1.- What to say. Writing a CV.

Have you ever applied for a job? Have you written your curriculum vitae?

A CV (or résumé in the USA) is a one or two page summary of your personal details, such as education, skills, achievements, work experience and interests. Your CV's purpose is to get an interview where you can sell yourself. A successful CV should be simple, concise and easy to read. It should be written with the prospective job in mind.

A CV should include:

• PERSONAL DETAILS:

  Name, address, telephone, email, date of birth, nationality...

• PERSONAL STATEMENT:

  A brief summary of your status and personality, relevant to the job you are applying for.

• EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

  Including dates and places.

• WORK EXPERIENCE:

  Including detailed data relevant to the job you are applying for

• LANGUAGES::

  Specify your command of languages: level, certification, etc.

• INTERESTS AND HOBBIES

• OTHER INFORMATION:

Any other information that has not been included before and can be relevant for the job i.e.: driving licence, own car, computer skills...

• REFERENCES/REFEREES:

  Two people that know you professionally so that they can give reference about your work when asked; you should provide as much information as possible about them (email, telephone, work address, etc) so that your future employer can contact them easily.