The Do’s And Don’ts Of CV Writing
(Fawad Ahmed, Bahawal Pur)
Your CV is not a job
description, it is a sales catalogue for your services. The optimum kind of CV
is one that offers best set of services to the “recruiters” and offer solutions
to the employer’s needs. Thus, job seekers need to keep industry “requirements”
upfront when writing their CV.
CV Do’s:
1 Comprehensive CV
2 Put important skills at the beginning
3 Using bullets
4 Updated infomation
5 Adjust the CV according to the role
6 Use Headings
7 Avoid erroneous Information
8 Keep it simple
9 Make your desired job discernible:
10 Technical Skills:
• Title
• Timelines
• Number of staff involved
• Technology you used
• Your role
• What you actually did
CV Don’ts:
1 Don’t paste your photograph
2 Don’t use flowery fonts and writing style
3 Don’t be humorous
4 Don’t use slangs & abbreviations
5 Don’t quote irrelevant facts
6 Don’t lie
7 Don’t be Repetitive
8 Don’t post/fax CV
9 Do not exaggerate your experience