What to write on a cv
How to write a CV [Get noticed by employers]
a strong CV is your gateway to success
when job hunting it's the very first
impression that an employer will have a
view so you need to make sure it
impresses this video guide will show you
how to write a winning CV that will get
you noticed by recruiters and employers
and land you plenty of job interviews
here at standout CV we've helped
hundreds of thousands of people to land
their dream jobs and hopefully the
advice in this video will do the same
for you during the course of the video
you will learn what research needs to be
done before you start writing your CV
how to structure your CV to best please
recruiters how to format your CV for a
professional outlook how to write a
profile that will grab recruiters
attention how to detail your work
experience and education and if and how
to include your hobbies and interests
the biggest mistake that jobseekers make
is failing to research their target
roles before writing their CV if you
don't know what skills and knowledge
your potential employers are looking for
it will be difficult to write a CV that
impresses them so before you start
writing your CV you need to hit the job
boards and browse through lots of
relevant job adverts in your industry
take note of the candidate requirements
that keep appearing and make a list of
them focus on hard skills such as
industry specific skills IT system
knowledge languages and qualifications
don't worry too much about soft skills
like communication teamwork and
problem-solving soft skills are great to
have but they are applicable to most
jobs so you need to focus on hard skills
in your CV once you have a list of the
most in-demand skills and knowledge for
your target roles you know exactly what
to focus your CV around this preparation
will make the task of writing it much
easier for you the structure and format
of your CV will define its overall
outlook and determine how the document
will be read your CV should look
flawlessly professional and should be
easy for busy recruiters to NAV
gate and find the information they need
firstly you should use a word processing
program like Microsoft Word or Google
Docs to create your CV they are very
easy to use and are the globally
recognized format for CVS across all
industries here's an overview of how to
format your CV keep the formats simple
by sticking to a clean and crisp font
that can be easily read the color scheme
should also be basic black text on white
background as best don't be tempted to
use fancy fonts and wacky colour schemes
in a bid to standout this will look
unprofessional and could make the CV
difficult to read there is no set in
stone rule around CV length but two
pages of a4 is usually enough to tell
your story without boring readers just
remember that recruiters and hiring
managers sometimes see hundreds of CVS a
day so trying to keep it concise if you
want to hold their attention use bold
headings to divide the sections of your
CV this will help recruiters to navigate
it when skim reading once you have a
format for your CV you need to structure
it in a way that draws attention to your
most valuable skills and creates a
pleasant reading experience this is a
brief overview of how to structure your
CV before we delve into the details of
each section your name and contact
details should sit at the very top of
your CV so that recruiters can easily
see how to contact you your CV profile
or personal statement is a brief
introductory paragraph that summarizes
your abilities and aims to grab
recruiters attention when the CV is
first opened a bullet pointed list of
your most relevant skills provides a
snapshot of your offerings as a
candidate your work experience should be
listed in reverse chronological order to
showcase your ability to apply your
skills in the workplace your education
should be listed near the bottom of your
CV hobbies and interests are an optional
section and can be added to the bottom
of your CV if you think they will add
due to your applications now let's take
a look at each section in detail and how
to write them you don't want your
contact details to be missed so place
them at the very top of your CV
underneath your name you can also add a
professional title next to your name to
really set the tone of the CV anything
for a management accountant - chemistry
graduate ideally it should relate to the
roles who were applying for the only
contact details you need to include are
your email address just make sure it's a
professional-looking one with no
nicknames your phone number and your
location you don't need to include your
full address date of birth marital
status or a photo of yourself none of
these things will have any effect on a
hiring decision and they will waste
valuable space your CV profile or
personal statement as it's also known is
the first proper content section of your
CV it is an introductory paragraph which
summarizes your skills experience and
knowledge and its purpose is to catch
recruiters eyes when they open your CV
excite them and encourage them to read
the rest of your CV it should give
readers a nice overview of your industry
specific skills types of companies
you've worked for qualifications and the
benefits you deliver for an employer to
write a successful CV profile you should
keep it short and sharp somewhere
between five and ten lines pack it with
in-demand skills and experience and
avoid using cliche terms like
hard-working team player underneath your
profile add a bullet pointed list of
core skills your most valuable
attributes split over two or three
columns keep the points under three
words ideally said that they jump off
the page and create a snapshot of your
offerings which can be digested in
seconds by busy recruiters and hiring
managers it's a great tool for making
sure readers stick to your CV and don't
skip past it again these points should
be heavily tailored towards your target
roles including things like
role-specific skills qualifications
market or industry knowledge languages
and IT skills they can also be quickly
edited if you need to tweak the CV
slightly when applying for different
roles your work experience gives you a
great opportunity to demonstrate your
ability to apply your skills in the
workplace and prove the impact you make
your work experience should be listed in
reverse chronological order
that's latest to oldest with plenty of
detail in recent roles and less detail
in older roles the reason for this is
that employers are more interested in
your recent work as it gives a better
reflection of your current capabilities
if you don't have any direct paid work
experience you can also add voluntary
roles school or university work
placements part-time jobs or any example
where you have worked to support a
company or organization when writing
role descriptions within your CV you
need to ensure that you make it easy for
recruiters to read them and process the
information you are trying to get across
this simple but effective structure is a
great way to do that head each role with
the dates who were employed name of the
employer and your role title follow with
an introductory line which describes who
the employer is where you sit within the
organization and what the overall goal
of the role is this build context for
readers then lists your responsibilities
in short concise bullet points try to
showcase your full skill set and
demonstrate how your actions impact the
employer most importantly try to round
your roles off with impressive
achievements that have made big positive
impacts for your employer and try to
quantify these achievements with facts
and figures where you can to truly show
how valuable you can be good examples of
achievements include saving costs
generating revenue saving time improving
processes hitting targets and helping
customers although there should be
mentions of any important
qualifications in your profile your full
education section should be placed near
the bottom of your CV it should simply
be a list of all the relevant
qualifications you have along with dates
obtained if you are an experienced
candidate you can keep the detail light
here but if you are a junior candidate
then it will be worth it going into some
more depth hobbies and interests are an
optional section and it's entirely up to
you whether you include them or not you
should only include them if you feel
they will have a positive effect on your
applications common interests such as
eating out or watching movies probably
won't make a big impression on anybody
so leave them out however if you have
interests that are related to your
target roles then it would be beneficial
to include them for example you may be
applying for writing positions and you
run your own personal blog this will
give you a chance to showcase more
relevant skills and experience it can
also help to include impressive
achievements such as running a marathon
or raising money for charity these types
of achievements can show that you are
driven and helped you to stand out
especially if you have limited
experience that brings us to the end of
this CV video guide hopefully you found
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