How To Write The Perfect CV

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Club
Career planning for graduates
How to write the perfect CV
Mark Lamerton
1. Graduate in Business Studies and

Management Accounting
2. Background in management consulting
(Hitachi Consulting)
3. 18 years in Asia – Japan, Thailand and Vietnam
4. HR training manager for Technip Engineering
5. IELTS trainer for KTDC Group
Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Speaking practice – work and
careers
3. Describe yourself using adjectives of
personality
4. Class interviews – strengths and
weaknesses
5. Personal Profile Builder
6. CV Builder
7. The perfect cover Letter
8. Job interviews
Speaking practice –
work and careers
1. Describe your ideal job.
2. What do your parents do?
3. Describe somebody you admire
in business.
4. How do you think working life
has changed in Vietnam in the
last ten years?
5. What job opportunities are
available for young people in
Vietnam these days?
Describe yourself
using adjectives of
personality
Funny Shy Confident Angry Happy
humorous reserved ambitious aggressive charming
bad
witty introverted self-confident tempered cheerful
funny quiet self-assured moody vivacious
hilarious sensitive extroverted irritable lively
amusing conservative adventurous short-fused
hysterical timid arrogant abrupt
Helpful Honest Kind Intelligent Stupid
considerate straightforward gentle clever immature
supportive frank calm bright silly
sympathetic reliable generous mature dumb
helpful genuine loving talented dim
open-
sincere thoughtful minded daft
altruistic wise foolish
Class Interviews –
Strengths and Weaknesses
Name Job Sector Greatest Strength / Greatest Weakness
1. Technology (IT) and Design
2. Engineering
3. Accounting
4. Human Resources (HR)
5. Hospitality
6. Healthcare
7. Manufacturing
8. Charity and Social Care
9. Property Services
10.
Personal Profile Builder
The first sentence should

It is highly recommended that a
describe who you are, the
CV includes a Personal Profile.
second present a summary of
This describes you as a
your skills and experience and
professional and a person. Your
the final sentence should
personal profile should be only
explain your personal career
three sentences.
target.
Personal Profile: Example
Highly motivated, creative graduate seeking the

position of Credit and Collections Manager. Two
years of experience in collections, credit and
accounting, with one year at a managerial level.
Proven expertise in collecting funds while building
and maintaining positive relationships with
customers and staff.
Who you are (current position):
highly skilled
highly motivated
knowledgeable
reliable
creative
hardworking
versatile ________________________ with ________ years experience in
A confident
flexible _____________________________
competent
enthusiastic
effective
qualified
adaptable
energetic
What you can do (skills and experience)
Specific
Wide- expertise in ___________________________________________________________________________ .
ranging
Responsible
for _____________________________________________________________________________________ .
Proven
ability in _____________________________________________________________________________________ .
Excellent __________________________________________________________________________________ skills.

What you want (career target)
Looking for a position in ___________________________________________________________________________ .

Seeking an opportunity in _______________________________________________________________________ .
Seeking to
continue as ___________________________________________________________________________________ .
career
Objective is as ___________________________________________________________________________________ .
to develop a
career in ___________________________________________________________________________________ .
The perfect cover letter – valuable advice
1. Never handwrite a cover letter or resume under any
circumstances.
2. ALWAYS create your cover letter and resume in MS WORD.
3. Cover letter and resume must be in one document when
emailed. Your combined document of cover letter and
resume should be filed as: your first and last name.
4. If you send the cover letter and resume by email, use the
cover letter text as part of your email.
5. General letters are worthless. Target each letter and resume
to the particular employer's needs.
6. Keep the font clean, Arial is always a good choice, at point size 12 or 13. Use 14
point if by fax.
7. Applicants who do not address the qualifications requested in the ad make a
huge mistake. Identify key words and use them in your cover letter.
8. Dear who? Try to obtain the person's name. Get spelling and gender right. If not
possible use company name or title, e.g. "Dear Cisco Systems" or "Dear HR
Manager".
9. Do not start your letter with "I am applying for the job I saw in today's
newspaper".
10. Do not spend time to tell the company how great they are. Forget the
superlatives and focus on what you can do.
11.Long letters are losers. A one page cover letter is strongly
recommended.
12.Do not use wild-coloured papers and designs. And no photo please.
13.Employers want you to offer reasons, skills and explanations of how

you can do the job. Must be summarized in the cover letter.
14.Do not expect the employer to figure out where they can use you.
You must specify one or two jobs you feel you can do.
Job interviews
What can you tell What Why should I Where do you

Can you list your
me about weaknesses do consider hiring see yourself five
strengths?
yourself? you have? you? years from now?
What is your What makes a Is there anything

Why do you want What motivates
salary good team that you would
to work here? you?
expectation? player? like to ask me?
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Welcome to

1. Graduate in Business Studies and

1. Technology (IT) and Design

The first sentence should

Highly motivated, creative graduate seeking the

Excellent __________________________________________________________________________________ skills.

Looking for a position in ___________________________________________________________________________ .

13.Employers want you to offer reasons, skills and explanations of how

What can you tell What Why should I Where do you

What is your What makes a Is there anything

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