1. How to Prepare Your CV Richard Gordon
Firstly, welcome to the team and wider business, for some of you, you may not be aware that esg Saudi Arabia, LLC is part of a much larger group, Interserve. In today’s workshop, I want to set out, who we are, the wider business that we belong too and our Local Corporate Induction, in preparation for some, your return to the business following the summer, for others, the start of your employment journey with the team.
This particular session, should take around half a day and there will be a comfort break between.
Before we get started, I wanted to run through some housekeeping rules:
There are no practice fire alarms planned for today
Could I request that all mobiles are turned onto silent.
There will be an opportunity for questions at the end, if you want to note these down, we can cover them off towards the end of the presentation.
Richard Gordon

2. What Does CV Stands for? Curriculum Vitae.
It’s an overview of a person’s education , work experience, qualification and skills, awards and other relevant information to the job you are applying for.
Introduce self. Explain job role, length of service with ILE. Ask each in attendance to do the same. Explore responses.

3. How to write your CV or Resume?
Great Tip: Match your CV to the position you are applying for.
Highlight education, work experience, skills as they relate to a particular industry.
Example:
Applying for a teaching position? Focus on your teaching skills and experience.

4. 1.CV Objective: What does the word “Objective” mean?
What is your goal for applying for a job?
Fantastic education background and skills + poor cv objective = NOT MOVING TO THE INTERVIEW STAGE. Why?
Catch the employer’s attention

5. What A Good Objective Should Look Like?
Should be short
Reflects what you already have achieved
How you are a perfect match for the offered position

6. Because employers care about what they want
Because employers care about what they want. Then you should make sure that you are a perfect match to the position.
An Unprofessional Example: Want fun, stimulating job that pays me a mountain of money every month and fifty days of paid vacation. And a gym membership .And a personal assistant who follow you around and get you coffee
You need to showcase yourself to the employers.
You need to re-tailor it a little bit whenever you apply for a different job.

7. Good examples:
Experienced chef interested in becoming a zoo keeper. Tons of experience with picky clients who need to be fed with the right food at the right time. Want to apply my patience and understanding of complicated clients to taking care of angry lions at the Zoo
Professional Dietician and Caterer with 6+ years in the foodservice industry. Highly innovative and efficient at building and maintaining client relationships. Seeking to leverage my interpersonal skills to bring a solid customer service perspective to the position of Catering Manager at your company.

8. An IT System Support fresh graduate with a Diploma of 3. 39/4 GPA
An IT System Support fresh graduate with a Diploma of 3.39/4 GPA. Possesses problem-solving and critical thinking skills wants to apply my skills and knowledge to contribute in supporting the company system as well as growing within the company itself.

9. 2.Education:
Add your most recent degree, include your GPA and graduation dates.

10. 3.Work experience: Add your most recent work title and date.
Include work achievements that are related to the position that you are applying to.

11. 4.Awards and certifications
Include the period you were awarded at with mentioning what was it for
workshops and courses

12. 5.Skills:
Include your skills in this section (skills are relevant to the desired position)
Awesome Tips:
Check the skills mentioned in the job description section or qualifications and look for the targeted skills wanted by the company.
Choose the ones that you have
Make sure to highlight it!

13. 6.Refrences:
Contact details of one or two people know you well and you worked for.

14. A Cover Letter:
A one page document that explains to the hiring manager why you are the perfect candidate for this job.
Tips for a good Cover Letter:
Show the hiring managers that you are interested and committed to the job.
Give them an idea about you.(mention developed characters)
It’s your chance to market yourself through emphasizing a specific skill and tell a related story.

15. HOMEWORK: Using the CV template on the blog, create your own CV and send it to

16. REFRENCES:
+20 Resume Objective Examples - Use Them On Your Resume (Tips). (n.d.). Retrieved from
100+ Free Professional Cover Letter Examples. (2017, November 5). Retrieved from
What's the Difference Between a Resume and a Curriculum Vitae? (2017, June 22). Retrieved from