This document provides guidance on creating an effective curriculum vitae (CV). It explains that a CV contains a summary of one's employment history, qualifications, and personal information. The document then lists and describes the typical sections of a CV, including: heading, career objective, personal qualities, education, experience, achievements, leadership roles, trainings, hobbies, and references. It provides examples and tips for writing each section effectively. The key takeaways are to tailor the CV to the specific job by highlighting relevant skills and qualifications, and to be concise yet thorough in the experience and achievements sections.

1. By
Olanrewaju Gideon

2.  Curriculum vitae is a Latin expression which
can be loosely translated as [the] course of
[my] life. It therefore contains only a
summary of the job seeker's employment
history, qualifications and some personal
information

3.  The Heading
 Career Objective
 Personal Qualities
 Education
 Experience
 Achievement
 Past leadership role
 Trainings attended
 Hobbies
 References

4.  The heading will contain your name, phone
number, e-mail and home address

5. This should contain one or two concise, easy-
to-read statements focusing on the type of
position you are seeking, the skills you want to
utilize, and/or the tasks in which you want to
become involved

7. KeyAction Items
 What are your unique skills?
 What part of an organization would these
skills be relevant?
 What kind of value would this skill bring to
the organization you are interested in
working with?

8.  Should contain key qualities you have that are
relevant to the Job you are applying for e.g: “An
analytical, informative and creative person with
passion for solving problems and adding values to
people and organizations. Learns quickly and
possesses great teamwork, leadership, interpersonal
skills and public speaking ability”
Key Action Items
 What qualities are needed to be successful in the role
you are seeking?
 What are those qualities that you have that will be
needed for the role?
 How best can you describe yourself?

9. Should contain the summary of your
educational history from the most recent
degree or qualification. E.g
EDUCATION
2003 – 2008: B.Sc. Electrical Engineering
University of Ibadan
1996 – 2002: Kings College Ibadan.
1990 – 1996: Ibadan MunicipalGovernment
Primary School.

10. This is one of the most important section of you
CV and should contain the organization you
worked for, the position you held and your
responsibilities
KeyActon Item
 What are the experiences that you have?
 Where have you worked before?
 What are you key relevant responsibilities?

11. GREEN CONSULTING (HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
CONSULTING) NOV 2010 – OCT 2011
Department: Training and Recruitment
JobTitle: Business Development Officer –Training and Recruitment
Responsibilities:
 Responsible for assisting the clients in eliciting their unique
performance management needs.
 Involved in the facilitation of strategic and performance
management retreat needed to elicit performance measures for
clients’ staff
 Involved in the implementation of Balanced Score Card strategy
translation and performance management tool for clients’ staff
 Involved in the elicitation and development of operational and
strategic goals for clients’ staff

12. Should contain list of your achievement in each
organization where you worked.
KeyActon Item
 What were your key achievements in each of
the organization you worked for?
 Were you recognized and honored for
anything at any point in time?

13. Achievements
 Involved in successful recruitment of Managing
Directors, Executive Directors and Head of
Operations for a reputable insurance company
 Involved in successful recruitment of General
managers for clients in the information
technology and quick service restaurant
business
 Successfully developed over 25 man
specification and job description for different
managerial and executive position for different
clients.

14. Should contain relevant activities you were
involved in that helped you build certain key
skills such as leadership skills, team work
E.g.
DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE FACILITATOR FOR MDGs: NOV 2008
– SEPT 2009
 Facilitated training and empowerment workshops for junior
secondary school students on life development skills relevant to
achieving MDGs.
 The general secretary to the 7 – man team that planned and
executed community base awareness campaign project on HIV
and AIDS.

15.  Trainings attended: Should contain list of relevant
trainings you attended
 Hobbies: Should contain two or three hobbies that
are relevant to the job you are applying for
 References: This is optional except where it is
explicitly stated.

16.  Create your own resume
 No where you best fit before writing your CV
 Understand the job requirement and use the
language of the job
 Use the paper space efficiently
 Use a professional font type face and size
(times new roman, garamound or calibri, size
12)
 Print resume on a clean, crisp paper and use a
jet printer. Don’t Photocopy

17.  Don’t write a boringly long CV
 Don’t incorporate more than one Career
objective
 Don’t include information that may provoke
discrimination, i.e., religion, ethnicity, marital
status etc.
 Don’t lie about your past experiences,
degrees or GPA
 Don’t disregard or belittle your volunteer,
extracurricular or internship experience

18. 1. Write your career objective
2. Detail your work experience

19. Olanrewaju Gideon Seun, popularly called
Acetyl-CoA is currently a final year
Biochemistry student of Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology, Ogbomoso.
This proactive, articulate, confident,outspoken
and resourceful young man who is passionate
about adding values to lives positively,
currently serves as the State Campaign
Coordinator,Voice of Youth Africa and The
Managing Partner, The Visioneers Initiative.
Blessed with strong oral and written
communication skills ,outstanding
interpersonal and leadership abilities, all of
which has propelled him to various positions
as financial, volunteer or executive member
across several global and local agencies such
as WYA,AIESEC,ANUNSA, IYC ,YACORE,UCJ
LAUTECH and GEMSTONE LAUTECH
OLANREWAJU GIDEON
SEUN
(Acetyl-CoA)
………….……..Laus et Virtus