How to write a CV
A good CV is short and clear. Whoever reads it should see in half a minute what you know and where you have worked.
What it should contain
- First and last name, phone number, email and city.
- Work experience, from the most recent to the oldest: job, company, period and two to three sentences about what you did.
- Education and courses that matter for the job.
- Skills: languages, software, driving licence.
How to write it
- Keep to one or two pages.
- Be specific: “led a shift of six people”, not “responsible person”.
- Tailor your CV to the job ad: highlight the experience the ad asks for.
- Check the spelling and the phone numbers.
- Save it as a PDF in which the text can be selected, not as an image.
What to leave out
- Details that do not matter for the job, for example marital status or personal identification number.
- Jobs from many years ago that have nothing to do with the job ad.
- General phrases without examples.
You can use the CV from your account for every new application, so keep it up to date.