How To Create A Winning CV

Tips to help you make your CV stand out from the rest

- Palesa Matjebele

A CURRICULUM Vitae (CV) is the most crucial step in landing that dream job. You need to remember that you are not the only person applying for the advertised post. By the time you get called for an interview, a potential employer would have already familiarised themselves with you based on your CV. Ella Ndevu, communication specialist at IQ Academy, explains that a winning CV is not just an overview report supported by your qualifications and skills, but it is how a potential employer becomes interested in possibly hiring you.

WHY YOUR CV GOES STRAIGHT INTO THE BIN

Ella says CVs are used to screen job applicants and that the key purpose of your CV is to convince a potential employer of your employability.

“In other words, your CV is a gateway to an interview,” she says.