How to write a Curriculum Vitae

1. How to write a Curriculum Vitae Milly Grillone FAO Junior Consultant Damascus, 19/10/2003

2. Step by step • MS Word • New Document • General Templates • Other Documents • Resume Wizard

3. Main Sections *Doc1 2. Education University Degrees 3. Work Experience • Reverse date order • Topic Order 4. Skills • Proficiency in Foreign Languages • Familiarity with Computer Packages 5. Interests 6.Referees 1. Personal data Photo (optional) Name Surname Address Phone number Email Date of birth Nationality Sex Actual Position (either here or in the section “professional experience”/”work experience”)

4. Some tips • Use positive language • As well as listing facts, consider adding some comments and interpretation • Your most relevant experiences/skills should be prominent, i.e. on the first page. • The amount of space you devote to a topic indicates the weight you want the reader to give to it • Your CV should look neat and tidy with all the information easy to find • Use the tab key (rather than the space bar) to indent information

5. The First Page:Summary of Professional History * Doc 5 Together with your personal data the first page may comprised the following: • A descriptive profile of your professional designation, backed up by key features of your professional self • Key Skills integrated in the summary or listed as bullet points. This will include not only your formal training but also workplace acumen (i.e. proven skilful negotiator) • Recent job experience which would be basic details of your most recent, or most important role so far. Include your job title, the name of company and date of commencement. Add a description of key responsibilities, tasks and achievements in the role

6. The Second Page • Secondary work experience and qualifications • Interests • Referees • Publications

7. CV Formats • Chronological CVs Doc 2 • Functional or skills CVs • Experience by geographical area Doc 3 e 4 • Experience by topic Doc 6