Designing a winning CV

Designing a winning CV

Torun Rahman

CV

CV or Curriculum Vitae (Latin for ‘course of life’) also known as a Résumé is a latest word that came to us through the wave of the globalization replacing the word bio data.


CV versus Biodata

There is a difference between CV and Bio Data. CV is a summary of academic and professional history and achievements. And Biodata is a commonly used term in Industrial and organizational psychology for biographical data. Biodata surveys generally contain factual kinds of questions about life and work experiences, as well as to items involving opinions, values, beliefs, and attitudes that reflect a historical perspective. A company needs information on your skill, education, experience etc rather than the information of your family.

Shooting a killer CV

An efficient CV can unlock the opportunities for you. It is your representative to the recruiters. It talks, argues, motivates, refreshes and reasons your recruiters to win a golden job for you in your absent. Still we have many misunderstandings on CV writing. Basically, there is no single system or rule to write a CV. Golden rule to write a CV is that it must focuses all info that a respective company wants at the front part. Here we will show you how to write a CV. We can divide the CV into two parts: (1) Cover Letter - CL (2) Body Letter – BL. There are more issues before or after sending a CV.

The cover letter:

Cover letter is like the first date, the first impression to win. Recruiters mirror you through it. It is the core of your CV. You have to convince the selectors to look at your CV from the thousands of CV. Many of us still submit CV without writing a cover letter. It is a non-pardonable error. Only this single error can lead your CV to waste bin who ever you or what ever you write in other pages. Because your recruiter may think, you do not know how to write a CV. So do not send a resume without a cover letter. Let us now see the rules to write a cover letter – CL.

Top rules to write a champion cover letter

1. Consider your and company purpose

You must match your skill with the company requirement. You have to understand the company need. You have to write different cover letters for different industry. Suppose you are writing a cover letter for Grameen phone that may not suit for AKTEL. In the same industry, they have the different vision, mission, objective, market position, risks and challenges. Therefore, at first must study on the company before writing cover letter. You can visit the company website as well as any employee. You have to mention how and why you can be the best fit in the position. Rather than the claiming ‘competent’ and ‘qualified ‘cites example and relate them to job the requirements.

2. Keep it smart but sweet – KISS

Limit the letter to one page dividing into three paragraphs. Do not repeat any thing. Use active voice and powerful verbs for lively communication. Avoid outdated sentences like ‘Enclosed please find my resume for your review’. Be careful to write flawless and grammatically correct sentences. You must avoid the words like beg, kind, humbly, faithful, obedient etc.

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