Content:
1. Personal data
2. Studies
3. Goals
4. Professional experience
5. Language skills
6. Abilities, skills
7. Part about myself
8. Other part
9. What should not be included in the CV?
10. What can improve the content and overall image of the resume
Preface
Everyone who applies for a position needs a resume. If you don't have it, write it
you need one to apply. But what kind? If you have a resume, but most of the time they don't invite you
for an interview, is it worth reviewing the CV, what could be the error or deficiency?
What does a good CV really look like? What are the most important parts?
What should we write in it and what should we not write?
This compiled resource provides tips, ideas, and suggestions, which serve as a guide
to write a unique, demanding, meaningful resume, by answering the most frequently asked questions.
Go through the supporting material carefully yourself, so that you will soon be ready with Tobozo's eyes
attention-grabbing resume!
#1. Personal data
- Basic data that should not be missing from a good CV:
- Name, phone number, email address, the most important thing is that it should be in a clearly visible place
be avoided. - The place of residence or temporary address should be indicated on the CV (from where we go to work). Exact street name and number are negligible. The point is to enter the city, county and, if Budapest, the district.
- We can state the age if we wish, but this is not a requirement either. If it is important to the employer, they will ask when they contact you.
- We can upload a picture if we want, it's not an expectation anymore, but it's good if we have it. The image should be business-like, more elegant, avoid photos taken during leisure activities.
#2. Studies
- Always put the highest education first, diplomas, OKJ, high school diploma, vocational qualification, etc.
- It is not necessary to indicate primary school, only if it is the highest completed education
- If high school was not completed, indicate how many grades you completed
- There are several things to consider when studying at a college or university:
- In the case of completed college or university studies, with the exact name of the school, faculty, major, specialization, etc. we can be precise by indicating the degree obtained.
- It is worth indicating, if a study is in progress, when the closing year can be made, and whether it affects daytime working hours.
- If you did not pass the state exam / did not graduate from the indicated college or university, please state that as well, so as not to mislead the employer.
- If you graduated but did not pass the state exam, you can indicate that the employer knows what to expect, whether you plan to finish your studies at some point, or whether you will stay there and not get this higher education.
- If you have met all the requirements, passed the state exam, but do not have the diploma yet due to the lack of a language exam, it is also worth entering it in your CV.
- Everything that is relevant to the applied job, study, profession, professional qualification, professional work course, etc. worth displaying.
- We also write the rest in the Other category
- It is important to indicate driving licenses and certificates, they may be an advantage for a position
#3. Goals
The elements of this section can be diverse, here are some examples that are worth mentioning:
- Specific goals, if any, e.g. advancement, change of career, what is the goal as a career starter?
- Can you say, What are you looking for? What company?
- What are your expectations for a company, or what is important?
For example: My goal is to get a job in an organization where I can be a member of a mutually supportive team, where I can perform several tasks at the same time, so I can use my multitasking ability.
It can be summed up in a few words or sentences,
- What exactly do you want to achieve professionally/in the company?
- Why would you want to? For example, because he changed his place of residence, because he learned a new profession - he obtained a new qualification
- What position would you like to be employed in?
- What field do you want to work in?
- What kind of job are you looking for?
- It is also possible to highlight skills here, and to connect them with goals.
For example: My goal: I would like to continue to use the knowledge and experience I have acquired so far in the field of logistics. Since I have seen the entire logistics processes during my work for the past 6 years, I feel it is time to step up. My goal is to succeed in a smaller managerial or group leader position.
#4. Professional experience
We can say that this is the most important and defining part of the resume, its heart and soul.
Based on this, it can mostly be decided whether someone is professionally suitable for the applied position, whether they can perform the tasks defined by the employer.
After reading this content, it will be clear whether you will be approached for pre-screening or whether you will be invited for a personal interview, so it is worthwhile to think carefully about what should be included and how.
Here are some tips and help:
- From the point of view of its structure, it is most ideal to list the work experiences in chronological order from the current or most recent job.
- The basic data of the professional content: where the candidate worked, from when until when, in what position, what exactly were his duties.
- It is important that the professional part is continuous, that no years are left out, the recruiting colleague will probably ask about it. So, if, for example, someone was abroad for two years between two logistics jobs and worked in the hospitality industry, let's mention it. In such cases, it is not worth detailing the tasks if they are not related to the job you want to win.
- Always state in which industry or segment you have gained experience, the company name often does not express it clearly.
- Let's clarify what programs and systems they know, at what level (e.g. SAP, HR software, KIRA, etc.) and at what intervals they were used during the work.
- We clearly indicate if we know machines, standards, types (e.g. PLC, ISO) in a special area, if they have separate types and numbers, we must include them as well.
- In the case of management positions, it is especially worth paying attention to the number of people you were responsible for.
- In addition to these basic data, it is worth including everything that may be related to the applied for position, special information (e.g. a training or course), these can also be included in the studies or other parts
#5. Language skills
- Nowadays, many positions require language skills, it is necessary to indicate at what level and how actively we use the given foreign language.
- For those job offers where language skills are not required, the application can still be an advantage
assessment, so it is definitely important to include the language question in your CV.
If we do not have any language skills, do not write it in, we will also delete this section from the templates.
- The most important elements of the language skills section, which must be covered:
– What foreign language?
– What is the level of knowledge?
– Is there a certificate for it? What kind of? Enter the language school, type, level.
– Is your language skills active/passive?
– What did you use your language skills for in your previous jobs? Should I have used it?
- In many places, it is not the paper that counts, but the knowledge itself, whether they are ready to use it.
E.g. I have an intermediate level English language exam, but I had to use it during my work - My language skills are passive
I don't have a language exam, but I used it every day at customer service - My language skills are active
- Let's decide whether we prefer to have usable knowledge in writing or speaking, because depending on the job, one or the other knowledge may be enough to get the job
- Are you stronger in writing or speaking? Is there a level difference between the two?
For example:
"I can write in English, but I can't speak."
– Communication is not a problem in English, my knowledge of grammar is incomplete
– I understand technical documents in a foreign language, but I can't speak
- If you are in the process of updating your language skills because you are going to a language teacher or school, it is also worth mentioning that
- If you have not yet learned a foreign language, but have started and are learning a language, write it in your CV
- Important additional information here is How often? In what way?
e.g. I attend a basic English language course 3 times a week, in a group of 4 people
#6. Skills, abilities
- If you include such a section in your resume, it is important to list all the competencies, abilities, strengths, and qualities required for the job you are applying for.
- Many times, we wouldn't even think about the details that the selection could depend on, if there are several identical candidates who meet the expectations. Let's be unique, in this section we can show how we are different, what makes us special!
- It is not easy to write about ourselves, it can often help if we ask the question:
- What are the competencies that are essential for the job applied for?
- What am I good at?
- What are my strengths related to the profession?
- Which ones are not related, but can be important as an employee value during selection?
(e.g. I like it when there are more tasks / there is always something to do / I am calm / a problem solver) - How would I describe myself? (e.g. responsible)
- What would my friends say about me? (more personal, direct qualities, e.g. friendly, direct)
- If you have leadership skills, make sure to show them, it may even be a good opportunity to move forward later
- What are the competencies that are essential for the job applied for?
#7. Part of me
This part is similar to the skills and competences part, they often overlap. The part about myself, we give more informal, slightly looser information and introductions about ourselves, what we are like.
- Hobbies, activities we like to do, what turns us off, what
a pleasant occupation for us in our free time.
In this way, before the personal meeting, the employer can "get to know" a little more about our professional side as well as the private person.
The inclusion of hobbies and leisure activities does not usually affect the selection. If we leave it, nothing will happen either, maybe they will touch on this topic during the personal interview.
#8. Other part
If we create such a category, everything that may not be related to the job you want to apply for can be placed here. However, there is, we obtained, completed, or other important information that may still be to our advantage during selection.
Which is not necessarily related to the profession you worked in, or just acquired, or
participated in something.
- For example: driving license types, courses, OKJ, trainings, conferences, specialist lectures,
qualifications, certificates, professions, vocational schools, work abroad, student work, previous other activities.
You can even indicate your age here, or if your permanent address is different from where you would go to work, if you are tax-exempt, your own online or other business, your family business, if it is important for the job (e.g. agriculture), in fact, anything.
#9. What not to write in the resume
There are topics that are not necessary to get positions, mostly
unnecessary information in a resume. It's extremely subjective and this is not the forum for it
opinions should be covered.
Such topics include, for example, religion, political views, sexual orientation, bad habits, and addictions.
It is best to discuss these requests at family or friend gatherings, or to contact organizations that provide assistance, if necessary.
#10. Things that can improve the content and overall look of your CV:
- When introducing yourself, highlighting the year of birth is more important, marital status and the number of children less so
- For contact details - if you have or had several phone numbers, always have the latest contact number in your CV
- For basic data, it is important that the contact options are in a normal, visible place: at the top, at the front, on the second page or at the bottom, they are not immediately noticed
- Completed or incomplete studies must be clearly indicated
- Trainings that are not relevant to the position, put them in the other section, if any
- In the case of professional experience, it is useful to put the most recent to pasture, but the reverse order is not wrong either.
- It is always worth explaining what they did so that you can see exactly what the tasks and jobs were
- In the case of a formal structure, it is important that the CV is logical, transparent and collected
- Changing topics: it is worth highlighting if you have been with the same company for several years, only in a different position, or if the company name has changed, or if a legal successor has been created, so that it does not give the false impression that, for example, this is your third job in a year. It is important to clarify these
- Other work that is not required for the position should also be indicated, there should be no gaps if, for example, someone worked abroad in another job for a year
- The photo should be business-like, with no one or anything inappropriate in the background
- What may be unnecessary: competition ranking, primary school is not important
- Reference works should be provided if you work in an area where this may be important for selection
- Professional experience or study - it doesn't matter which comes first, either is good - the point is that it is logically structured
- Other: professional successes can also be indicated, even expressed in sentences, what you are proud of, what you have achieved, what achievements are associated with your name
- Make sure there are no spelling mistakes in your resume
Cue
A lot can depend on the elaboration, the content, the structure, the key may lie in the details.
A good resume is transparent, concise, factual, logical, chronological, and contains everything important
information about our previous experience, studies and the applicant.
If we pay attention to these basic ideas when writing a resume, there is a good chance of winning one
a great job in the profession.