Graduate Student Blog

Your CV produces the first impression on your future employee and it’s really important to make a good CV. It is CV that makes the fisrt impression about you when you apply for a job. If your CV isn’t well and accurately organised you may lose your chance.

The Format of the VC

Performance CV and Graduate CV differ greatly in their structure. Different things are emphasized in these two types of the CV.

As you know first you should write your profile, your achievements, career, education and personal additional information. It is intended to hightlight your achievement in the career and all your responsibilities. The most important details are the names of the job performed and the names of the emploees.
If you are a graduate this kind of CV can frighten you as you won’t be sure that your studies are enough to get a good job.

In your CV you should emphasize your achievements and ypur profile. You should arrange your CV so that these sections were one third down the top of the page where usually the human eye falls.

Why Can You Use the Same Format?

1. It is the most convenient forma for the employee to seek the necessary information.
2. You should write the the section of Education further down as the names of qualifications are similar and you can not impress your emploee with it as there are a lot of student who have the same qualification.

Profile

In this section you have to formulate what you want to offer the employee. It is advisable to highlight the skills acquired at the University which will be used by the emploee in different ways. You should exmplify your experience, travel and educational achievements. The proof of your knowledge and skills shouls be included in this section. The employee should understand that your skills are important for the company and for the job itself.