My CV

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AGENDA

• What is CV ?

• What to include ?

• CV contents

• Do and Don’t

WHAT IS CV ?

CV does not bring the job for you

CV is Just a gate .. where you pass to the

interviewKeep is simple to pass

smoothly

WHAT TO INCLUDE ?

Include what the interviewer wants to

seeNot what you want to

say

CV CONTENTS

CONTACTS

• Title should be your name .. not “CV”• Include your mobile number .. your email -

professional email address• Include your address - it is important 1

PERSONAL INFO

• Date of birth• Gender• Militarily Status - for males only• Social status 2

OBJECTIVE

• Write about your passion, your motivation and your skills that meets the job requirements you are applying to

• Don’t exceed three lines 3

EDUCATION

• State your degrees start with the most recent

• Stop at High School grade, no need to mention your KG grades

• BcS. Faculty of ..., University, .. [2011/2012], Grade: A+

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CERTIFICATES

• State here the well known certificates you have if any

• Like: JSE, CCNA, ... • This is not to mention certificate of

attendance of a free session5

EXPERIENCE• Start with the most relevant to the job you

are applying to• It is OK to have different versions of CVs to

be sent to various companies• In bullet style, state the field and summarize

your experience in it•Remember: important things first and detailed

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OTHERS

• Languages: if you know any language other than Arabic and English, blush it

• Personal skills: don’t write much• Hobbies: swimming and reading ...

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DO AND DON’T

Don’t

Write a CV in more thantwo pages

Do

Compress your CV into 1.5 or 2 pages as max ..

Remove any unnecessary data

Don’t

Send your CV attached in an e-mail without body

Do

Write some info about you and about your interest in the vacancy

while sending your CV

Don’t

Put many HR e-mails in the To field while sending your CV

Do

Put them into the BCCor send each address an e-mail

Don’t

Use colors in your CV, if you don’t know how exactly to use colors

Do

Use only black, gray and you may use blue if needed

Use bold style with important words