- "You have 10 seconds to impress the CV Reviewer" -> They're just going to scan it: So make sure the good stuff is at the top.
- Skills that the job posting describes... -> Should be what you're CV contains
- Personal Info (Name, Phone, Email, LinkedIn, GitHub, Website -> Skills/Interests -> Education -> Work Experience -> projects -> Leadership/Activities/Interests
- Context:
- Summarise the experience and what was the situation?
- Action:
- More detail -> What did you contribute? Concrete examples Action Verbs "Developed" "Led" "increased" "completed" "presented"
- Result:
- What was outcome? Include stats or concrete skills gained or achievements as a result
- Anything can be relevant!
- Work Experience | Self-Project | Hackathon | University/School Coursework
- As long as you can describe the tech you worked with in detail, and the result of that work.
- Work Experience | Self-Project | Hackathon | University/School Coursework
- Highlight the skills/technologies you have worked with. "Successfully implemented Python Flask application...."
- Start bullet points with "action words"
- "Collaborated" -> "Developed" -> "Presented" -> "Led"
- Avoid repetition