KIWI STYLE CV

Your CV is your marketing document – does it have impact?

 Highlight the skills the employer is seeking

 Use New Zealand industry language
 Make it easy to read

Steps to Writing your CV

(1) Personal data (top right hand corner)
 The name you wish to be known as (Christian and surname only),
address, home and mobile numbers and email contact details.
 Do not include your date of birth, age, ethnicity, marital and health
status, kids.
 Optional items to include are photographs, residency status or driver’s
license.

(2) Career Objective (2 sentences)

 This is your career goal that leads the direction of your CV.
 This paragraph needs to be short and specific to the role you are
applying for.
 Things to include: career field, area, number of years of experience,
level of responsibility, what you will bring to the employer

(3) Specific Skills

 These are your vocational and transferable skills.
 Transferable skills include: skills working with people, skills working with
objects, skills working with data and information.
 Identify the skill and everything that you can do that supports the skill
 Use present tense or present continuous tense

(4) Personal Attributes

 These are your personal traits and strengths that honestly describe
you.
 You will be judged on company culture fit.
 Keep the list to 5-6 attributes only
 Make sure you understand the meaning of your attributes in the Kiwi
culture

(5) Work History (Start of page 2)

 List in reverse chronological order. (Most recent job first)
 Accentuate the position you held, put dates (mth/yr) on the right side
of the page. (E.g. 03/2002 – 10/2005)
 Include major responsibilities and achievements (consider relevancy in
the NZ context).
 Don’t use “I”, include your salary or reasons why you left.
 Your work history should support the skills and attributes on page 1
 Use past tense except for your current position

(6) Qualifications, Education, Training

 List in reverse and highest qualification.
 Include Education institute name and year graduated.
 List under a separate heading any further training done.
 (7) Other
 Use discretion if you decide to include Hobbies, Achievements, Interests,
languages

(8) Verbal Referees

 “Verbal referees available on request.”