CV writing

The word Curriculum Vitae literally translated means the story of your life. The words
Curriculum Vitae are usually abbreviated to CV or C.V. and you will sometimes see it
incorrectly written in lower case as c.v. or cv. The possessive form of Curriculum Vitae / CV
should be written as Curriculum Vitae's or C.V.'s or CVs, but not as c.v.'s or cv's.

Your CV is a very important document; with it rest your hopes and dreams for the future -
that next step up the career ladder, a better position, more money, new challenges, etc.
Your CV therefore has to represent the best you have to offer if you do not want to miss out
on that job you saw which was "perfect" for you.

These days employers often receive a lot of CVs for each advertised position - jobs
advertised in national papers can often attract hundreds of applicants. So your CV has to be
just that little bit special to stand out if you want to obtain interviews. The good news (for
you) is that most people do not know how to write a CV and only spend a short time
preparing a CV. Writing professional CVs is a skill, which these people have not learnt.

Of course your CV can continue to work in your favour even after it has obtained an
interview for you. It can help you at an interview by carefully focusing the interviewer's
mind on your good points and on your achievements. Once you have left the interview it will
continue to work in your favour as the interviewer will probably reread it before making a
decision, either on who should be invited to the second interview stage or who the job
should be offered to.

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When it comes to salary negotiations a well written CV can help. If your CV conveys your
full worth you are likely to get a higher salary offer than you might have done with a poorer
CV. So do not skimp on the time you spend on writing a CV as it will probably be a
false economy.

CV writing techniques

Most importantly, always thoroughly proof-read your cv or ask someone to do it

for you before sending it to either an agency or a potential employer.

• Make sure your CV is well laid out so that it is immediately easy to read and
understand. Leave plenty of white space.
• Use concise, unambiguous sentences, avoid exaggerations and a flowery writing
style.
• Do not make false claims; honesty is always the best policy.
• Bullet points are useful to highlight relevant skills and experience and help break up
continuous text.
• Depending on your experience, two pages is an ideal length.
• Stress your past accomplishments and the skills you used to get the results you
achieved.
• Focus on information which is relevant to your own career goals.
• If you are making a career change, stress what skills are transferable to support
your new career objectives.
• Put your highest level of education first.
• Put your most recent job first and work backward chronologically in time.
• Ensure all dates are accurate.
• Explain any long career gaps (i.e. travelling, maternity leave etc)
• Describe what you did 90% of the time, not 10% of the time.
• Avoid references to hobbies, activities and memberships which are not business
related or have no relevance to your current career goals or job objectives.
• If you are preparing a CV for a specific vacancy, explain why you would be good at
the position for which you are applying.

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Pisanje CV-a

Reč Curriculum Vitae bukvalno prevedena znači priča Vašeg života. Reči Curriculum Vitae se
obično skraćuju na CV ili C.V. i ponekada ćete je videti pogrešno napisano malim slovima
kao c.v. ili cv. Prisvojni oblik od Curriculum Vitae / CV treba da bude napisan kao
Curriculum Vitae's ili CV's ili CVs, ali ne kao c.v.'s ili cv's.

Vaš CV je veoma važan dokument; u njemu leže vaše nade i snovi o budućnosti – taj
sledeći korak na lestvicama koje vode ka uspehu u karijeri, boljem radnom mestu, većoj
zaradi, novim izazovima itd. Vaš CV, stoga, treba da predstavlja ono najbolje što imate da
ponudite ukoliko ne želite da propustite posao koji ste videli, a koji je savršen za Vas.

Ovih dana poslodavci često primaju veliki broj CV-a za svako oglašeno radno mesto –
poslovi oglašeni u nacionalnim novinama često privlače stotine aplikanata. Zato, ukoliko
želite da pridobijete poslodavce, Vaš CV treba da bude barem malo poseban da bi se
izdvojio od ostalih. Dobra vest (za Vas) je da većina ljudi ne zna kako da napiše CV i
provodi samo kratko vreme u pripremi CV-a. Pisanje profesionalnog CV-a je veština koju ovi
ljudi nisu savladali.

Naravno, Vaš CV može nastaviti da radi u vašu korist čak i nakon što Vam je obezbedio
intervju za posao. Može Vam pomoći na samom intervjuu tako što će usredsrediti pažnju
onoga ko Vas ispituje na Vaše dobre strane i na Vaša dostignuća. Čak i kada ste izašli sa
intervjua, on će nastaviti da radi za Vas jer će ga ispitivač verovatno ponovo pročitati kada
bude donosio odluke, bilo o tome ko će biti pozvan na drugi intervju ili o tome kome će
posao biti ponuñen.

Kada je reč o pregovorima oko plate, dobro napisan CV može da pomogne. Ako Vaš CV u
potpunosti prenosi Vaše vrednosti, verovatno ćete dobiti veću ponudu za platu nego što
biste to imali sa slabijim CV-om. Zato, nemojte štedeti na vremenu koje ćete provesti u
pisanju CV-a, jer će to verovatno biti loš poslovni korak.

Tehnike za pisanje CV-a

Najvažnije je da uvek temeljno ponovo pročitate vaš cv ili zamolite nekoga da to

učini za vas pre nego što ga pošaljete ili agenciji ili potencijalnom poslodavcu.

• Uverite se da Vaš CV ima dobar izgled na papiru da bi se lako mogao pročitati i

razumeti. Ostavite dosta praznog (belog) prostora.
• Koristite koncizne, nedvosmislene rečenice, izbegnite preterivanja i kitnjast stil
pisanja.
• Nemojte imati lažne izjave; iskrenost je uvek najbolja politika.
• Korišćenje tačaka i crtica je korisno da istakne značajne veštine i iskustvo i pomogne
u razbijanju monotonije teksta.
• U zavisnosti od Vašeg iskustva, dve strane bi bile idealna dužina.
• Naglasite vaša prethodna dostignuća i veštine koje ste koristili da biste ih postigli.
• Usredsredite se na informacije koje su važne za vaše lične ciljeve u karijeri.
• Ako pravite promene u karijeri, naglasite koje veštine su prenosive da podrže Vaše
nove ciljeve u karijeri.
• Stavite najviši nivo obrazovanja na prvo mesto.

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• Stavite vaš poslednji posao na prvo mesto a zatim poslove poreñane hronološki
unazad.
• Pobrinite se da svi datumi budu tačni.
• Objasnite bilo koji duži prekid u karijeri (npr. trudničko odsustvo itd.)
• Objasnite šta ste radili u 90% vremena, ne u 10%.
• Izbegnite navoñenje hobija, aktivnosti ili članstva koja nemaju veze sa poslom ili
nemaju važnosti za vaše trenutne ciljeve u karijeri ili poslovne ciljeve.
• Ako pripremate CV za odreñeno radno mesto, objasnite zašto biste bili dobri na
mestu za koje se prijavljujete.

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