What to Include in a CV [in 2023]

What to Include in a CV [in 2023]

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What to Include in a CV

First thing’s first, the traditional CV should include the following sections: 1. Contact Information 2. Resume Summary or Resume Objective 3. Work Experience 4. Skills 5. Education Once you’ve included these sections in your CV (and still didn’t manage to completely 

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What to Include in a CV

fill in your CV), you can also include some of the optional sections such as: 1. Hobbies & Interests 2. Languages 3. Certifications 4. Publications (If you’re a writer or academic) 5. Training 6. Awards 7. Volunteering Experience 8. Projects 9. Extracurricular Activities

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How to Structure Your CV

In most cases, you’d want to structure your CV as follows: – Contact Information – Resume Summary or Objective – Work Experience – Education – Skills – Optional Sections (If you have the space for it)

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How to Structure Your CV

If you’re a recent graduate with no work experience, you’d put education on top of work experience (or eliminate work experience entirely): – Contact Information – Resume Summary or Objective – Education – Skills – (Optional) Work Experience – (Optional Extracurricular Activities

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How to Structure Your CV

– (Optional) Projects – (Optional) Volunteering Experience

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8 Things Not To Include In Your CV

– Exact address. While popular back in the day, you don’t need to include your address in your CV. The recruiter is not going to pop by for a quick coffee. – Date of Birth. It might lead to discrimination based on age. – Irrelevant Social Media Profiles. E.g. If you're applying for a job as an accountant, you don’t need to mention your Behance profile (a social 

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8 Things Not To Include In Your CV

media website for graphic designers). – Short-Term Jobs. If you’ve worked at the company for less than 1-2 months for whatever reason, don’t include it (unless it’s a temporary position). Even if you had a good reason for quitting the job early, it might look like you got fired or you’re a job hopper. 1. Irrelevant Skills or Experiences. Only applying for 

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8 Things Not To Include In Your CV

the role of a software engineer, you shouldn’t talk about how much of a cooking pro you are. Only mention skills and experiences that allow you to excel at the job you’re applying for. – Fluff. “I’m a great critical thinker,” “I have good teamwork skills,” “I’m super organized…” what do these 3 sentences have in common? It’s simple: none of them actually say 

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8 Things Not To Include In Your CV

anything useful. In your CV, only mention the skills or experiences you can back up with examples, otherwise, it won’t count. – Images, Graphs, or Pie Charts. Avoid turning your resume into an infographic. Applicant tracking systems can’t read images and will automatically discard your CV. – Too Much Work History. The recruiter doesn’t need to 

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8 Things Not To Include In Your CV

know what you did 25 years ago. With your work experience section, list only the last 10 years of work history.

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