2. WHAT IS CV ?
• Curriculum Vitae
• Latin for: “the course of your life”
• Definition:
A brief account of a person’s education, qualifications sent with a job
application
3. TIPS
• 2 pages maximum
• Be straight to the point
• Don’t put a photo unless you are a model
• Overall grades not subject grades
• Referees
• Target your cv to your skills
• don’t put irrelevant information
4. RESUME AND CV
• A CV depth document that can be laid out over two or more pages
• CV is static and doesn’t change for different positions, the difference
would be in the cover letter.
• The CV covers your whole career
• Resume is a document typically not longer than one page
• change the resume from one job application to another, doesn’t have to
cover your whole career
• CV – long, covers your entire career, static
Resume – short, no particular format rule, highly customizable
5. WHY MY RESUME NOT SELECTED ?
• With over 250 resumes submitted on average for every job posted online will make it
hard for human to read all of this
• very few resumes are read top to bottom by a human when deciding who to
interview for a job.
• ATS: software to parse cv
• Nearly 75% of resumes are rejected by an ATS test before they reach human eyes
because they’re not correctly formatted or keyword optimized
• This presentation will tell you:
• how an ATS works
• how to increase your chances of passing the ATS resume test.
• end with an example of a good ATS-friendly resume format and a valuable hack to get past the
filters.
6. WHAT IS ATS ?
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• an ATS system saves the hiring team a lot of time and effort.
• It parses resumes by:
• Keywords
• Formats
• Gives HR important information about you
7. WRITING YOUR RESUME TO GET PASS AN ATS:
1. Standard formatting : https://www.zipjob.com/blog/resume-format-
types/
2. Keyword optimization
3. Send as a Word document: not necessary but preferred
4. Spell out abbreviations: not necessary but preferred
5. Include relevant information
9. Templates for your resume
• www.zipjob.com/blog/resume-examples
Example search for front end developer, You will find templates that will help
you to get important keywords, skills and formatting sections
Test your resume
• www.affinda.com/resume-parser
10. Templates for your resume
• www.zipjob.com/blog/resume-examples
Example search for front end developer, You will find templates that will help
you to get important keywords, skills and formatting sections
Test your resume
• www.affinda.com/resume-parser
22. Resources of CV and Steps to write Good
CV and Sending It by Email
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders
/1SxULo0qbOBojg7BEGH38mxc2WPY-
6aYQ?usp=sharing