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8 things to make an impressive CV (Excerpt from rediff.com)

The author is a contributor to www.CareerRide.com, a website thataddresses technical and personal aspects of an IT interview. CareerRide

 provides sample CV and question-answers for personal and technicalinterviews.

This article is an attempt to help the readers design an impressive anduser-friendly CV. If you ensure that you include this information inyour CV, the chances of it meeting the interviewer's expectations areincreased.

~ Begin with name and contact details

Mae this information availa!le at the !eginning of your CV. Thisshould include your postal address, phone num!er "prefera!ly mo!ile

num!er# and e-mail address "only one#. If a company wants to callyou for an interview or needs to communicate with you for any furtherinformation, they will loo out for this information. If it is !uriedsomewhere inside the CV it will not only put them off !ut also reducetheir chances of contacting you.

~ Write an appealing career smmar!

This is your chance to !ring forward relevant strengths and sills tothe recruiter. $verything in your CV should support your Career%ummary. If there's anything that doesn't support your Career

%ummary, you should reconsider listing it.

&ou should write your Career %ummary around your sills, attitude,nowledge and experience. There are two schools of thought onwriting the career statement.

%ome people thin that it should !e a short (-)( word paragraphwhile others give it li!erty to !e covered in )-* !ulleted points.+hatever you decide on, ensure that everything relevant that youwant to sell to the prospective employer is covered here. t the sametime, it should not !ecome nauseating.

~ "ocs on !or work experience# responsi$ilities andachievements

If you are an experienced candidate, your wor experience is yourmain asset. Include the details of the relevant o!s you have done inthe past. &ou should present your wor experience in a chronologicallydescending order ie the last company first.

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This should include the name of the company, your designation andtenure followed !y your o! responsi!ilities and achievements. It isalways !etter to present this information in !ulleted format rather thana clumsy paragraph. Mention some figures when you tal a!out yourachievements.

or example/Worked as Bsiness %evelopment &anager for ' Compan!

from *ne +,,, to *anar! +,,-.

*o$ responsi$ilities

• %etting up 0 franchisees across ) countries

• Maximising the !usiness from existing customers to the tune of 1

2((,((( 

~ or next asset is !or edcational /alification

$ducational 3ualifications play an important role in the recruitment offreshers. If you are a fresh candidate, focus your CV on your3ualifications and achievements during your student life.

~ Write a$ot !or ot0of0work achievements# interests andho$$ies

These reflect your personality and sills. 4resent the relevantachievements in the order of priority ie the most importantachievement first. %imilarly, present your interests as well. +rite

a!out the achievements that display a facet of your personality. orexample, if you have !een the president of your college, do mention it.It shows your leadership sills.

~ Write short sentences with more impactfl words

5engthy CVs put the recruiter off. 6eep the sentences short and usewords that demonstrate your hold of the situation lie managed,arranged, supervised etc.

~ "ormal font faces

font lie Verdana-7( should !e good for the content while the 8ameat the top can !e written in Verdana-72, with a !old font face.

~ 1se the same tense throgh ot the CV.Changing the tense in every second line leaves the reader confusedand annoyed.

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8ow, put together !oth the articles ie 2+ things !or CV shold nothave and 8 things to make an impressive CV. 9raft and re-draftyour CV eeping the points mentioned, till you are satisfied that youhave presented the facts in the most impressive and convincing way.