Basic Curriculum Vitae Template

Your address and other Curriculum Vitae - Donald Sunter

personal information
could also be in table P.O. Box 2526 · Polokwane · 2069 · 073 555 9897 · dsunter@onetwo.co.za
format underneath your
Name & Surname.
Personal details
Your email address
should be professional. ID number: 891211 5586 225
Avoid nicknames. Date of birth: 11 December 1989
Remain consistent. Nationality: SA Citizen
If you choose not to use
Languages: English, Tswana, Afrikaans
periods, do so all the
way through the Driver’s license: Yes Code 10
document.
Objective
Be concise.
An objective gives focus to your CV – the reader will know immediately what
Continue revising and you are looking for and if you are a good candidate for the advertised
fine tuning your resume. position.
Proofread!
Educational Background
Don’t rely on spell check.
Have two or three Tertiary education:
different people proof
read your resume. Institution Degree Date of completion
Subjects:
Make sure you include
the institution, degree,
date of completion and Institution Degree Date of completion
subjects. Start with the Subjects:
most recent qualification.
Secondary education:
The older you are the
less important your School Grade Date of completion
school information will Subjects:
become.
Relevant experience
It might not be
necessary to include the Work experience
school subjects.
Job Title Month/Year – Month/Year
Because you want the
Recent Employer Name, City, Province
reader to find information
quickly and efficiently • List your most relevant accomplishment for this job.
you will need to organize • Another accomplishment, which is related to the target
your experiences in job qualifications.
categories. • Name a skill perfected and required for the target job.

Use action verbs to Job Title Month/Year – Month/Year

describe a situation or Employer Name, City, Province
event that shows how
you have developed a
• State a global summary of the scope of the job and add
skill or quality. your proudest accomplishment as it relates to the target
job.
Demonstrate that you • Another accomplishment which is relevant to the
understand the nature of qualifications needed of the target job.
the job being advertised • Name a skill perfected and required for the target job.
and explain why you
want to work in that area
Highlight, briefly, how
your skills and abilities fit
the vacancy. Leadership experience

Be consistent – keep the • List activities where leadership has been developed.
same style

Font should be easy to

Computer skills
read, professional
appeal one or two font • Microsoft Office, Adobe Pagemaker, Adobe Illustrator,
styles and sizes Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Unix, Linux, Oracle.

Font size should be Community involvement

between 10-12 point.
Avoid colour. • List all relevant community projects.

Conference Papers

Make certain your CV is • It is absolutely vital that you separate conference

well spaced and visually papers & presentations from published works. If you
attractive.
have only given a few of each type of paper, it may be
better to group them together. Use your judgment.

Publications
Use action words and
sentence fragments to • This section typically appears near the end of the CV.,
describe experiences followed only by the list of references.

Interests
Check and recheck your
CV for errors. • Enjoy reading traveling magazines.
• Avid wildlife photographer with a goal of writing and
Be consistent in your
photographing travel destinations.
use of dates, numbers,
abbreviations, etc. • Participate in a outdoor activities including hiking,
canoeing, backpacking and skiing

References
Always ask individuals to
be a reference for you • A list of the people who are providing the reference
prior to mentioning their letters that accompany your application.
names to prospective
employers.

Prepare a list of three

references to
provide at the interview.

This list should include

name, title, employer,
address, telephone
number, and e-mail
address