2. WHAT IS A CV?
What is the purpose of a CV?
• To inform the employer about your education, work experience, skills and interests
• To ‘sell’ these qualities and to persuade the employer to invite you to interview
3. MATCHING UP YOUR CV WITH THE POSITION/COMPANY
• It is not ‘one size fits all’, you need to tailor your CV to each position you apply for.
• Research the company. Do they have a mission statement or core values? What will they be
looking for in you? Who works there at the moment? What are they passionate about?
4. PROVING YOUR ABILITY
• There are four main things employers will look at in CV’s:
• Education - ability to think clearly, analyze and assess information, draw conclusions, work independently, research
• Work experience - ability to get on with people, work under pressure, meet deadlines
• Leisure interests - ability to plan and organize, co-operate with others, compete, lead, work hard to achieve results
• Specific skills – e.g. Driving license, computer skills, foreign languages, artistic skills
5. PERSONAL DETAILS
• Name (as a heading rather than ‘CV’)
• Website/online portfolio/CV
• Address (term-time and home)
• Telephone number
• Email address
• Make sure this is a professional email address
• The following are not requirements:
• Nationality
• Gender
• Date of birth
6. EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
• Start with the most recent
• Don’t forget your current study
• Mention relevant modules
• You might like to mention top marks
• You don’t have to put your grades on if you weren’t happy with them
• Include the years of study
• Primary school not needed
7.
8. WORK EXPERIENCE
• There is no need to list every job you’ve ever had – detail the most relevant
• Don’t just list your duties – sell your skills. Which skills are relevant to the position/company you
are applying to?
• Dates, name of company, position and skills
9. What examples can you give from your work experience?
If you have no paid work experience, give examples from voluntary work or from your course
10. INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES
Choose interests and activities which can demonstrate skills relevant to the job such as:
• Teamwork
• Organizing
• Commitment
• Your intellectual abilities
• Your personality
• Your artistic ability
11. PRESENTATION OF YOUR CV
• The first visual impression of your CV is important
• For standard CVS, use plain white A4 paper
• Do not double side
• Keep your CV to two sides of paper
• Check your spelling
• Use bullet points and bold font but in moderation
12. PRESENTATION OF YOUR CV
• Formatting – make sure it’s consistent
• Size 10-12 font (depending on font style)
• Clear font e.g. Arial, Calibri
• Focus on accomplishments
• Target your CV to that job/company
• Use short, concise sentences
• Consider your audience
13. DON'TS
• Do it in a rush.
• Leave gaps in employment.
• Lie.
• Include irrelevant personal details such as marital status.
• Simply write a list of duties under work experience (remember you are selling yourself!).
• Use flashy or large font.
• There is no single way to write a cv. It is your document and can be structured and presented as you
wish within a basic framework.
• The important thing to remember is that this is the first impression an employer will have of you. It is
your marketing brochure through which you are trying to sell yourself.
16. GD-OBJECTIVES
• For entry level candidates
• To apply my creative designing skills to gain experience through an internship position in the field of graphic designing.
• To utilize my creative soul with the ability to think outside the box to obtain full-time employment in the graphic design
industry.
• To make use of my design skills with a strong focus on typography and layout as a graphic design intern at homescout
realty.
For experienced candidates
• Seeking a graphic designer position at the coco channel utilizing creative flair and the ability to understand the latest
trends in order to provide the company with excellence in design services
• Looking for a graphic design specialist position at the obscure designs employing skills in digital media design and
animation in order to provide the company’s clients with excellent graphical solutions
• To work for tenant company as a graphic designer utilizing skills in adobe photoshop, indesign, illustrator and dream
weaver along with the artistic qualities
17. LIST OF SKILLS FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN
1. Design Skills: Using basic design elements (point, line, plane,
shape, form, space and texture) and basic design concepts (balance,
unity, variety, rhythm, harmony, contrast, dominance, movement,
and appropriateness) to organize and convey information.
Interactive Designers must demonstrate strong design skills.
2. Art Skills: Employing color-theory, drawing, painting and/or
mixed media techniques to create imagery. Illustrative Information
Designers must demonstrate strong art skills.
3. Conceptual Skills: Developing and analyzing ideas by conducting
research and brainstorming to ensure design outcomes meet
specific objectives. Persuasive Advertising and Brand Designers and
Packaging Designers must demonstrate strong conceptual skills.
4. Process Skills: Following the standard steps involved to bring a
project to completion (research, sketches, digital comps, final
solution – as well as professional communication with clients
and/or employers).
Typography Skills: Selecting, combining and setting type effectively
in design layouts under a variety of conditions. Publication
Designers must demonstrate strong typography skills.
6. Software Skills: Adjusting and creating raster graphics/images in
Adobe Photoshop, vector graphics/images in Adobe Illustrator and
combining elements with type in page layout in Adobe InDesign.
Production Artists must demonstrate strong software skills.
7. Production Skills: Understanding the requirements and
considerations for various output options for print (including
packaging) and screen. Production Artists must demonstrate strong
production skills.
18.
19. FD/TD- OBJECTIVES
• Seeking a position as a fashion designer with fashion concepts utilizing excellence in producing concepts and
implementing them in the form of designs
• Looking for a position as a fashion designer with cool fashionista where i may use my creativity in order to blend pattern,
color and texture to bring out unique designs
• To obtain a position as a fashion designer with obscure designs using quality in innovative design to add to the company’s
professional base
• Desire a position as a fashion designer with nakashara. Offering brilliance in creating designs for both ready to wear
clothes and accessories
• To work for hotside as a fashion designer making the most of creative skills in analyzing trends in fabrics and colors and
putting them to use in practical terms
20. LIST OF SKILLS FOR FASHION DESIGNER/TD
• Creating fashion and style designs
• Designing and arranging objects
• Operating computers to lay out designs and colors
• Sketching original designs for materials and products
• Working as a member of a design team
• Drawing
• - Embroidery- Needle, Tambar, Machine
• - Hand Beading Embellishment
• - Print design
• - Fashion illustration
• - Advance CAD – Photoshop, illustrator, InDesign
• - Silk Screen Printing
• - Digital Printing
• - Placement Prints
• - Garment Construction
• - Laying and cutting fabric
• Complex problem solving
• Coordination
• Instructing
• Judgment and decision making
• Management of personnel resources
• Negotiation
• Operations analysis
• Persuasion
• Service orientation
• Social perceptiveness
• Systems analysis
• Systems evaluation
• Time management
21.
22. ID-OBJECTIVES
• Seeking an interior designer position at obscure designs where I may be able to apply my creative energy in order to
meet project goals regarding excellence in design and execution
• Looking for a position of interior designer with go for designs using proficiency in 3-D programs along with strong interior
designing ideas
• To work for designs are us as an interior designer where I can use my outstanding graphic presentation skills in order to
manage interior projects for the company
• To add value to the ABC organization as an interior designer utilizing creativity and promoting and maintaining the
highest level professionalism
• Desire a position as an interior design. Offering excellence in design strategies along with a keen sense of elemental
colors and schemes
• To obtain an interior designer position with coco’s where I can apply my strong knowledge of design processes and above
part presentation skills
23. LIST OF SKILLS FOR INTERIOR DESIGN
Active Listening
Architecture
Adaptability
Administration
Artistic
Attention to Detail
Blueprints
Budgeting
Building Codes
Commercial
Computer Aided Design
(CAD)
Client Communications
Client Relations
Color
Commercially Minded
Communication
Computer Construction
Concepts
Contractor Relations
Corporate
Creativity
Customer Needs
Assessment
Customer Relations
Customer Service
Decorating
Developments
Dependability
Design
Design Criteria
Design Documents
Design Proposals
Documentation
Drafting
Drawings
Environmental Codes
Fabrics
Finish
Fixtures
Flexibility
Floor Plans
Furniture
Graphics
Graphic Programs
Hospitality
Independence
Illustration
Innovation
Interpersonal
Integrity
Lighting
Materials
Marketing
Methodical
Models
MS Office
Multi-Tasking
Negotiating Fees
Office Design
Organization
Painting
Personal Service
Planning
Positive Attitude
Problem Solving
Programming
Project Management
Project Scheduling
Proposals
Reading Comprehension
Redesign
Renderings
Renovations
Repair
Residential
Retails
Sales
Service Orientation
Sketching
Social Perceptiveness
Software
Space Planning
Specifications
Speaking
Style
Teamwork
Technical
Technical Details
Tool Savvy
Trends
Trouble Shooting
Use of Design Software
Vendor Relations
Verbal Communications
Window Treatments
Written Communications
26. SAMPLE(PUTYOURINFO)
Name
PROFILE I see myself as a creative, enthusiastic and communicative individual. Almost at the beginning of my career, I am seeking a
workplace where I can demonstrate my creativity; introduce innovative ideas in interesting and challenging world of Business
Development. I look forward to become an integral member of multicultural team that is empowered enough to take the
organization to the new heights of success.
WORK EXPERIENCE December 2012- June 2014
Management Trainee – Business Development and Admission
Institute of Art, Design and Management
EDUCATION M.S.C in Applied Psychology – 2013- 2014
Punjab University
Bachelors in Applied Psychology – 2010 -2012
Punjab University
B.A (Hons) Management- Top Up Year
Warnborough College, Ireland
Higher National Diploma - Management
London Board – Edexcel UK Sep 2010 -Sep 2013
FSC – Pre- medical
BISE Lahore – 2008- 2010
Matriculation (Science) (2008)
BISE Lahore
ACADEMIC AHIEVEMENTS 18 Distinctions out of 18 in National Diploma
Scored 4.0 GPA in All Top Up year
COMPUTER COMPITENCIES • Ms Front Page
Ms Word
Ms Excel
Ms Power Point
LANGUAGE SKILLS English, Urdu, Punjabi
OTHER INTERESTS Reading, Travelling, Music, Internet surfing.
CONTACT DETAILS Adress
Phone: (Mob), 0324-00000000 E-mail: teez.ali@hotmail.com
References Will be furnished on request
