What is the basic information a CV must contain to be judged a winning CV? To answer this question you must have one thing in mind; the employer has hundreds if not thousands of other CVs like yours to scan through in less than one minute for each. So, your CV should be tailored to the recruiting officer’s need, as such must be highly captivating. Your must be able to capture his attention if you hope to exceed the first stage of the job selection process.

What Are The Basic Contents?  

Heading – This should be your name instead of Curriculum Vitae as most applicants are used to.
Your address- Which should be traceable (NOT P.O. Box) as most employers reject such CVs automatically.

Career Objectives- This should be applied precisely to the position advertised. So do some digging into the organization before writing this. Your career objectives should be tailored to suite the company’s objectives (mission and vision)
E.g. To provide leading edge services that will add value to my organization’s corporate goals, with undiluted passion for excellence.

Education- List all academic degrees beginning with the degree in progress or most recently obtained. Include name of institution, city and state, degree type (B.A, B. Sc, MA, MBA etc), area of concentration, month and year degree was (or will be) awarded.
If you are an undergraduate and your GPA is 3.5 and above, it will be appropriate to include it.

Certifications- List all relevant certificates and the year you received them e.g. ICAN, Oracle certified etc.

Relevant experience- List positions (part-time, full-time, volunteer, temporary, and permanent) related to the type of job sought: include department; organization complete name, city, state, and job titles/positions and dates.

HOT TIP: Also include a brief description of your activities/duties using strong action verbs such as developed, achieved, encountered etc

Other experiences- You can also group other experiences not related to the job you are applying for in order to enhance your chances. They may be broken down into other categories such as; Teaching, Counseling, Administration, internship, community services etc

Professional memberships- This also enhances your chances of being short listed. WHY? Because it proves your professional inclination. It could be a national, regional, state, or local professional organization.
Take note! Student membership in professional associations is highly looked out for by employers.

Others include- Honors and awards, publications, hobbies (relevant to the job applied), Recent or current research, presentations, grants received.

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