3. Developing your CV Importance of CV, Different layouts and concepts, Practice.

3. Developing your CV

Importance of CV, Different layouts and

concepts, Practice.

Curriculum Vitae (CV) Details previous experience:

education, work history, skills, other involvements,

Summarizes your previous responsibilities and accomplishments,

Makes a case for why you are qualified for a particular job,

Represents you as a professional.

What you need to know to write an effective CV? Know your hard skills and soft

skills, Know your values, interests,

achievements, likes and dislikes,

Know key words, Know how you match with the

position.

Standard layout and contentA typical CV format consists of the following eight sections:

Personal information (name, contact details and address),

Personal profile, Career summary, Education, Work experience, Skills and Achievements, Hobbies and interests, References.

Good and bad CV; EUROPASS http://www.cvplaza.com/cv-examples/good-ba

d-cv/

Europass CV template: https://

europass.cedefop.europa.eu/en/documents/curriculum-vitae/templates-instructions

Creative CVs

Practical applications homework How to write a successful CV:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0JAfqEak2c

Do's and dont's for developing a CV: https://jobs.telegraph.co.uk/article/do-s-and-don-ts-for-developing-a-cv/

Tips on writing a CV (make sure you go through all sections e.g. CV skills, CV achievements etc.:

http://www.cvplaza.com/cv/