Passio Station | Personal Branding | Why it's important to have a good CV ?

Passio Station | Personal Branding | Why it's important to have a good CV ?

Your CV is your personal sales document. It is essential that you work on your CV and make it the best you can as it is your only tool to get you to an interview. It's a bit daunting to get started but it is really important to take the time to make it right and sell yourself as best you can. Your CV should be clear, concise, complete and up-to-date with current employment and educational information. Use bullet points where you can and try not to write in paragraphs. Most CVs are not read as such but reviewers will scan through them to pick out key points – it is easier to do this when you give information in bulleted form. 

 One approach is to write one master document with all your information and then to adjust this as you apply for different jobs. Also as you go through your career make sure that you document what you do in your job day by day and keep a copy of the job description for the job you are in now, you can use this as a guide to describe your experience. Don’t worry about length at the start just get everything down and edit afterwards, aim for 2/3 pages. 

Key tips

• Update your CV regularly – if you achieve something in your current job or work on a key project or have a new responsibility then add a few lines to your master document.
• Don’t have any gaps. If you were travelling or looking after relatives say this in a short line.
• Use one plain font and a minimum amount of effects, e.g. caps, bold, italics etc. – if you use a lot of these they lose their effect.
• Don’t exaggerate – you will be asked to talk through your CV and will need to back everything up verbally at interview.
• Use terminology appropriate to your job - make sure you are using the right terminology to describe your current and previous positions. These are key words that employers need to see (tip – look at job descriptions that are similar to yours to get an idea of the words used).
• If you can, show progression on your CV – if you took on more responsibilities or were promoted in your company.
• Show your CV to some close friends and colleagues – ask them how easy it is to read and what information stands out for them.
• If you have a long career history use the profile section to summarise your career, that way if your CV is long reviewers get an overview on the first page.
• Use the minimum amount of space for your personal details – space is at a premium!
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• Here is a sample format:
  Profile / Introduction
  Many people now write a few lines as a headline to their CV – this is a good idea as it directs the reader to your “best bits”. However, if you are doing this, you need to update it to ensure it's relevant for each job you apply to. As this paragraph will be a summary of your CV and should highlight your main achievements, it might be easier to leave this until last.
  Education
  List your college name and degree title starting with your most recent. There is no need to give grades on the CV but for certain jobs you may be asked for this so have your certs easily available. There is no need to list your college subjects, however, for some positions you might want to give a short (one line) description of your college project, thesis etc as this might be relevant to the job you are applying for – the title is enough.
  Skills Profile / Further Training
  Give a bulleted list of any technical skills you have, instruments you have used, applications or software packages that you have worked with, laboratory techniques you are using and any other relevant skills – for example if you are a member of a professional organisation. If you have attended short training courses you can add them here too.
  Experience
  Starting with your current or most recent job give an overview of each position you have held, including
  • Employer name with a brief description about the company.
  • Job title and dates you held that position.
  • The responsibilities you carried out (a bulleted list).
  • Who reports to you and who you report to (e.g. reported to lab manager with 2 direct reports).
  • Achievements whilst in the role and where possible quantify with facts & figures (a bulleted list).
  Hobbies and interests
  Put something in here if you really do have some hobbies and interests that are worth talking about. Also if you volunteer/work with a charity you can add it in here. 
  Think about what this adds to your career profile and what it means, for example, if you mention in your CV about being a great team member and then all your hobbies are solitary, it doesn’t add up!
  Don’t feel that you have to add in something here.

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