10 CV Writing Tips

Now a days, job seeking is a hard job in 19s people used to join one organization and retired from the same. But now trend has been changed. Everyone wants to avail good opportunity and for that, CV is the only first source that makes you stand out from other candidates and give a chance to step in the organization for interview depending on how do you present yourself in front of the interviewer. Below are some key points that will help you for CV writing. 

1. CV Should Be Unambiguous And Short

When you start, always choose the right structure for your CV. The key information, such as your name, address, email and contact info, where it can be seen promptly. Areas that you usually add in your CV are your Profile, Achievements, Experience, Interpersonal Skills, Education, Training, and if you want to add Interests. Your CV should not more than of two pages unless until you have a long long career. Important thing is that if you unable to capture the eye of interviewer in two pages? He/she will not read your rest CV and push it back.

2. Write Attractive CV How?

Striking appearance is very important if your CV is to be prominent. Make sure that it's in order, always include key points by using bullet points and write sentence short. Use white space around the boundaries and in each section that will show tour CV more attractive

3. Put Recent Career History First.

Most recent job history should be mentioned first date wise, Avoid gaps in career history, Only if you've had gap for some reason, mention this but not in detail. Comprise details of holiday or short-term work only if it's related to the job you are applying for.

4. Take Account Of Many Essentials

Mention job duties under every position you were or you are working. File your achievements, tasks and outcome. Speak about results, what diversity did your presence build? Use numbers for accomplishments wherever possible, For example "Increase sales up to 25 percent in earliest year". And be formal in this discussion and avoid to use word "I" like "Increased the sale" rather than "I increased the sale". Make use of the past tense for earlier jobs and the present tense for your current job.

5. Lists Shouldn’t Be Long

Add skills, such as languages, managerial or computing expertise, in a separate section in your CV. Don't mention them for every job you have done. This is mainly for IT work. Repeating lists skills don’t give a positive impact rather dull reading and won't make you be prominent from others with the same skills.

6. Portrait Yourself Good.

Keep in mind the interviewer desire a sense of kind person and also what are your potentials. Are you punctual, hard-working, or provoked? Each point you write, ask yourself "What does this say about me?"

7. Check Errors

Always accurate for errors in your CV. Don’t forget to run a spelling and language rules check and say somebody other than you to read it for you. Examine it consciously. If your CV has mistakes, employer would not go to judge that you're a good communicator if your CV is full of mistakes.

8. Have More Than One Version.

You should not use the same CV always. You can have two or three formats, depend on a kind of job you are applying for. Or you can modify your CV to go with the job you're applying for. Don’t try to fit one format for all.

9. Always Attach Covering Letter

Except the employer tells you not to, make a habit of sending a covering letter with CV. This will prompt more than one area of expertise from your CV that is most important to the announced job. Not at all send your CV without covering sheet.

10. Be Honest

Also it is important that you have to present yourself sound. Don’t tell a lie, It can easily burst your personality.