6 Things That Should Be In Your CV

What is a good CV? What does it tell to the employer? There are a lot of templates and guides on what should exactly be in a CV. You can find the template I am using myself below. Be forewarned it’s not for designers which should add a little “pizzazz” to their CV’s to showcase their skills besides the portfolio.

My end goal is to get YOU to create a killer CV to give you the extra edge over other applicants!

What is a CV’s purpose? To give the reader an understanding of your skills, experience, future direction and motivation. Putting all these to a couple of pages of paper can be a daunting task for anybody. Throughout this post I plan to make it a little less daunting by breaking it down into smaller steps.

1. Contact Information

This should be quite straightforward. Have your correct contact information in your CV. Don’t exclude your phone number if you want to be contacted by email only. After all, you have to use the phone in any profession, and omitting your phone number can even rule you out sometimes. If you have a LinkedIn profile it is good to add the link to your CV as well for them to check. I wouldn’t add your Twitter username unless you are active there, but it is especially crucial for marketing people to have it there. To be honest, it would be weird to hire a marketing person…