What is a CV for?
A CV resume is quite simply an ‘advert’ to sell yourself to an employer. You should send a CV to an employer when they ask for one in a job advert, or when you are enquiring if any jobs are available. So the purpose of your CV is to make you attractive, interesting, worth considering to the company and so receive a job interview. An employer may have several hundred enquiries about a single job, he or she will only choose a few people who appear suitable for interview. Therefore, your CV must be as good as you can make it. General Advice Employers do not want to see CVs which are all written in exactly the same way. Therefore, do not just copy standard CV samples! Your CV should be your own, personal, and a little bit different. A CV should be constructed on a word-processor like Microsoft Word and well laid out. Use bold and/or underline print for headings. Do not use lots of different font types and sizes. You are not designing a magazine cover! Use plenty of white space, and a good
