How to Write a CV?
You should deliver the correct messages to your potential employers if you want to get the positions your competency deserves. A CV is the most important document for a job seeker, showing your work experiences and describing the suitability of your skills to the company’s requirements. While it is important to write your CV for the job you are looking for, you should be honest with your work experience. As a recruitment agency in Turkey, we will try to help you to write the perfect CV.
Proper Order of Sections for a CV
A professionally presented CV with brief, concise and relevant information about your skills and work experience plays an important role in your face-to-face interviews. You should write a CV with a proper order of sections. The proper order of sections for a CV is:
- CV header and contact information (e-mail address, phone number, etc.)
- CV summary or a brief personal profile
- Work Experiences
- Education
- Skills
- Certificates
- Other Sections
How Long Should a CV Be?
The ideal CV should be one or two pages. You can start by writing down everything about yourself (professionally and personally), then shorten it by focusing on the most important points. However, do not remove important information – include details of your skills, driver’s licence etc.
Make it easy to read:
Keep your CV concise – the easier it is to read, the higher the likelihood of interest.
Make it chronologically coherent
The most recent work should be the most mentioned work experience in your CV. Use reverse chronology while writing down your work experience. Don’t make the interviewers to spend a lot of time to search what they are looking for in your CV.
CV Summary
A brief summary of your skills and experience, at the top of your CV, allows the employer to get a quick idea of whether you are eligible for the task. List all languages you can speak and skills, specifying how long you used them or refer to them with a rating system.