Career Preparation - Batch 10 Week 1

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Crafting The

Right CV For
The Job

Dinar Syarita Bakti


HR Practitioner & Content Creator
What is CV and resume?

Introduction to ATS (Applicant Tracking System)

Building ATS friendly CV

Building personalized CV

Today's
Agenda
Building creative CV and portfolio

LinkedIn job and how to optimize your profile


Let's do this!
Candidate submits application
(CV & Cover Letter)

CV screening

HR Interview

General
Recruitment User Interview

Process Job Offering

Onboarding
CV stands for
Resume Curriculum Vitae

Emphasize skills. Emphasizes academic


Used when applying for a position accomplishments.
in industry. Used when applying for positions
Is no longer than 2 pages. in academia.
Lead with work experience, Length depends upon experience.
depending upon qualifications. Lead with education, and
publication that related to
education.
In United States,
Applying for job: send Resume.
Applying for academia, fellowship,
scholarship: send CV.

In Indonesia, you can send resume or CV, it


means the same thing.
Your CV
your adventure

WHO are you? HOW did you get to this stage? WHY are you fit for this
position?
Name Education background
Date of Birth Working experience Skill and abilities
Domicile Achievement(s)
Contacts Portfolio
Social Media(s)
WHO are you?

Basic things that matters.


Nickname
Year of birth
Where do you live currently
Sync active numbers
Social media means “LinkedIn”

HOW did you get to this stage?

Education Background

Your CV Starting with your most recent one


Formal and informal

your adventure Working Experience


Starting with your most recent one

(2) Project based, internship, part time, full time


Job description
Your CV
your adventure (3)

Skill & Abilities Achievement Portfolio

Skill: learned behaviour Mastery Working portfolio


Abilities: natural or inbuilt Performance Display, Showcase, or Best
Social Works
Extrinsic Assessment
Formal Creative

Formal photo Expressive photo


Simple design Attractive design
Plain colors Showing your true colors and
Compact personal characteristics
Detailed sentence and wording Expose your creativity
Qualified for specific roles
Don't do this to
your CV

Typo
Unique but not professional email, ex:
[email protected]
[email protected] Too short
Explain your
education
background
Explain your working
Chaos timeline Forget to put your contacts experience
Starting with your current Phone number
or most recent position Email
What is ATS?
Applicant Tracking System
Software application that enables the electronic handling
of recruitment and hiring needs.

Technical Attention
Font standard 11 (Arial, Helvetica, Times New Roman)
More text, less visual (ATS can’t read tables and graphic)
Simple design
Save on Word document, specifically a .doc or .docx file
Spell out abbreviations, example: SEO (Search Engine Optimization), MBA
(Master of Business Administration), etc.
Do this Do NOT do this
for your CV ATS friendly for your CV ATS friendly

Do include the right words


Read the job description and inquiries
ATS can't read visual
carefully
Connect it with your experience, skill Photo
and abilities Graphic
Choose between these two: docx, pdf
Icon
Use this type of font
Helvetica Table
Arial Diagram
Georgia Apply for couple of position in the same
Cambria
Lato company
Calibri
Does HR only need 6
seconds to read my CV?
Yes, and no.
Let’s focus on “how to get the HR attention.”

Summary Profile
Short introduction in your CV
Highlight your experience
Highlight your skills
Highlight your characteristics
Highlight your achievements
Use good copywriting skills
Check the job advertisement for inspiration
for Internship Program

“I am a final year student majoring in


Psychology Universitas Tarumanagara (no
classes to attend), want to be a person who has
a fantastic experience with highly enthusiastic,
initiative about everything, and of course ready
to work with team.”

for Full Time Job

“I'm an experienced Digital Strategic Planner, highly

Summary skilled in Digital Marketing, especially in Social Media


Marketing, Google Advertising, and Influencer

Profile
Marketing. Fully experienced in creating, running, and
monitoring digital campaigns and activation. Also
passionate about creating offline activation and offline

Example event.”
Connecting with People

You can be connected with everyone ( like Facebook)


You can get lots of information regarding the career
you're trying to pursue (Instagram, Twitter, Quora)

Optimize Your
You can learn something new (YouTube)

Social Media LinkedIn Jobs feature

Free
LinkedIn job has its own ATS system
Easy Apply feature

FUN FACT

35% of professionals say they secured their current or


most recent job through a professional connection.
Template You Can Use Freely

CV ATS friendly Template

Cover Letter Template English Version

Cover Letter Template Bahasa Indonesia

LinkedIn Send Connection Template

LinkedIn Thank You Template


Thank You

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