If you would like a few tips that will instantly make your Curriculum vitae look better and help you get a job faster. Remember that your curriculum vitae is not only a tool that helps you to get a job, it is a history of your work and life. Unfortunately, reviewers have very short periods to look through your documents and decide if you are a good candidate or not. Hence, you need to every advantage you can get and that is what this short piece will do for you. Here are the 5 easy steps to make your curriculum vitae look good.

 

1. Keep your Curriculum vitae short

2 pages are considered the ideal length for a good curriculum vitae. While I have seen very long Cvs, some are up to 50 pages. Know that you do not get an advantage for having a long CV. I can assure you that no one wants to read it except you Elon Musk. For the best advantage, Keep it under 2 pages. If you can make your CV a single paged document, that would be just perfect.

 

2. Keep your Curriculum vitae simple

Avoid including crazy designs in your curriculum vitae. Keep the background white and the text black. That is pretty boring and basic but that is effective. You don’t want the reviewers wondering if you are alright. Leave out the pictures and other things that aren’t written and maybe lines.

3. Keep your Curriculum vitae Legible

Keep the texts in your CV legible, that is, easy to read. A good font type to use in your curriculum vitae is the times new roman. Font sizes 12 to 14 are ideal. Avoid using font sizes that are too small to read or unnecessarily large. Maintain a decent margin of about an inch on all sides.

 

4. Keep your Curriculum vitae Outcome-oriented

Outcomes are the results of your work. When you share your work experience, the focus is on identifying the results of your work. Rather than state the activities you performed at your job like, teaching a class or handling correspondences, declare the results such as the pass rate among your students and how your teaching practices improved it or how many correspondences you have handled or an innovation you introduced that improved efficiency in handling correspondences.

 

5. Keep your Curriculum vitae ordered

Use sections to keep your curriculum vitae ordered. Have sections for education, experience, contact information, skills and others. It is easier to navigate your curriculum vitae.

 

Here’s a simple template that will enable you to implement these 5 points with ease. It is FREE. Download and use.