HOW TO WRITE A CV?
CV is the first impression that one makes on a potential employer, containing a summary of one’s skills and experience. Being kind of a business card, it often decides about further recruitment process, thus, it is worth making the effort and preparing it scrupulously.
What should a CV look like?
• personal details
• education
• work experience
• other experience connected to specific jobs
• trainings and courses
• computer and language skills
• activities and interests
What to pay attention to?
• Mistakes, which are very unprofessional. Prior to presenting your CV to the employer, it is worth to check it to avoid spelling or meaning mistakes.
• Appearance. It does not look too good if in one document there can be found several types of font, colors and graphic elements. CV should therefore be written with one font and in one color, with only short, the most important fragments in bold.
• Chronology. Information enclosed in a CV should be ordered logically.
• Size. CV cannot be of unrestricted length – in the case of persons with short work experience it is recommended to limit it to one page.
• Photo. Placing a photo in the right upper corner of a CV is advisable since it makes the recruitment process easier.
• Remember about the data processing agreement at the end to put data processing agreement at the end, which is a statement required by the law, making it possible for the employer to use sent documents.