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What is a CV
Even if you have all the expertise and credentials to get a specific job, lip service will not get you there. Before the hiring manager will consider you for the job, you must present an application document. And you need to ensure you write the application document in a way that convinces the HR to invite you for the job interview and eventually offer you the job.
In the world of job application document, there are CVs and resume. While a resume refers to a one-page biography of the skills, expertise and expertise of a job seeker, a CV is a broad overview of the career life of a job seeker. Curriculum vitae (CV) proceeds from the Latin, meaning “course of life.” Thus, a CV is a comprehensive overview of your personal and individual expertise over some time.
Ideally, a CV has many pages. Key items presented in the pages are career objective, personal life, education, experience, hobby, awards, and references. All its items are in chronological order and enclosed with a cover letter for the presentation.
You need not adapt the CV to the position you are applying for. The only thing that needs changing is the cover letter. Usually, CVs are static and does not involve any adaption at all. You only have to ensure that it contains your entire working career. A good CV helps to land jobs faster and show the credentials of a job seeker. Therefore, many employers prefer job seekers to submit a CV other than a traditional resume.
Difference between a CV and a Resume
CV
- The main aim of a CV is to outline your career life in chronological order.
- A CV is more detailed than a resume. It has two or more pages, providing details of each stage of the career life.
- CV provides details of the work you were doing at various positions. It also includes certifications and awards.
- Cv talks about each aspect of your career including achievements, volunteer experience.
Resume
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In a resume, the focus is to show the hiring manager that you have the skills and expertise to get a job done. As a result, the resume focuses on outlining the professional skills of the job seeker.
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A resume has only one page. It is a highlight of what a job seeker can do when hired. It shows what makes you stand out and qualifies you to get a particular job.
- A resume provides only the company, the timeline, and the position occupied. It does describe every thing in details.
- A resume is concise. So, the main ways to contact provided are email and phone number
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Contact Details
A must information you should have in your cv. Even linkedin profile is also required. Please put correct mail Id and reachable phone no. For Linkedin it is advisable to pur hyperlink of Linkedin.
Full name
Professional title
Email address
Telephone number
LinkedIn profile
Home address
Profile Summary
Profile summary or Synopsis is an important part of your entire Cv. It has Crisp information of your Career History.
- Dont make it too lenghty and too short as well
- It can be written bulleted or as a Synopsis
- Highlights your major profile synopsis which is your target profile as well.
- On this section employer spends max time to have an overview of yours.
My Accomplishments
This section decides whether you are a follower or leader. Always note down all the good work you did for the organisations. Remember you are sellings yourself thru your Cv. Your Cv is your makreting tool.
- Explain why you were different from your competitor in your organitsation.
- Employer loves numbers. So if you are from sales then dont forget to mention your achievements numercially.
- Notedown special achievements which you did out of box or Out of your profile.
- Present yourself as a significant contributor to organisation growth.
Employment history
A powerful employement history content will help employer to spend more time on your Cv. How we can describe employment journey in cv is explained below:
Reverse chronological
- In reverse chronological order we explain employment journey with latest first.
- We explain career profile under each company.
- All achievement also can be explained in each company or it can be explained separetly as well.
Functional
- In Functional format No need to explain Job profile of each company
- Complete career timeline can put together one by one for birds eye view.
- After employment history you can put KRA pointwise starting from strong areas.
Combinations
- It is another format to present overall. Not too short and not too lengthy
- Mention employement history with profile of latest three companies and for rest company can have common area for KRA alongwith Employment history
- This helps highly skilled or technical person.
Key Result areas
Skill based
Combined
Core Competencies
This section plays an important role for employer to understand your skills set. You can put here your functional skills. Depending on Cv formatting it can be preseneted in various ways like Horizontal, Vertical, Graphical in case of Infographic Cv.
Horizontal Style
Vertical Style
Education
This section talks about your Academics/Education. Keep yourself updated and continue studying.
Below tips can be helpful while filling this section
Write in Reverse chronological order. That means put your latest education first
Mention your % or CGPA if it is very good
No need to mention all subjects you studied in Graduation or Post Graduation but put specialization
Put Year of education completed with University name and Degree/Education name
If you have done Doctorate/ph.d then you can put Doctor word before your name also.
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Summarized Form
Take your time and think quietly about your overall career history or objective of your career (If you are a fresher)
from this section, employer can judge whether you are a follower or Leader. A profile summary can be written pointwise/bulleted.
- Start with your oversall experience, Domain and Industry. For Example: Having 11 years of experience in Sales and Marketing across Automobile Industry/Engineering Industry
- Top five bullets or point should speak about capabilties and to prove them mention your achievements.
- For Examples: A very strong and hard core sales professional. Have delivered results month after month and given double digit growth to the organisation
- If you have recd. any award/reward in any of organisation, Do mention here.
- For Example: Awarded with Employee of the month/Performer of the month for meeting target with double digit growth PAN India.
Detailed Form
This is another style of writing your career objective or synopsis of your professional journey.
- It can be written in the form of Paragraph. Dont make it too lengthy paragraph.
- Mention your major achievements and leadership skills
- Demonstrate visually how best you are and different from follower.
Certifications
You Can incorporate any certifications which add values to your career. Now a days many people take online certification course to gain knowledge and take a step forward.
- Mention clearly your certificate name
- Certificate issuing authority/Institute name
- Certificate no. and % Or Grade you got and span of certificate
- For Example- Completed six months Big Data certification programm from Udemy in 2020.
Trainings
Training are important for you to grow in your career. Time to time many companies givess various training to its employees. You can list all these training to leave a positive impact on employer.
- List down all training you completed
- Training can be online or offline.
- If you are a trainer then mention clearlly that you organise trainings
- Dont forget to mention the location
- Always mention the trainer or company name who organised training.
Technical Skills
Technical skills are imporant any technical profile or technically qualified person. You should put all your skills but put latest technology First. i.e. In skilss which u learned or got certification in last, put that first.
Horizontal Style
Vertical Style
Research and Publications
Research and Publications are more helpful if you are a journalists, researcher, Phd. holder or content writer. You should list down all your publication. It can be online and offline publication.
- List down what was the objective of research
- Share the outcome of research and period of research
- Mention the name of online portal where your publication was published.
- Mention the title of published journal or Article.
Reference
Usually every employer does your candidature verification before giving any employement. So be careful while mentioning or sharing any reference in your Cv. Never mention reference of your friend and Juniors. Always mention professional seniors of your dept or cross deptt with whom you interacted.
Mention the name of person and his position in that company
Only professional contact details need to share after taking permission from your reference
Also mention the name of company where you worked together and how do you know him/her.