How to write a Curriculum Vitae

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How to write a Curriculum Vitae

• Milly Grillone
• FAO Junior Consultant
• Damascus, 19/10/2003

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Step by step

• MS Word
• New Document
• General Templates
• Other Documents
• Resume Wizard

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Main Sections Doc1

• 1. Personal data
• Photo (optional)
• Name Surname
• Address
• Phone number
• Email
• Date of birth
• Nationality
• Sex
• Actual Position
• (either here or in the section professional
  experience/work experience)

• 2. Education
• University Degrees
• 3. Work Experience
• Reverse date order
• Topic Order
• 4. Skills
• Proficiency in Foreign Languages
• Familiarity with Computer Packages
• 5. Interests
• 6.Referees

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Some tips

• Use positive language
• As well as listing facts, consider adding some
  comments and interpretation
• Your most relevant experiences/skills should be
  prominent, i.e. on the first page.
• The amount of space you devote to a topic
  indicates the weight you want the reader to give
  to it
• Your CV should look neat and tidy with all the
  information easy to find
• Use the tab key (rather than the space bar) to
  indent information

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The First PageSummary of Professional History
Doc 5

• Together with your personal data the first page
  may comprised the following
• A descriptive profile of your professional
  designation, backed up by key features of your
  professional self
• Key Skills integrated in the summary or listed as
  bullet points. This will include not only your
  formal training but also workplace acumen (i.e.
  proven skilful negotiator)
• Recent job experience which would be basic
  details of your most recent, or most important
  role so far. Include your job title, the name of
  company and date of commencement. Add a
  description of key responsibilities, tasks and
  achievements in the role

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The Second Page

• Secondary work experience and qualifications
• Interests
• Referees
• Publications

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CV Formats

• Chronological CVs Doc 2
• Functional or skills CVs
• Experience by geographical area Doc 3 e 4
• Experience by topic Doc 6