Résumé (CV for jobs)Writing Workshop

January 2015

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Résumé vs. CVRésumé• Short version, for job

applications

• Essence of the CV

• Most relevant education, experience and skills to suit the specific position

• Introduced by Cover letter

• „short CV”

Curriculum Vitae• Long version, for

continuing study, scholarship, post-doc

• Academic and work history, publications, conferences, etc.

• Accompanied by Statement of purpose

• „academic CV”

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Europass template

• Standard European document accepted in the EU

• Structured résumé/CV with generally accepted /recommended sections

• Easy to create it (just download the template and fill it in with your own data)

• Standard levels for language skills (from A1-beginner to C2 – proficient)

• Except for EU institutions and some NGOs, only few employers prefer it

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How do recruiters know it?

• you CAN DO the job (competence, experience, hard skills)

• you WANT the job (motivations, interest, passions)

• you FIT in their team (soft skills, personality )

You have about 5 seconds to get the employer’s attention !

Help with a reader-friendly, well-organized resume, with highlights of your background and skills.

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Résumé basic structure1. Contact details

2. Professional Objective / Career profile / Summary of qualifications

3. Education

4. Honors and awards

5. Professional experience

6. Membership /extracurricular activities

7. Skills

8. Personal Interests

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Contact details• Name on the top of the page, instead

‘Curriculum Vitae’ or ‘Resume’

• Permanent address and Temporary (current) address

• Telephone, e-mail

• LinkedIn / portfolio website

• Not necessary: date of birth, place of birth, gender, marital status, religion, etc.

• Photo is optional (difference between the US and Europe)

• Might help: citizenship or nationality

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Professional Objective or Career profile

or Summary of qualifications (opt.)• Type of preferred organizations/sectors (business, non-

profit, think-tank etc.) or type of work

• Skills / competencies you have or you would like to use

• Not longer than max. 2-3 lines

• Directly relevant to the job you are applying toExamples:

• Seeking a position as School Teacher that will utilize my strong

dedication to children’s development and to their educational

needs.

• Skilled in cultivating positive relationships with clients and colleagues.

Fluent in French and English, conversational in Italian.

• Skilled researcher and administrator. Hold MA Degree in Economics

and an MBA Degree. Experienced with a number of

college/university database systems.

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Education• Dates, reverse chronological order

• Specify name, city, country

• Might help: expected year of graduation

• Degree

• Faculty, subjects and courses, only if requested or very relevant

• Study results (GPA, etc.) only if requested, and good enough

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Honors and awards (opt.)

• Scholarships, if obtained in a competitive way

• Dean’s list, prizes, etc.

Example: 2008 CEU Outstanding Academic Achievement Award for the

highest GPA for the year

- Selected as one of 140 participants nationwide for 18-month

professional development based on leadership potential and

academic success

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Professional experience

•Dates, reverse chronological order•Specify name, city, country•Position taken •Measurable achievements – Actions verbs!(conducted surveys with 400 people to determine awarenessfor product, coordinated the communication for teams from 5countries, raised funds of 34.000 USD, optimized the NGO’sreporting system for local authorities, wrote articles for apublication with 10.000 readers, etc.) or•Skills you developed(have been trained for project designing, developednetworking skills while contacting over 100 internationalorganizations etc.) or•Relevant responsibilities(responsible for editing the quarterly alumni e-newsletter, incharge of daily communication with foreign customers,coordinator of awareness raising campaign among youngpeople etc.) 10

Professional experienceProfessional Experience

Think Tank Fund – Open Society Foundations, Budapest, Hungary, 06/2012 - 08/2012

Research traineeship (part-time)

Professional Experience

Jun -Aug

2012Think Tank Fund – Open Society Foundations Budapest, Hungary

Research traineeship (part-time)- Analyzed projects and their outcomes within the European Research Framework

program

- Created a database with projects pertaining to the work of Think Tank Fund.

Introduced pre-defined categories and classified individually supported projects,

resulting in 50% increase in project search speed.

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Membership / extracurricular activities (opt.)

•Professional associations or groups

•Should be relevant for the job

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Skills and personal attributes

• Language skills

• Computer skills

(Examples: MS Office, database designing, experience with social

media platforms, applications for statistics, SPSS, high adaptability in

using new software applications, experience in using equipment for

professional presentations, etc.)

• Personal skills

(Examples: Demonstrated success in preparing accurate and timely

reports for management meetings, sound presentation skills developed

while teaching during summers, creativity and problem solving skills,

mentoring role while working in team, comfortable in leading small and

medium groups, high adaptability in multinational environments, ability

to motivate and energize others, etc)

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Interests/Hobbies (opt.)

• personal interests and career interests• section usually misused

(„reading, traveling, sports”)

• must complete the picture of the „whole person”( Examples: captain of the home town football team for the last 6

years, passion for photography and film making about multiculturalevents in Eastern-Europe, interested in contemporary German artmovies)

• can suggest/strengthen your career objective(Example: interest in lobbying regarding environmental issues in

developing countries, voluntarism � committed person)

• or should be interesting hobbies (icebreaker?)

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