Introduction
Do you know how to impress recruiters with your application? For recruiters who are floated with job applications, they can only read each application for about 6s in the screening process. Candidates must grab the recruiter’s attention within these 6s with the message they wish to convey.
Curriculum vitae (unlimited length)
For Europe countries like Canada, USA, UK, this is academic cv. And they are more likely to request this form than a resume. Do not use the so-called cv forms that you have purchased from copy service centers.
Personal details
| Do | Don’t | Optional |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Father name & occupation | Nationality |
| Date of Birth | Blood | Religion |
| Phone Number | Height, Weight (except specific industries such as models, flight attendants,..) | Gender |
| Address | License number, … | Marital status |
| Professional email address with real names or nickname, symbol with real name. (susumoe@gmail.com, su2moe@gmail.com ) | Personal ones (sportslover@gmail.com) | NRC No. ( if asked) |
| Date | Expected salary (individuals who believe in their own abilities to deliver time-consuming and high quality products should add) |
- Career objectives (position with relevant experience included, short term, long-term goals) in 1-4 sentences
- Experience, Accomplishment in your Career path
- What kind of person are you?
- Your career ambition as in what you want to achieve professionally.
- Education background (Chronological order)
- Qualifications (Certificates, Awards & Achievements)
- Skills and Abilities
- Hard skills/ Technical, Language skills
- Soft skills/ Personal characteristics
- Career background or Working Experience
- References (Minimum: 1, Maximum: 2 people)
- Name, Position
- Workplace
- Contact info (Email address)
Resume (minimum: 1 page, maximum: 2 pages)
Resume is an overview of your professional self, listing important aspects of work experience. Information must be concise, contain relevant skills and experience for the position you are applying for.
- Contact Information
- Name
- Phone number
- Email address (with Real Name)
- Address (same as in CV)
- Career objective (for Entry levels) or career summary (for people with Experiences)
- Working experience
- Education
- Skills (same as in CV)
- Additional sections (Professional trainings, Certificates, Publications, Awards and
Achievements)
Conclusion
Take your time to prepare a detail CV form as it contains full information. Customize Resume based on the job you are applying for from CV. However, NEVER LIE in the application as this can result in an unfavorable situation for you as the recruiters have their own network to check every candidate. Re-read everything from the beginning to make sure it’s error-free after writing it and before submitting. Finally, use the PDF format.
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