1. Good Practices and Strategies, Examples Doncho Minkov academy.telerik.com Technical Trainer www.minkov.it Telerik Academy

2.  What Is a CV?  Why We Need of a CV?  Why We Need a Good CV?  The Goal  Success strategy  How to Stand Out?  Structure  Questions

4. Summary of skills and experience

5. Not a biography

6. Summary of skills and experience Highlights accomplishments Not a biography

7. Show experience

8. Reflects more than paid work experience Show experience

9. Reflects more than paid work experience Why we are better than the rest Show experience

10. Show our skills and abilities Reflects more than paid work experience Why we are better than the rest Show experience

12. Because of the Recruiters!

13. No time to fully review every CV

15. Review 100 CVs

16. Select only 1 for interview

17. Recruiters spend 20-60 seconds on a CV

18. The first impression The recruiters count most: Finding the correct keywords

20. Sell

21. Inform Sell

22. PersuadeInform Sell

23. PersuadeInform Sell Get an Interview!

25. All you need is a!

27. Be unique

28. What you want next? Be unique

29. What you want next? The point of the CV Be unique

30. What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Be unique

31. What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique

32. What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy

33. What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy

34. What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy Don't copy paste

35. Show creativeness What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy Don't copy paste

36. Show creativeness What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy Don't copy paste Show what you want to show

37. What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy

38. Why you choose this exact job offer? What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy

39. Why you choose this exact job offer? What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy How you plan to develop yourself in the future?

40. What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy

41. What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy Who will read it?

42. What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy The reason you are writing it? Who will read it?

43. What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy The reason you are writing it? What is the position you are applying for?

44. What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy

45. Highlight the relevant things What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy

46. Not all you have done Highlight the relevant things Show what the employer wants to see Or just what you have been paid for What you want next? The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy

47. What you want next The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy

48. Be consistent What you want next The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy

49. Be brief Be consistent What you want next The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy

50. Be brief Be consistent Be Focused What you want next The point of the CV What the employer wants? Good presentation Be unique Success Strategy

51. Make your CV remarkable!

52. Chance of fail first time

53. Take risks Chance of fail first time

54. Use "Trial and Error" methodology Take risks Chance of fail first time

55.  There are some must-have sections in your CV  Personal information  Objective  Previous work experience  Education  Projects developed  E.g. at the university, high school or in free time  Skills and abilities  Other experience  E.g. at the university

56.  Always put it in the top  Include the following  Your name  A photo  Your contacts  Email address  Telephone number  Home address

57. Use a professional photo

58. Don't use Facebook photos! Better no photo at all

59.  Use your personal contacts  Personal email, personal telephone!  Never use work contacts  Be sure to have a good-looking email address  Even if you use it only for job applications  PeterPetrov@, Peter.Petrov@, Asen_Georgiev@  Not emails like:  DestructorMachine@, Svalyacha92@, P373rP37r0v@

60.  The objective should be after the personal information  What you are applying for?  Be descriptive, but be brief  Don't be overdescriptive

61.  Write your previous work experience  Best to order them by date  Explain your duties at this position  Don't be overdescriptive about your managers  Better not to include full names and contacts

62.  Write down all the schools you have gone to  University  High school  It is always better to highlight courses you visited and are relevant to the job offer  Add relevant informal education  E.g. @ Telerik Academy

63.  The best way to show expertise is to show something real  Like projects you have developed  This gives a better impression than just plain words like "I am good at…"  No projects?  Why not start a project, to gain experience?

64.  Write down all your skills and abilities  All of them are important  But some are more important than others  Highlight the skills that are most relevant to the current job description  Just mention the others

65.  If you have any other experience that is relevant to the job offer – show it!

66. 1. Following our guidelines write your CV  Target it to your preferred job position and employer  If you don't have work experience think how you could change this  If you don't have any projects, start a project (e.g. open-source in GitHub or Google Code)  E.g. create your own web site  Find people who can write endorsements for you 66

67. Questions?

68. Thank You!