Ideal CV/Resume
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- Baskerville0
how about you do a search for 'cv' and read what's there. There's a thread called 'cv tips' here's my post from it on what to include in a cv:
I'd advise you to keep it really simple.
Just good typesetting, typography.
It should all fit on one page unless you are about 50.only put key information on there, and don't have a really long personal bio section.
You should include:
Name
Phone/email/website
Educational background/qualifica tions
Work experience/past employment
details of any published work or awards.
Small bio/personal section (one para max)
maybe a client list.
also maybe a technical skills section if you're a web/programmy type person. But I wouldn't write a list of applications you know, it always makes me think that people aren't open to learning new apps.
I definitely wouldn't over design your cv (unless you're straight out of college) because a potential employer just wants to see who you are/what you've done. It should be the content of the CV that impresses them, not the design.
Imagine if you overdesign the CV and they hate it from the off, you're screwed.
Simple, clean organised, check all spelling and type styling, 1 page, done.