CV/RÉSUMÉ GUIDE

GUIDE

Your contact details, use a private email
A brief introduction of yourself and an explanation of what you have to offer to a potential employer
Your work history, detailing your achievements and key responsibilities in chronoligical order. Put this in reverse chronoloigcal order and don’t have any gaps.
Professional Memberships & Associations
Important Qualifications

Use the 3rd person and not ‘I’ or ‘my’.
Be concise. Avoid superfluous detail and repetitions.
Use a clear professional layout. Nice styling is great, but readability comes first.
Match the style to the audience. For a formal industry, use a professional style font. For a creative industry, use your judgment.
Avoid spelling and grammar mistakes – send it to us!
Have it read by a trusted friend who is familiar with your background. They might spot things that you have forgotten.
Have it read by someone unfamiliar with your background, they can offer an unbiased opinion as to how clearly it tells your ‘story’.

Just listing your responsibilities straight from your job description.
Including responsibilities that would be obvious. For example, if you were an analyst, there’s no point including general ‘research’ as one of your responsibilities.
So, when you do list your responsibilities, make them specific. For example “responsible for a team of 15” or “responsible for a budget of $5m.”