How To Compose A Winning Resume If you are used to applying for jobs or even very short term contracts

like tran slation jobs, you will undoubtedly be aware of having to write a resume, which i s also known as a curriculum vitae (CV). Numerous people have a hard time with c omposing their CV and this is not surprising because there are numerous differen t methods of writing one. In this piece, we will take a look at writing a CV All we workers have a history. We all went to school and we all have had work, t he difference being how long we went to school, how long we have been working an d what we have been working at. The art of writing a winning CV is how best to p resent that history so that you put yourself in the best possible light without misrepresenting yourself. The first thing to do, even before you begin searching for a job, is to write do wn everything you have done of any importance in the best date order that you ca n remember. This is naturally easier for some than for others but it is importan t to get the time line as accurate as possible, because future mistakes might be interpreted by prospective employers as lies and that is the last thing that yo u need. Now you can begin looking for work, although you have not written your CV yet. B ut you are ready to. The point is, you cannot write a good CV unless you know wh o is going to be reading it. Your CV is the story of your working and educationa l life and you cannot compose a good one until you know who your target audience is. You would not write a steamy novel for kids and you would not write a fairytale for adults. Strive to look at it from the employer's point of view. If you are 4 5 years old, most employers would think it immaterial that you went grape pickin g in France in the summer when you were 16. However, it may not be inappropriate if you were demonstrating a longterm knowle dge of the French language so that you could get a job as a translator. Likewise , it is better for a young person to put that fact in than an older person, beca use it depicts a willingness to work on behalf of the younger person. They say that there are about 28 people applying for every job in the UK now and I bet it is much more if the career is a decent one, so you can imagine the bos s sitting there, the phone ringing every ten minutes, people putting questions, routine tasks requiring to be done AND he or she is short staffed (hence the vac ancy) AND there is a stack of job application forms (CV's) to read through. You want yours to stand out for the right reasons. You want the boss to be able to scan down the page and think that was clear and easy. Luckily, the days are g one when handwriting was an an issue, although for some jobs an extremely well h and-written CV would still be very impressive, but I have not seen exquisite han d-writing for years, so stick with the word-processor. A very short covering letter should introduce your CV, just to make it clear wha t you are applying for. I would attach that to the CV with a paper clip, so that it can be easily thrown away. Then the CV: Name Address Tel No Email Relevant Qualifications:

Previous Job Experience: Leave white space to render the page easily readable, perhaps one blank line bet ween data in a section and two between sections. Use a clear font of readable si ze (10-12). I like 12 because I am able to read it without my spectacles.. Start qualifications with the highest most relevant and experience from the last posi tion and work down. Strive to put everything on one page, but do not cheat to do it by squashing lin es up and reducing the font. Try not to make the boss curse you before you have even met each other! Owen Jones, the writer of this piece writes on quite a lot of topics, but is at present involved with <a href="http://realtranslatorjobsadvice.com/professionaltranslation-services.html">Professional Translation Services</a>. If you want to know more go to our web site at <a href="http://realtranslatorjobsadvice.com">R eal Translator Jobs Advice</a>.