This document provides tips for creating an effective CV or resume. It notes that a CV is used in Europe and includes more detailed education and work history, while a resume is used in the US and Canada and is typically one page. It recommends including your name, contact information, work experience with titles and durations, skills, and education. Recruiters spend only 6 seconds reviewing a document initially, so it is important to have a clean layout with bullet points and avoid dense blocks of text. Achievements should be described using the CAR (Challenge, Action, Result) format. Common mistakes to avoid include poor grammar, an unprofessional email address, and not including dates.

1. ALL ABOUT CV
tips and tricks

2. CV VS. RESUME
What is the difference?

3. CV (CURRICULUM VITÆ)
➤ High level of detail
➤ Covers education
➤ Organized chronologically
➤ Europe, UK, Ireland, New Zeland

4. RESUME
( IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF SKILLS)
➤ One page
➤ Adapt to every position
➤ Not chronologically
➤ USA and Canada

5. THINK AS A RECRUITER
6 seconds for overview
78% rejected because of unprofessional email address
80% attention to:
name
current title/company
past titles/companies
work duration

6. STRUCTURE
➤ Your name
➤ Contacts/URL
➤ About/Summary
➤ Experience
➤ Skills
➤ Education
➤ Achievements
➤ Languages

7. FORMAT
➤ Friendly interface (clean layout)
➤ Use bullet points and more space
➤ Check grammar
➤ Avoid accumulating text
➤ Chronology
➤ Add skills after positions
➤ Up to 2 pages

8. DON’T BE SHY! DESCRIBE ACHIEVEMENTS:
➤ What was that (challenge)
➤ What did you do (action)
➤ What was a result (outcome)
Challenge Action Outcome

9. RECRUITERS LIKE THIS WORDS:
➤ Achived
➤ Created
➤ Improved
➤ Managed
➤ Trained
➤ Increased
➤ Resolved
➤ Volunteered

10. ➤ Think outside of the box
➤ Go-Getter
➤ Self-motivated
➤ Proactively
➤ Team player
➤ Dynamic
➤ Result-driven
RECRUITERS DON’T LIKE TO SEE:

11. COMMON MISTAKES
➤ Grammar errors
➤ Overcomplicated formatting
➤ Personal details
➤ Unprofessional email
➤ Tables
➤ Forget to include dates

13. 1. Attach to the meeting
2. Attach to database
3. Read and learn before interview
4. Take it for interview
5. Don’t write on it
6. Don’t leave it in the room/kitchen
7. After interview remove it
CANDIDATE’S CV FOR INTERVIEW

14. CANDIDATE CAN’T WRITE CV
➤ Show example
➤ Show CV builder sites
➤ Focus on needed
experience/skills
➤ Complete by yourself (after
agreement)

15. REFERENCES
Recruiters want to see in CV http://goo.gl/dpImln
CV templates http://goo.gl/TeJCzn
How to write CV http://goo.gl/eGjkkU
10 tips on writing a successful CV http://goo.gl/44AexA

16. THANK YOU! Anastasiia Serafyn,
Senior Recruitment Consultant at Ciklum
e-mail: anastasiia.chernysh@gmail.com
skype: oranzhevoe
Ln: ua.linkedin.com/in/anserafyn