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Step 1: make notes
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Make notes on your work experience,
both paid, unpaid, full-time
and part-time. Write down your
responsibilities, job title
and company information. Include
everything!
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Step 2: make notes
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Make notes on your education.
Include your degree or any certificates,
names of major courses, school
names and courses relevant to
the job you are applying for.
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Step 3: more notes
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Make notes on other achievements.
Include membership of organizations,
military service and any other
special accomplishments.
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Step 4: relevant skills
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From your notes, choose which
skills are relevant (skills
that are similar) to the job
which you are applying for.
These are the most important
points for your CV.
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Step 5: personal
details
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Begin your CV. Write your full
name, address, telephone number,
email, date of birth, marital
status and nationality at the
top of the CV.
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Step 6: ojective
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Write an objective. The objective
is a short sentence describing
the job you hope to get. This
is common only in an American-style
CV (called a resumé).
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Step 7: education/qualifications
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Summarize your education, including
important facts (type of degree,
specific courses you have studied)
that are relevant to the job
you are applying for.
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Step 8: experience
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List all your work experience,
job by job. Start with the your
most recent job and progress
backwards in time. Again, focus
on skills that are relevant.
Include details of companies
and your job title and responsibilities
at that company.
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Step 9: skills
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Include other relevant information
such as languages spoken, computer
skills, etc.
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Step 10: interests
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Very briefly include your hobbies
and main interests.
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Step 11: references
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Finish with the line: References
available upon request.
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More tips
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Ideally your CV in English
should not be longer than one
page. Two pages are only acceptable
if you have had many different
jobs and a variety of experience.
Spacing, aligning and layout
are very important when you
write your CV, in order to create
a positive and professional
impression.
Use 'dynamic' and 'action'
verbs such as: attained,
accomplished, conducted,
established, facilitated,
founded, managed,
etc.
Do not use the personal pronoun
'I' in your CV, use tenses in
the past, e.g. Established
and managed a new sales force
for the region.
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