CV stands for “Curriculum Vitae”, which means “Course of Life”. A CV is not your entire life history or a shopping list of every job you ever had or every little Java/J2EE task you performed at your job or a “one size fits all application”. A CV or a Resume is an essential marketing tool in your job search and career progression. When writing a CV, look at it from your employers' point of view in order to stand out against the competition (i.e. other candidates). Preparing effective CVs presents a real challenge due to length, which can make them boring and result in important information being buried or lost in a long document. As a result your CV should be concise (recruiters don’t have time to read each CV from cover to cover), your top skills and experience should be prioritized in the first or upper most section of your CV, well organized with the following sections: Contact details, Profile, Career objective(s), Achievements, Skills, Employment history and Education and last but not least your CV should be nicely formatted (i.e. easy to read, concise, and not cluttered). Your CV will often be used as a basis for discussion at your interview, for example how did you go about improving the performance by 40% at MQR banking Ltd. So be prepared. Your CV should give your recruiter the confidence that you could do the job and interest in your skills and achievements to wanting to get to know you better. Your CV should market your strengths not your weaknesses. If you cannot market your skills and achievements then who can? Remember that your CV is your
prospective employer’s first contact with you.