This document provides guidance on mapping out a curriculum vitae (CV). It recommends including sections for personal information, education and qualifications, work experience, professional training, research activities, publications, certifications, honors and awards, volunteer activities, extracurricular activities, research interests, skills, and hobbies. Each section should be presented in reverse chronological order. The document also provides tips for what to include in each section and advises only including relevant information to market yourself to potential employers or recruiters. It emphasizes having no grammatical or spelling errors in the final CV.

1. Mapping your CV
Weam Banjar; BDS, MS
July 2012
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2. • None
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3. • To create a handy guideline for
newly graduate helping them to
produce effective CVs
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4. •Why do I need a CV?
•Contents of CV.
•Dos and Don’s
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5. Organize your
First step to introduce
credentials, activities,
yourself
and experiences
Why do I
need a CV?
Document your work
Market yourself to progress, goals and
recruiter accomplishment as they
develop
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6. Personal and demographic information
Education and Qualification
Work Experience
Professional training
Research activities
Publications
Certification
Honor, prizes and awards
Volunteer activities
Extracurricular activities
Research interests
Skills
Hobbies and interests
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7. Name as written
in official
documents
Address with
Professional
clear postal
email address
code
Morning and
afternoon phone
number
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8. In
chronological All post
order from secondary
most recent to education
less recent
Specify the
period of study, Brief
degree received, description of
institute name the degree,
and location optional
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9. In chronological order
starting by the most
recent
Provide clear description
of your duties and
responsibilities
Specify: period,
department, institution
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10. All, internship
and
professional
non-degree
certification
In
chronological
order starting
with the most
recent
Identify your Describe your
role outcomes
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11. When Where What
In brief
Chronological
Institute name describe your
order
role
In brief
Specify the Department
describe the
period affiliated with
outcome
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12. Very important for those
who are heading to
academia or academic
degrees (MS/ PHD)
List them in
chronological order
starting with the most
recent
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13. Training
certification
Professional
certifications
BLS, ACLS,
etc
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14.  Dos and Don’ts
 Shall I add my picture?
If you are applying for a graduate school, they may ask you to upload your pictures as
part of the application. But, if you are introducing yourself to the director/ mentor add
your picture so they can get a better sense of whom they are talking to
Shall I add my GPA?
Since you are providing a transcript that has all your grades, you should not add your
GPA
 Shall I add my birthday or marital status?
Your birthday and marital status is part of the application packet that you will fill, do not
repeat the information
No grammar or spelling mistakes
Do not lie in your CV
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15. This was created to help fresh graduate to build their CV. Please
note that there is no cook-book or standard format for the CV.
Wish you all the best of luck
Weam Banjar
August 11/ 2012
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