You will find below the rules of presentation to make a high quality CV:

• • CV is your business card

• • A Curriculum Vitae must not be signed and must not be dated

• • It must follow a timeline and must be readable (easy to read)

• • Avoid misspellings

• • The resume should highlight the key elements of your profile

• • It uses simple and short sentences

• • Be creative and organize the information strategically on your resume. An original resume template will tend to show the recruiter your creativity.

• • Only include information that you think is useful and important

• • Keep in mind that whatever you put in your resume, it may be used by the recruiter during the interview. So avoid lying!

• • Avoid redundancy. Try to be clear and use action verbs, which will reflect your dynamism.

• Ideally, accompany your resume with a cover letter.

The main parts to include in your Curriculum Vitae are:

• • Your personal information (contact)

• • Your skills (software, languages ​​mastered …)

• • Your professional experiences

• • Your studies and / or training, education

• Your centers of interest (sports and / or associative activities, hobbies, humanitarian causes, etc.).

The different parts of a CV

Your personal information (contact)

This information should be located at the top of your CV, it introduce your resume. In this section should be all of your information such as:

• • First and last name

• • Address

• • Phone numbers (landline and portable)

• • E-mail address

• • Age

• Photo (use only if your appearance is important for the job…)

Your skills

Include in this section all the information that constitutes the strength of your application and likely to attract the attention of the recruiter. Write short sentences in strategic ways, because they will serve you to stand out from other candidates (languages, computer skills, etc.).

Your professional experiences

List jobs, internships, etc. occupied in recent years. If you have many professional experiences, keep only the most relevant ones for the job you are looking for. For each job / internship held, do not forget to mention: the name of the company, the duration during which you held this position, the name of the position held, the missions performed and the results obtained.

Your education, studies and / or training

In this part of the CV, you must specify the different studies and / or training you have done: schools, colleges, universities, …, diplomas and other training obtained.

Your interests

This section should be located in the lower part of the CV. You must specify your hobbies, sports and / or associative activities, your travels, etc. This part is intended to show your involvement in activities different from that of work and to reveal your passions and affinities.

Tips for Making a Good Curriculum Vitae

• • Print it before sending it, to judge its rendering once printed. Indeed, it often happens that the rendering of your CV on computer is different to that printed (color, margin, size, etc.).

• • Read it once printed. Ask someone from your family or friends to correct it. In this way you will know if your resume is readable and understandable.

• • Make sure that each piece of information written on the resume is clear and precise.

• • Ask yourself these questions: Does my resume reflect my personality? – Is my resume convincing? – In its place, would I trust this person to fill this position?

• • See more tips for making a good resume.

• Finally, use our CV templates to download in Word format.

Unable to use Microsoft Word

Here’s a couple more avenues if you can’t or are unable to use Word:

• Use a free text formatting software such as OpenOffice
• Use a simple online CV and Resume Builder to help you make that task very easy!