How to write a resume (Curriculum Vitae)

I.     How to write a resume (Curriculum Vitae)?

1.    Contact information

• F     In this field write your name in bold or bigger font
• F     Write your full address and P.O. box
• F     List your tel. numbers with an international dialing code.
• F     Add, if applicable/possible, your personal e-mail address in case you check it regularly, - you don’t want to make the employer wait for an answer. The address itself ought to be a serious (something like tintirimintiri@yahoo.com is not a good idea)

2.    Education and additional qualification (decide for yourself which one is better for the second position – your education, or your professional experience. Let it be education if you have recently graduated or still studying.)

• F          First write the university you have graduated at, the major and your qualification degree.
• F          It’s important here to state the dates you started and finished your education. If you have not graduated yet, it is accepted to write the date of expected graduation.
• F          In case your high school education is specialized (e.g. language priority, mathematical high school, natural sciences high school …) make sure to list it in this section.
• F          Additional courses and earned certificates can be mentioned in an individual section.

3.    Professional experience (if you proud of your professional achievements, more than you are proud of your education, put this section on second place)

• F          You can arrange this section basically in 2 ways:

·    Chronological – list the position you have been hired on in an opposite of the chronological way, e.g. from the most recent position to the first one.

·    Functional – group the positions you’ve worked on according to the field they are related to. This approach is recommended to people who often change the company they work for.

• F          To make the picture of your professional experience clear, you should add a note about the type of the job you’ve been doing, your place in the company structure, what is the position above and below yours.
• F          If it’s possible, combine or shorten some of the positions. Thus you won’t leave the impression in the employer that you’re non-persistent.
• F          Don not try hiding the name of a company you’ve worked for, because it leaves negative messages in the employer’s mind, either you would discredit yourself with this information or that you doubt the professionalism and business ethics of the employer.

4.    Professional skills.

• F          It’s natural to have valuable skills which don’t result from professional experience. In this section list all of those skills which are relevant to the position you’re applying for.
• F          Make sure to add here all languages you have command of and the degree on command, as well as your computer skills.
• F          Decide for yourself whether you’ll write the common “communication skills, organization skills, ability to manage people, analytic approach in problem solving and decision making”

5.    Additional information: it is discussed these days how much can personal info affect your potentional employer. A considerable number of the employers hire people on the basis of this personal information, e.g. on personal like or dislike, neglecting the professional skills of the candidate. In this case, you should decide what to announce in your resume and what to keep for yourself.

6.    Recommendations:

·    Recommendations from previous employer will be highly evaluated

·    Whether you should specifically name your recommenders or just say that recommendations are available is a disputed question