Become your own CV Builder.
Writing a CV can be a daunting task, especially for new job seekers. If this is one of the things you consider difficult, don’t worry we have been there and we are here to help you learn what a CV is, the format for CV, and how you can make a professional CV with ease.
I wouldn’t like to waste much of your time as I am here to show you how to make a CV fast and also provide you with some CV samples to download for free, as I made them during the weekend while sitting on my couch.
What is a CV?
This is a Curriculum Vitae, often abbreviated as “CV” I take it to be a tool through which one can market his/herself, skills, quality, and expertise to an employer.
A CV should be as succinct as possible so at most it takes up about 2 pages of an A4 paper.
Some people are fond of making their CV much in pages, this shouldn’t be so as no employer is interested in your lengthy stories, try to be as brief and detailed as you can.
A Curriculum Vitae is usually what you should do on your own or have to answer a few questions for someone else to help you prepare it using the right CV format.
Curriculum Vitae is generally seen as a marketing tool but might differ in formats in some cases where a different field of work might have or demand a different CV format.
There’s usually some argument that CV template for an Engineering work should be different from that of the person going for Database management work. This is nothing you have to worry about, all you need to do is to learn how to make a professional CV as contained in this post so you can be able to market yourself properly to an employer.
What are the requirements to write a better CV?
You can write a CV with no experience by following this simple step-by-step guide on how to write a professional CV.
No matter what you studied in school or what type of job you are applying for, your CV should present the following information.
They are required to write a killer CV…
1. Personal details
This section is usually located at the top of the CV so that your prospective employer will see it.
The personal detail section should contain, your name, your contact address, phone number, and email address.
No need to write curriculum Vitae on your paper.
2. Personal profile statement
A personal profile is next to your personal profile, where you can make a short statement that informs the prospective employer more about your personal skills or objectives. It is sometimes referred to as a career objective section.
You should be able to detail your goal in working with the company and how you intend to integrate with existing staff.
Note: you should be as brief as possible here if you can make it 5 lines of words, that will be sweet.
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3. Achievements
According to research, adding your achievements to your CV will make you 3 times more likely to be shortlisted for employment.
You can add achievements like, important projects you have completed awards won, professional certificates obtained, and any other of your achievements you think adds a good attribute to you.
Add only things that are relevant here and also remember that it is optional, you may want to skip it to the next step.
4. Education/qualification
Tell your reader about your educational background starting from the most recent one.
A good way of doing this is also to include the “year started – year graduated” add the “course you studied and grade” then followed by the name of the institution. Any order you wish to use is fine but should contain the information as outlined in this section.
5. Employment
This is a very important part of a CV. It contains the detail of your work experience as your prospective employer would like to know how many years f experience you have, companies or organizations you have worked with in the past or currently.
What are the types of working experience to include in a CV?
You can add full-time and part-time jobs, voluntary work experience, permanent and temporary work industrial placement and internships, etc.
You should always remember to include the year (duration of work), the name of the company, job title, and position/responsibilities.
6. Professional skills
This section is good but also optional, you may skip it. If you intend to add it to your CV, it should contain skills you have like, good communication skills, interpersonal skills, the ability to work with less or no supervision, the ability to work with a team, IT skills, analytical and leadership skills.
7. Hobbies/interest
This is a place where you can tell your reader about your extracurricular activities, if you’re my kind that loves traveling, reading, and meeting people, you can let your prospective employer know what you are likely to engage in when you are not at work.
Note: It will be in your own interest to make mention of hobbies related to what you are applying for. If you intend to work with a travel agency, I think traveling is something you don’t have to miss in this section. You can add up to two or three hobbies.
8. References
This is the last part of a CV but never the list and I can’t advise you to omit this.
This section should contain the complete name, position, office address, phone number, and email address of persons you wish to mention in this section.
The standard number of persons to mention in this section is two persons, you can make it three too if you wish.
Note: Add only people who know you, people you have worked with in one way or the other, so they will know what to say about you when they are been contacted by your prospective employer.
Prior before you mention someone in your CV reference, do let them know to seek their approval so they can always respond immediately they are prompt for any task, usually to fill a form or sign a document.
How to download free CV template (word format)
As promised at the beginning of this post that after telling you how to make a professional Curriculum Vitae, I am going to provide you with a free CV template doc format so you can download and modify the content to suit your need.
I have two different modern CV templates for download, named Curriculum Vitae One and Curriculum Vitae Two. Both in word format (.DOCX)
Download and enjoy the best CV templates for free.
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