Sample
CV – 1
Name
Address
E-Mail Id
Contact No.
Objective: Your objective should fit into the purpose of the opening notified or the general requirements a company
looks for. It should not be too broad and vague.
Executive Summary
If you are a fresher, focus on your qualification, grades and achievements during your student life.
If you are an experienced candidate, focus on your work experience and the skills you have acquired during
your employment.
If you have any expertise on any software packages which can be useful for the company, its a good place
in your CV to mention about it.
If you have any other skills which you think would impress your prospective employer, its a good place to
mention them. They will catch the employers attention fast.
In this section of CV you can also mention about your travel with in or outside the country which added value
to your last company.
Work Experience
Working as "designation" for "company's name" since "month and year"
Job responsibilities
Mention about your key responsibilities in this section of CV in bullets.
Do not make it an endless paragraph.
Use professional words.
Write about the skills you have acquired during this assignment.
Worked as "designation" for "company's name" from "starting month and year" to "ending month and year".
Job responsibilities
Proceed like last description
Achievements
Your achievements during the professional or the student life can be mentioned here.
If you have received any recognition at work, it can be mentioned in this part of your CV.
Extra Curricular Activities
The activities in this section show a facet of your personality.
Activities you used to participate in during your student life and still continuing can find a place here.
Hobbies
Activities that you do during your free time.
Personal Information
Date of Birth
Nationality
Languages known
References
You can provide them when asked.
Provide one reference from your professional life and one from your personal life.
Sample CV - 2
Name:
Address:
Contact No.:
E-mail:
Career Summary
• Develop it as a short paragraph of approximately 50-60 words.
• Write about your career aspirations and what you have to offer to the market.
• Your career summary should cover your skills, attitude, knowledge and work experience.
• Write your career summary in third person singular. Draft and re-draft it.
• Your career summary should be supported with the CV content.
• Write your career summary in such a way that the interviewer should be able to get a gist of your career in 30
seconds and shortlists you for the interview.
Key Skills
• Develop this section in the bulleted format, to make your CV user friendly.
• Write about the key skills you have gained during your last employments. Focus on the skills relevant to the position
you are apply to.
• Mention some figures which can impress the selectors and they shortlist your CV for an interview.
• Any special out of work activity can also find a place in this section of CV. This activity demonstrates a facet of your
personality.
Achievements
• Write this section also in a bulleted format. It makes your CV user friendly.
• The achievements should be listed in the rank of priority.
• Try to relate your achievements with some figures
• The achievements section of your CV aims at telling the prospective employer, “This is what I did for my last
employer, I can do it for you also”
Interests
• This is a good place in CV to write about your interests out of work.
• Write them in bullets.
• They throw a light on the different facets of your personality
Work Experience
• Write this section of your CV also in bullets
• Designation, company name followed by duration for example:
Marketing Manager April 2000 to Oct 2001
XYZ company
• Job responsibilities below the position details. They can be mentioned as bullets or as interesting prose.
Educational Qualification
• Write this section of your CV also in bullets
• If your qualification required for this role is lesser than what is actually expected but you have a good work
experience and knowledge about your area of work, do not focus your CV on the qualifications.
Personal Details
Date of Birth
Languages Known
Marital status
