Write a Powerful CV

By Ankur Choudhary

Creating a perfect CV is the first step towards getting a dream job. And recruiters don't have enough time to read your full CV if it doesn't have any special attraction. The "Write a Powerful CV" book is packed with the information to create a powerful CV that will have an attention of the recruiters.
The "Write a Powerful CV" book has information on:
1. Everything about your CV
2. Importance of CV
3. How to Present your CV
4. Content of CV
5. Writing your CV: Step by Step
6. Sections to Include in a CV
7. Sample CVs
8. Most common CV mistakes
9. How to use the Internet in job seeking
10. LinkedIn for jobs
11. Top 10 Interview Questions and their Answers
and more ...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ankur Choudhary
• Release date: Apr 19, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370957798

Ankur Choudhary

Ankur Choudhary is a professional blogger and founder of Pharmaceutical Guidelines (www.pharmaguideline.com) that helps the professional to build their career. After working for nine years on it, he made it world’s best pharmaceutical blog. He has written many articles on different topics those help the professionals to understand different concepts. He has written more than 1500 articles on different topics. He wrote this book on the demand of his followers those need guidance on CV writing and want to write a CV that really works.

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First Edition 2017

ISBN: 9781370957798

Contents

Dedication

About the author

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Is your CV important

Chapter 2: Presentation of your CV

Chapter 3: Content of CV

Chapter 4: Structure of your CV

Chapter 5: CV Header

Chapter 6: Professional Profile

Chapter 7: Objective

Chapter 8: Work Experience

Chapter 9: Educational Qualification

Chapter 10: Professional Skills

Chapter 11: Achievements

Chapter 12: Interests and Activities

Chapter 13: Sample CVs

Chapter 14: The ways to avoid CV mistakes

Chapter 15: How to apply online for a job

Chapter 16: How to use LinkedIn for jobs

Chapter 17: Top 10 Interview Questions and their Answers

Dedication

This book is dedicated to my father who helped me in my whole childhood to understand and learn English language and made me able to write this book. He always gave me freedom to select own path in my life.

About the Author

Ankur Choudhary is a professional blogger and founder of Pharmaceutical Guidelines (www.pharmaguideline.com) that helps the professionals to build their career. After working for nine years on it, he made it world’s best pharmaceutical blog.

He has written many articles on different topics those help the professionals to understand different concepts. He has written more than 1600 articles on different topics.

He wrote this book on the demand of his followers those need guidance on CV writing and want to write a CV that really works.

Acknowledgements

First of all, I want to thank all of my followers who motivated me for writing this book. They sent me their requirements of a book on CV time to time.

Additionally, I want to thank my brother Ashok Kumar for his help in proof reading of this book.

I would also like to thank my wife Sonam Choudhary for her lovely support during my extended working hours.

Finally, a very special thanks goes to my little son Daksh for not disturbing me during my working hours.

Chapter 1

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Is Your CV Important?

Yes, your CV has a great importance in finding a dream job. Do you think that how do some of your friends always get the job of their choice and you remain unable to do so? I have one and only answer that they do so because of their powerful CV that helps them to be selected for an interview. I have seen many CVs those really give better results. Due to this study on different CVs, I am able to create a really fruitful CV.

Meaning of ‘Curriculum Vitae’

Curriculum vitae is not an English word but it is a Latin term that is used to define the history of one’s life. The dictionary defines its meaning as a summary of your academic and work history. Your CV should be written carefully because it presents your talent and can have more possibilities to get the job of your choice. I shall say it a showcase of your talent.

Advantages of a Powerful CV

We have to see the importance of a CV from the perspective of a recruiter or employer. Recruiters receive a lot of CVs every day and generally hundreds for just one vacancy. A lot of recruiters review CVs for a very short time before they select any candidate for the interview. A study says that an employer spends about 7 to 15 seconds to review a CV.

It shows that they don’t read your full CV in their initial review while short listing the candidates. And most of

Reviews for Write a Powerful CV

[Eric and Jess Aguirre · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great review on how to write a CV. Easy to follow