how this one sounded? Even though my client struggled the last 2 years and saw a -2.2% sales decrease, to her company this was a good thing because of Michigan’s dismal economic climate.

4) Your resume is the place to SELL YOURSELF. You are the product. What would you buy? The new ‘OKAY’ car model that has all the basics and does it’s job but has nothing super special about it? Or would you buy the ‘WOW, THIS CAR IS AWESOME’ car that is fully loaded, has a mini fridge in the dash, and wings to automatically make you airborne if traffic looks too heavy? The ‘WOW’ car may cost you a bit more, but isn’t it worth it? You have to sell yourself and turn yourself into the ‘WOW’ car. You have what it takes, you just need to put it on paper.

I hope this helps you rethink that bland little ‘OK’ statement, “streamlined processes and increased productivity” with something more ‘WOW!’. Let’s face it, we all want the WOW! car.

So does the employer.

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Employment is probably the most brainwashed term heard in daily socialization; this is one of the reasons why job-hunting strategy is the must for those entering today’s employment rivalry.

Besides curriculum vitae (CV) or résumé which I name: the career tool described in listing format, “Covering letter or cover letter” is the most important career tool to promote the qualification, job-required personality and other distinguished eligibilities of any prospective employee. This article will only tell you what the covering letter is, but not the format of wiring it.

In any job-hunting strategy, though the employer just asks for CV or résumé, cover letter is a must to be attached to that CV or résumé. Résumé is the most important career tool for displaying the prospective employee’s capacity. I say cover letter is the most important, because it is the tool to present the prospective employee’s practical capacity.

In CV or résumé, the applicant’s qualification, experience and other relevant or even irrelevant capacities and other achievements are briefly listed downed from the most recent to the latest; on the contrary, in the cover letter, the applicant’s qualification, experience, other capacities and achievements are displayed in a “descriptive format”. Descriptive format means that the applicant’s strong points in both academic and real-life situations is be explicitly described.

It is through the cover letter that the applicant is opportune to display practical qualification (to what extent that one’s academic achievements would benefit the employer, how relevant between the former or recent job and the applying job, to which level other extracurricular experience would bring benefit to the prospective employer, and other personalities required to be a “genuine employee”, etc).

Indeed, you may not be qualified enough for the prospective job; however, through this cover letter that you are obliged to steer the irrelevant capacity or experience to be “relevant”. I believe it is really hard to make inadequate qualification and capacity to be adequate, or steering the irrelevant to be relevant capacity or experience, but I believe “confidence” is the prime incentive to do all.

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Let your legal resume do the talking! It is one of the most important marketing tools you can make use of to sell your potential. This is a sheet of paper that states in brief of your personal information, educational background and working experience. Your strength and lines of expertise are found in this particular attachment which your would-be employer is more interested in.

The legal resume contains your personal information and curriculum vitae which states about your work experience, educational background and skills. As much as possible you must be detailed with the data that you write in it for those are vital facts that are made as bases for your entry to the company you are currently applying for a job. Your academic background and working experiences well as your personal profile are all important elements of a resume.

The font of your name is usually bolder and larger than the other entries. The Personal information comprises your name, current postal address and functional contact number as well as email address if you have one. Your name must be written in full as in first name, middle name and last name for better identification. Be consistent for whatever style, font and font size you are using for the rest of the entries.

In making entries in your legal resume particularly on your working experience you must see to it that years of service with your corresponding employers and tasks are written in reversed chronological order. The current or latest employment term is on top among the other previous jobs that you have had. It is important that you include the names of the companies or employers and their addresses in this particular aspect.

The core of resumes is the work experience portion for it is where the employers will have to look the kind of skills and potentials that an applicant possesses. Make your marketing tool as neat and most appealing as possible to leave a good impression. Have all information written on a single sheet of immaculate white paper for an impressive look. It must be as attractive as it can be for the very thing that will be representing YOU is your legal resume!

If you are seeking employment, you will want to build a professional resume. There are many different ways to build a professional resume and for a professional resume example, you can look a number of places online. There are also many different software programs that will show you a quality professional resume example which you can copy and simply add your own information.

Many people choose to build their resumes on their word processors. Most word processing programs have templates that can be used to give one an accurate glimpse of a professional resume example. A professional resume is not difficult to build. It is simply a list of your accomplishments, employment history, skills and education. The biggest mistake people make when building their professional resume is underestimating their skills and knowledge. By viewing a professional resume example, you can see exactly how you should display your knowledge so that it gets noticed by your prospective employer.

When building a professional resume, it is important that you do not use elaborate fonts or fanciful designs. Take a look at a professional resume example and you will see that it is done in a classic style with easy to read fonts on a muted or plain paper. You will not see any fancy designs or symbols. A professional resume should exhibit your accomplishments, not your computer skills. When you view a professional resume example, you will see that it is tasteful, simple and to the point.

It is very important, when building a professional resume, to list all of your accomplishments, knowledge and skills. Many times, people bunch all of these items into one long, difficult to read paragraph. If you take a look at a professional resume example, you will see that most of them use bullet points to highlight skills and knowledge. This makes it much easier for employers to read and understand.

A professional resume example will also show you how to set up your resume so that you are certain that you include everything that you need to put into your resume. All too often, people forget to put in certain facts or do not realize that a major award that they won can be a great asset to them when applying for a job. By looking at a professional resume example, you can see everything that you should list on your resume that will be of benefit to you.

This works both ways. Many people tend to add insignificant information onto their resumes that are not needed. By taking a look at a professional resume example, you can see which information that can be eliminated. For example, you do not need to list all of your employment back to the time when you were 16 years old. Your stint at Dairy Queen is not essential to your new job, unless you are again applying at Dairy Queen, in which case, you will probably not need a resume. It is also not necessary to list where you went to grammar school. If you have a post graduate degree, you should list the name of the school, the type of degree which you received and any honors or awards. Then you should list your undergraduate school and degree. In the case of someone with a post graduate degree, they do not need to list their high school education.

By taking a look at a professional resume example, you can see many different types of resumes for many different occupations. There are examples for those for nurses, attorneys, teachers and other individuals. There are also many different styles from which to choose. This is probably the easiest way to build your own resume. Simply copy the resume to your own word processing program and fill in your own information.

By viewing a professional resume example, you can learn exactly how to build your own professional resume. There are many different examples provided both on the internet as well as in different software programs.

Your resume is the first impression you will make on your potential employer. The importance of a resume cannot be underestimated and should be done correctly. By viewing a professional resume example, you are helping yourself build the best possible resume designed to reflect your own skills and knowledge.

By: Mario Churchill

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IT companies often treat the pre-talk interview as the first round of interview which often lasts for 5 to 10 minutes in the form of one-to-one or two-to-one. Some companies would like to ask you to select a topic and then make a 5-minute presentation before the formal interview. These companies hope to know your expression ability and personality in the pre-talk interview. Other companies would like to ask you to do some self-introduction and then they give you one or two questions according to your introduction and resume.

As the pre-talk interview is very short and seems like a kind of personality test, it is very hard to make a preparation, but there are still some skills:

1. Don’t answer your questions with simple “yes/no”

If you are given a closed question, you must give the basics of argument after answering “yes/no”. For example, if you are asked whether you are ready to take this busy job, simple “yes/no” will not bring you something valuable and it will be better for you to provide one or two reasons, for example, you can reply “yes, I am ready because I have made an investigation on this industry before choosing this industry and also understand the features of this industry. Meanwhile, I will be able to adapt to this job because I want to keep busy and live every day to the full.” This answer will obviously give the interviewer more understandings about you. But, please remember not to make your answers too long because the whole talk only lasts for 5-10 minutes.

2. Think carefully before answering some selective questions

You should think of many selective questions from the start of job-hunting not just for interview. For example, why do you choose this industry? Why do you select this company? How do you look on the relation between your major and this industry?

These questions can be answered in the following types: the feature of this industry is XXX; the feature of this company in this industry is *** and my interests and features are XXX, so I have chosen your company.

3. Don’t pretend to be anyone. Just be yourself

Because it is hard to tell what kind of persons are expected by the company before interview, don’t pretend to be someone to please them but just be yourself; you need to believe if you are suitable for them, you will enter next round of interview.

4. Would rather speak slowly than giving unclear expression

Remember, language is the tool to communicate. Especially for the candidates who are not a native English speaker, they will be taken for being nervous if they speak too fast and expression is not clear. Be slow and clear, so that a good communication can be achieved and you also show your calmness.

5. Make your presentation have logic sense

Some companies will ask you to select a topic and then give a 5-minute presentation. These topics are often related with the life, for example, what kind of qualities should be owned by a successful project manager? The common logic for this kind of questions is definition, discussion and the conclusion. You should firstly define a successful project manager from his work and personality; then discuss what kind of qualities are needed to be a successful project manager, such as communication ability, cooperative ability, skills and abilities, etc. Remember to explain why you feel them essential; make a conclusion at last.

By: David E.Martin

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