A CV/resume today is not the same as it was just 10 years ago. Here is a short list of the most significant changes: • Keep your personal information short. Skip your family details, marital status and current address; it’s just taking up space and time. In the U.S. it is unlawful to ask for the applicant’s ethnicity, race, origin, and photograph. Stick to name, current place of residence (optional), objective, and your website. • Focus on your proficiency and ability portfolio. What skills have you acquired? What are your strengths? Try to give the reader a good overview of your skill set (by category: languages, marketing, sales, etc.) and don’t forget to sort your list by relevance to the job. • Provide details of relevant professional experience only. Unless you are going for a complete career change, you will find value for the new job in your work history. Focus on what matters for the future job. It gives you better chances to get noticed! • Showcase your personal interests and non-work related activities. More and more companies hire by personality rather than just experience; use this opportunity to put your best foot forward and get acknowledged for the awesome blog you write, the voluntary community work you do, and the networking events you organize. • Add personality and flavor. CVs are no longer black & white and restricted to two pages. Play with the design, add a cover page, showcase your projects in image and text, and write an “about me” introduction.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 10:06:05 +0000
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