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How to write a successful CV & download CV templates

May 14, 2014 By Hiran 4 Comments

    CV templates

    Your Curriculum Vitae (CV) or resume is a concise and brief written account of the major achievements and contributions of your life. It contains key information with regard to yourself, your academic and professional education, your employment experience and other important events.

    It’s a resume or summary of all the very important events of your life useful for getting a job you want.


    Contents of CV

    According to Prof. Henerath H D N P Opatha of Department of Human Resource Management at University of Sri Jayewardenepura, your CV should include following contents:

    1. Identification information: Your name, permanent address, corresponding address, telephone number and email address.

    2. Educational Information: names of qualifications, years of obtaining, institutions or universities, and major relevant course. Your can list these according to chronological order, with most recent qualification first or skill based order (see three types of CV formats below)

    3. Training Information: nature of trainings received, durations, organizations and special assignments done.

    4. Employment Information: job tiles, relevant major dates, relevant times, organizations and job performance ratings if available.

    5. Information about interests: hobbies and leisure activities

    6. References: two names o f non relatives who can give recommendations about you, their positions, their addresses, contact numbers and e-mails.

    7 Tips for writing successful CV

    Be truthful-states only your abilities
    Target audience-relevant skills and experience
    Keep it brief-limit to 1-2 pages, fewer words for easy scan
    Write and rewrite-before it get right
    Be professional-good quality paper/printing
    Be accurate-proofread with friend
    Follow up-call or write to restate your interest

    Types of CVs (resumes)

    There are three (3) basic types used worldwide

    Chronological
    Functional
    Combination

    Chronological Resume

    Present information in timeline approach
    Most recent work/educational experience first
    Shows how progress made in career
    Easy for employers to scan
    Best if you have relevant experience in desired career field
    Used by job seekers with steady experience

    Pros:

    Preferred by employers
    Easy to scan
    Straightforward history of work experience

    Cons:

    Can demonstrate lack of experience
    Show career gaps

    Functional resume

    Highlight relevant skills
    Ideal for students with minimal experience or unrelated work experience
    Can use when there’s career gaps
    Suitable for diverse experience/skills

    Pros:

    Flexible approach
    De-emphasize lack of experience
    Minimize age discrimination

    Cons:

    Employers may expect chronological

    Combination or Hybrid Resume

    Merge of chronological and functional types
    Highlights skills and experience
    Present knowledge/skills/experience in reverse-chronological order
    Suit if careers are changed

    Pros:

    Provide employers with chronological format
    Highlight skills

    Cons:

    Can be longer than other two types

    Important Points for preparing a successful CV

    Complete sentences are not necessary. Use action verbs
    1” margin and balance of content
    Be consistent in font and styles
    Use a readable font rather than decorative
    Font size 10-14
    Avoid unnecessary graphics
    Use white paper and quality printing

    Avoid…

    Controversial items-political affiliations, religious believes
    Personal information – height, weight, race, ethnicity
    Salary requirement
    Errors-correct use of grammar and spelling

    Cover Letter

    Another letter called cover letter needs to be prepared and attached on the CV. To introduce you and inform your purpose are the objectives of the cover letter. It should be brief and needs to be addressed to a particular responsible person such as Human Resource Manager or Head of the relevant company.

    If you are sending your CV by email, remember to put cover letter text in the email body and attaché the CV to the e-mail message.

    Download CV templates

    Chronological CV templates - MS Word and pdf files
    http://www.dfcc.lk/files/application_%20f_new.doc
    Chronological CV in the field of IT (Software) of Salika Wijewardana (External Internet Link)http://dotnetforum.lk/forums/storage/18/25167/Cv.doc

    Functional CV templates - MS Word and pdf files
    Cover Letter for Job CV for graduate (pdf)

    University of Colombo Career Guidance Resources contains advice of preparing CVs
    http://www.cmb.ac.lk/academic/other_centers/cgu/students_resources.htm

    Based on the presentation by Kalana Tennakoon B. Sc. (Hons), ACMA, CGMA, CPA (Aus), MBA (UK) at the seminar organized by studentlanka.com in Colombo in 2013.
    https://studentlanka.com/2013/10/16/educational-and-career-opportunities-after-al/

    See other Career options on this website:
    https://studentlanka.com/category/careers/

    StudentLanka course finder:
    https://studentlanka.com/coursefinder/

    CVs, cover letters and Example CVs from External websties

    Graduate Prospects Ltd, UK website contains Example CVs and cover letters on Traditional CV, Skill based CV and Academic CVs
    http://www.prospects.ac.uk/example_cvs.htm

    University of Monash, Austraila contains sample CVs (resumes) for graduates according to different fields: Arts, Business and Economics, Engineering, Information Technology, Science, Education etc.
    https://www.monash.edu/career-connect/jobs/apply/resume-samples


    This video teaches you how to write a powerful CV.

    Writing a good CV or resume is your opportunity to make a personal impression and connection. A résumé is just a list of facts about you, but the cover letter gives a hiring agent insight into your personality. Companies hire people, not résumés. Avoid copying common templates listed here which are downloaded by many others, highlight unique elements of your personal brand.

    We hope you will find a excellent job in a great company!




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    1. Elizabeth Heron says

      September 19, 2018 at 10:12 pm

      Thanks for the free CV templates! The one I decided to use wasn’t all that amazing out of the box, but after I hacked it up a bit it looks super professional. Can’t wait to see what kind of response rate I get with it.

      Reply
    2. Pavithra says

      July 24, 2018 at 3:08 pm

      Great tips.Very helpful article… If anyone need a professional CV or to polish up your CV I can help you. ( Paid service)

      Reply
      • Ima says

        July 26, 2018 at 7:42 pm

        I would like to get my resume done, I’m a chef!

        Reply
    3. Asitha says

      August 17, 2016 at 4:49 pm

      Great article. I downloaded CV templates from here. Thanks

      Reply

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