The document outlines the essential components and strategies for creating an effective curriculum vitae (CV) to secure job interviews. It emphasizes the importance of tailoring the CV to the specific job and includes tips on layout, content, and common pitfalls to avoid. Additionally, it discusses the growing relevance of cover letters and offers professional CV writing services to help improve job seekers' chances in the competitive job market.

1. “HOW TO PREPARE A
KILLER CV”
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2. Definition of CV
• 'Curriculum Vitae' or “CV” is derived from Latin and means "the
way your life has run". In other words, a CV is a personal
statement outlining your life from an educational and
professional point of view.
• The role of a CV is to get you an interview and your foot in the
door, not to get you the job.
• Your CV should reflect your occupational and educational life and
be relevant to the position you are applying for. CV is a tool
which acts as your personal marketing platform to sell/promote
yourself to a prospective employer.
• When preparing your CV bear in mind that potential employers
will only spend a mere 30 - 60 seconds reading your life history.
• Evaluating your own skills, your objective, education,
accomplishments, achievements and personality is one of the
most difficult hurdles and is the first step in the CV writing
process.
• Highlights the relevant facts about you, your education, and your
experience.
• Makes the first impression about you.
• Positions you in the mind of the employer, thus creating a value.

3. Career Planning
• An average professional
will change careers 5 - 9
times in their lifetime
• Therefore CV
experience is essential
if you are ambitious

4. Competitive Edge
• Finding a prospective employer through
research
• Information on the company
• Knowledge of the industry
• Network as networking works!
• Knowledge of the job
• Be well-prepared per job specifications
• An affective cover letter
• More than a Resume Most important
• Opening the Door
• The Interview
• Your Image

5. Finding the Right Employer
• Newspaper
• Walk in and see
• Telephone
• Internet
• Head-hunter
• Job Service
• Career Advice Centres
Use the above Sources to find your dream
job

6. Network for Finding the Right Job
Talk to people in a prospective organization &
keep your eyes & ears open for a good
opportunity

7. A New Approach to Hiring
• Now a days recruiters & HR executive
scans your resume and may view
your or profile
• They may your name. They
may read your , ,
or blogs
• The conventional method of
reference check by HR with your old
companies and colleagues is still in
place

8. Careful Planning is Crucial

9. Your CV should Reflect......
What employers want:
• Reliability, Honesty,
Motivation, Ability, Efficiency,
Helpfulness, Integrity
What employers don’t want:
• Carelessness, Absence,
Irresponsibility, Troublemakers,
Lack of Ambition

10. What do you Want? Logically show why
YOU ARE HERE NOW BUT YOU WANT TO BE THERE

11. Focus on a Career and Not Just a Job
• Apply for a Job you Really Want
• Otherwise you will stay bored
and un-productive for the
employer
• Then soon you will have to look
for a new job

12. Professional CV Dos’
• Relevant, Clear and Concise.
• Be clear about your experience.
• Use white or light coloured
paper & use paper that is of
high quality if posting
• Reproduce on a laser printer or
take it to a print shop
• Use white space
• Avoid graphics and shading
• Use a font size between 10 & 14
points

13. Professional CV Don’ts
• No typing errors.
• No misspellings.
• No Abbreviations.
• Do not include any negative
information.
• DO NOT include irrelative
information
• DO NOT write as a letter instead of a
summary
• DO NOT include interests, hobbies
unless relevant to the job
• DO NOT include Age & Birthday

14. Have more than one CV Versions
• Create a more focused CV each
time you apply for an
opportunity.
• When preparing a CV, stay
focused on Job Specifications
• Prepare and upload a 'generic'
resume to use in online
databases.

15. Don’t hesitate to show your Achievements
• Summary of any published
research/articles
• Details of what your major
accomplishments are
• Achieved “An Investors in People Awards”
for previous employers
• Brand Management
• Responsibilities of group budget
• Lead a team of 21 in seven units
• Talk about how your skills would benefit
the company
• Only sell what the new employer is looking
for
• Always if quantify in numbers or
percentages when appropriate

16. Highlight Your Special Skills
You have to tell prospective employer,
What can you do which others can’t
• Played a major role in building “London Eye”
• Developed “Dreamweaver” software
• Conducted a seminar on Brand Management
• Tell how your values would benefit the
company
• Sell what the employer is looking for
• At the end of the day your CV is your Sales
Brochure

17. Talk about your Awards
You have to tell prospective employer,
If your work was Recognised
• If you were an Employee of the
Year”
• Passed in Distinction in your
professional qualifications
• Achieved a “Gold Medal” in your
degree or Master degree

18. Show that You have a ...
Demonstrate through your CV that you
Have one of these
• Your experience and it’s
demonstration on your CV should
show that you have a head on your
shoulders
• Give very calculated and measured
examples of your special
achievements

19. Be Prepared
• Employer will ask you questions
from within your CV, so be sure
to remember your CV
• For senior jobs, you will have
panel interviews and usually
more than one interview, so
analyse your own CV from
various angles
• Make sure to keep a record of
examples of work situations
from your CV

20. Strategic Thinking is the Key
• The good news is, it's never too
late to forge a new professional
path. In fact, lot of people just
like you have successfully made
the switch. As long as you
approach the process strategically
and allow yourself plenty of time
to complete the transition, your
career change campaign is likely
to end in success.

21. Multi-Tasking
• Demonstrate that you are
a Multi-Tasker
• No need to give practical
examples on the CV but be
ready to answer any questions
during the interview if asked

22. Team Worker
• Demonstrate that you are
a Team Player
• And that you can Lead as
well affectively

23. Well Balanced
• Demonstrate that you are
a well balanced
professional
• And can keep balance
between priorities and
judge these logically

24. Out of the Box
• Demonstrate that you can
“Think out of the Box”
• And can lead the company
strategically ahead of its
competitors

25. CV Structure and Format
• Keeping your CV concise
and to the point is a
difficult task. Selecting a
comprehensive structure
and format will help you
achieve this. There are
many layouts to choose
from, and they vary from
country to country

26. Styles of CVs
1. Reversed-Chronicle
order
2. Skill-Based
3. Creative

27. Typical CV Headings
• Contact details
• Personal profile
• The Career Objective
• Education & Qualifications
• Professional Experience
• Additional Skills
• Hobbies and Interests
• References

28. Contact details
• Name (write full name with big and
bold font)
• Address, City and State, Post Code
• Telephone Number
• Mobile Number
• Email Address

29. Personal Profile
• Highly recommended to grab the
reader’s attention, it is a key selling
tool. Ideally this should be punchy,
precise and no more than three, 15-
words sentences. E.g. “A Group
Financial Controller with 15 years
experience of Management Accounts
in Financial Services”.

30. The Career Objective
• KEEP IT SHORT
• Example: “To obtain a position as
Director Finance in a Banking or
Insurance Sector.”

31. Education & Qualifications
• List most recent education first.
• Write Date of Completion & University/
College name
• Percentage only if passed in “A” grades
• Academic honours.
• Don’t include high school (unless this is
your highest level of education).

32. Professional Experience
• Write in reverse chronological order
• Divide the relevant experience starting with most recent
job first
Five Important Components to mention: –
• Job Title
• Name of Employer
• Location
• Dates of employment
• Description
• Exclude
• Unaccountable gaps in between jobs.
• Street address, supervisor names, telephone number or reason for leaving.

33. Additional Skills
• Technological Skills.
• Foreign Languages
• Project Management
• Training Skills
• Audits etc.
• Professional
Memberships
• First Aid

34. Hobbies and Interests
• Don’t list your Hobbies unless
these are professionally
organized, that is, if you belong
to a club or group
• Has some relevance to the
position

35. References
• Do not send to employer unless they request it.
• Usually a maximum of 3 references are requested, Ensure
at least one is an existing or previous manger
• All individuals with direct knowledge of your job abilities.
• Or a professor of main subjects in case this is your first
job
• Ask the permission of referee before giving their names
and numbers.
• Provide details on company name, job title and contact
details like telephone, email

36. Killer Cover Letter
Importance of a Cover Letter
• Your Cover Letter makes a FIRST IMPRESSION
• Potential employers spend 80% of their time
reading your cover letter

37. Layout of Cover Letter
You should Include:
• A heading describing the job title you have applied
for or would like to apply for
• An opening paragraph expressing interest in the
job
• A second paragraph briefly outlining relevant
experience & achievements
• A closing paragraph asking for an interview

38. Steps to a Killer Cover Letter
You should Include:
• Always address your letter to a real person
• Your letter needs to state clearly what job you are
apply for and why
• Make your letter personal to the company
• Make sure your letter is enthusiastic about the job
Don’t be afraid or shy to ask for an interview

39. Finally......
Analyse Your own CV:
• Does your CV clearly and quickly communicate to
employer that you can do the job?
• Does it highlight your strengths?
• Does everything support the job you are targeting?
• Should anything be removed?
• Does it really sell your skills the way you want it
to?

40. If You Still Need Professional Help then keep
reading?
• You don’t get a second chance to
make a good first impression
• In today’s difficult labour market
you must ensure your CV is at the
top of the pile.
• Faced with that stack of hundreds
of CVs a recruiter will nearly
always only glance at a CV in the
first instance.

41. If You Still Need Professional Help then keep
reading?
• Your CV needs to have an
impact in that initial moment
as often it is all a recruiter or
prospective employer has to
judge you on
• Your CV must play the role of a
bridge between you and your
next job.

42. If You Still Need Professional Help then keep
reading?
• You can’t afford to make – typing
mistakes, different size/type
fonts, bad formatting,
misspellings – the list is endless.
• To give you the very best possible
chance of getting the job you
want

43. If You Still Need Professional Help then keep
reading?
• And this is where our
CV writing service
comes in. There
really is no substitute
for taking advantage
of in-depth
professional advice,
experience and
expertise.

44. The ways I can help YOU......
As a CV writing professional I know:
• how a CV can make an impact
• what to put in and what not to put in and
Why?
• Because as recruiter myself I have looked at
thousands of CVs over the years
• My talent is to help you to sell your talents,
plus offer a personal touch

45. Order Process
• The fees is very
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• I also offer an easy step
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46. Order Process
• Step One: Choose from the list below
• Step Two: Purchase the package most suited to your needs –
an acknowledgement confirming your order will be sent to you
• Step Three: E-mail your CV and any additional attachments
• Step Four: Your CV will be professionally formatted and
returned to you electronically within three working days. I will
probably have to ask you a few questions at this stage.
• Step Five: Start using your CV or email us back with any
changes you would like made, as per our 100% Satisfaction
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• If you have gone as far as you can with your
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54. “Senior CV”
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