WORKSHOP ON

HOW TO WRITE
CV, Resume and Bio Data
Facilitated by
Pramod Acharya
Presidential College, Kathmandu
Expectation from this workshop?
Methods to introduce in Professional Environment

 Introduction Exercise
 How to you introduce yourself?

 Your introduction should tell people who you are and it should encourage people
to engage with you.
 You need to sell yourself and feel confident while doing so because this will put
others at ease.
 When introducing yourself, apart from your name you should consider including:
 your role or title
 your business, trade, or industry
 a brief description of your business
 a 'memory hook' (quick, ear-catching phrase that people are likely to remember)
 a benefit statement of one particular product or service you offer.
 Professional Introduction

 Face to face interaction/meeting

 Professional reference
 CV, Bio-data or Resume
Are you applying for a What are you submitting
job, higher education, for conveying your
research ? professional image?

CV, Resume or Bio- data?

Do you really feel same?

But, It’s Not !
What is Curriculum Vitae, Resume and Bio Data ?

Concise
 Curriculum Vitae

 Related with education and life i.e. General talent

 Involves information in detailed than resume
 List out skills, degree, jobs and professionals are gained consecutively
 Ideal option for professional people for looking for career change and those
applying for academic positions
 How to write CV heading ?
 Do not use ‘CV’, ‘Curriculum Vitae’ or ‘Confidential’ as a heading
 Write your name in bold
 Size: 20 points
 Centered on the page
 Should not be in capitals
 Do not write your full birth certificate name
 Do not use nicknames on your CV
 Basic Structure of CV

 Name Address
 Contact Details
 Career Objective
 Educational Qualification
 Awards if any
 Skills Set and personal attributes
 Experience/Employment History
 Voluntary work if any
 Extra Curricular activities, interest, and hobbies
 Reference
 CV

Do’s
 Construct your CV with your prospective employer in mind.
 Tailor your CV to the job
 Make your CV clear, neat and tidy
 View your experience in a positive light.
 Place the important information up-front
 Put your name and email address on every page
 Use positive language.
 Quote concrete outcomes to support your claims.
 Make use of the internet for sample CVs and CV templates - t
 CV

Don’t
 Hand-write or type your CV, Tailor your CV to the job
 Include information which may be viewed negatively
 Include anything that might discriminate against you
 Include salary information and expectations
 Make your CV more than two pages long
 Dilute your important messages
 Use jargon, acronyms, technical terms
 Lie
 Include a photo unless requested.
 Resume

 Consist of summary of one’s education, employment and other skills which

are used in applying for new position
 Focuses more on job profile as compared with educational background
and other skills
 Details are mentioned to the bullets and written in third person language to
make it more formal
 Basic Structure of Resume

 Contact Information
 Strong Summary Statement
 Key Words
 Job History
 Education
 Steps to writing successful resume

 Know your job

 Lists of keywords
 Appropriate formats
 Proper header
 Job Objective
 Summary of Qualification and work experience
 Achievement Statement
 Use Good grammer
 Resume
Do’s
 Customize your resume every time
 Highlight your achievements
 Note your accomplishments
 Proofread and proofread again
 Give a heads up to your references
 Keep it updated
 Resume
Don’t
 Misrepresent your education or job experience
 Give reasons for leaving each job.
 Get too personal
 State "References available upon request.
 Worry about using exact dates
 Experiment with a crazy format.
 Use your company phone number or email address
 Include your high school education if you're a college graduate.
 Include your college GPA
 List past salary information. 
 Bio data

 Old Fashioned terminology for CV and Resume which means biographical

Data
 Emphasize on personal details like name, date of birth, gender, marital
status, nationality, color , religion, height weight etc.
 Generally used while applying for a government jobs, research grants and
marriage proposals (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka etc)
 Basic Structure of Bio data

 Personal information (Name, age, gender, marital status, religion, height,

father’s name )
 Educational Background
 Work experience record
 Interest and hobbies
 Bio data

Do’s
 Cut out all the irrelevant and lengthy information
 Make brief and simple
 Focus on personal details and purpose of Bio data
 Bio data

Don’t
 Uses of personal pronouns
 Include lengthy information's
 Make colorful
How to write ?

 Group Exercise…
 Share learning
 Take away from this Workshop

 Closing remarks
Thank you