By Angela Wahome,
The first part of the candidate screening process is a CV review. We use CVs to help us determine whom to invite to our interviewing process. Therefore, it is important for your CV to be the best possible reflection of you and of your achievements.
Your CV should not only accurately reflect your achievements to date, but also provide some sense of the scale of your achievements.
1. Key skill areas
Our CV reviewers look for evidence of achievement in the four key skill areas outlined in what we look for is your ability with regard to problem-solving, skills related to duties at work, achieving, personal impact, and leadership.
When you are working in specific industries it is important that you highlight the areas that you are able to work in well. If for instance, you are an accountant, experience in internal auditing and as a tax accountant can place you in a better position. Mentioning your key skills and abilities can help you stand out in a positive manner.
2.Education
We prefer to see details of professional qualifications, graduate or tertiary education first. Include your degree subject, university, degree grades for each of your courses (for example, 2nd Upper or B Plain) and any major prizes or awards, specifying key dates.
If
you have been working for sometime it is critical that you mention any
trainings or workshops that you attended or participated in. Learning on
the job is a key area that allows staff members to acquire the needed
skills for the job that they are doing. As a job applicant these skills
can help set you apart and can give you that much needed advantage to
get that job.
3. Work experience
Many job seekers tend to assume that the readers on their CV will automatically know how their work is done. If you are a Pharmaceutical Technologist and you happen to write SPOs. You may end up loosing the reader of your CV who is doing their best to analyze your CV to see if you will fit into their organization. Explaining your duties will also let the reader understand you better and see you as the person they would wish to hire.
4. Other skills and achievements
We are interested in any volunteer or charity work, or positions of responsibility in professional bodies—particularly where they demonstrate leadership, initiative-taking, or extraordinary commitment.
Similarly, you should include leadership positions, significant involvement in extracurricular activities, and significant participation in sports, games, societies, or hobbies. Don’t just tell us about your hobbies; tell us what you have achieved in pursuing them.
Generally you should only include items that you feel will help us understand your strengths better rather than including something just for the sake of having it.
5. Languages
Include any foreign languages for which you have business conversational ability or better. For languages, rate yourself as either basic, competent, or fluent.
A successful CV will also give the reader a sense for who you are as a person, as reflected in the work experience and achievements you view as important in your life.
The first part of the candidate screening process is a CV review. We use CVs to help us determine whom to invite to our interviewing process. Therefore, it is important for your CV to be the best possible reflection of you and of your achievements.
Your CV should not only accurately reflect your achievements to date, but also provide some sense of the scale of your achievements.
1. Key skill areas
Our CV reviewers look for evidence of achievement in the four key skill areas outlined in what we look for is your ability with regard to problem-solving, skills related to duties at work, achieving, personal impact, and leadership.
When you are working in specific industries it is important that you highlight the areas that you are able to work in well. If for instance, you are an accountant, experience in internal auditing and as a tax accountant can place you in a better position. Mentioning your key skills and abilities can help you stand out in a positive manner.
2.Education
We prefer to see details of professional qualifications, graduate or tertiary education first. Include your degree subject, university, degree grades for each of your courses (for example, 2nd Upper or B Plain) and any major prizes or awards, specifying key dates.
If
you have been working for sometime it is critical that you mention any
trainings or workshops that you attended or participated in. Learning on
the job is a key area that allows staff members to acquire the needed
skills for the job that they are doing. As a job applicant these skills
can help set you apart and can give you that much needed advantage to
get that job.3. Work experience
Many job seekers tend to assume that the readers on their CV will automatically know how their work is done. If you are a Pharmaceutical Technologist and you happen to write SPOs. You may end up loosing the reader of your CV who is doing their best to analyze your CV to see if you will fit into their organization. Explaining your duties will also let the reader understand you better and see you as the person they would wish to hire.
4. Other skills and achievements
We are interested in any volunteer or charity work, or positions of responsibility in professional bodies—particularly where they demonstrate leadership, initiative-taking, or extraordinary commitment.
Similarly, you should include leadership positions, significant involvement in extracurricular activities, and significant participation in sports, games, societies, or hobbies. Don’t just tell us about your hobbies; tell us what you have achieved in pursuing them.
Generally you should only include items that you feel will help us understand your strengths better rather than including something just for the sake of having it.
5. Languages
Include any foreign languages for which you have business conversational ability or better. For languages, rate yourself as either basic, competent, or fluent.
A successful CV will also give the reader a sense for who you are as a person, as reflected in the work experience and achievements you view as important in your life.
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