Why make a curriculum vitae (cv) ?

If you are looking for a job, then it is very important that you understand how to offer yourself in the best way to an employer. This is done by writing a 'CV'(curriculum vitae - Latin for 'life story'), Called in some countries a 'resume'. Different countries may have different requirements and styles for CV resumes. So you must follow the correct practice for your culture and country. However, we will try to give you important principles and advice. A CV resume is quite simply an 'advert' to sell yourself to an employer. You should send a CV to an employer when they ask for one in a job advert, or when you are enquiring if any jobs are available. So the purpose of your CV is to make you attractive, interesting, worth considering to the company and so receive a job interview. An employer may have several hundred enquiries about a single job, he or she will only choose a few people who appear suitable for interview.

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www.exampleresumes.org Provides hundreds of resume examples with information on how to write a good resume with examples. www.resume-resource.com Free Resume Samples covering various industries and career levels contributed by professional resume services. jobsearch.about.com Student resume, cover letter and reference letter samples. www.freeresumesamples.org Free Resume Samples you can use to write your resume or CV. One sample is this you can download this  Peter  Hanna Job: Veterinarian.communication mangement Download my CV    Print     Personal Information  Name: : Peter  Hanna Birth Birth of date: : 6 / 12 / 1978   (DD/MM/YYYY) Nationality: : Egypt Gender: : Male Marital Status: : Engaged E mail: : heartpower78@yahoo.com Title of Job: : Veterinarian.communication mangement  Education - Bachelar of Veterinary Medical Science Assiut University June 2002 with grade (pass) - Diploma of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology Cairo University June 2008  Work experience - 1 year as Medical representative - 4 years pharmacy mangement  Computer skills - Good Handling of (MicroSoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint) - Flash Macromedia (drwing, animation) Presentation - adaptive for all internet equipment - primary Knowledge of Visual c++ - 45 words per min typing in english and 25 wordsper min typing in Arabic  Work skills - Very good Mangement - good Selling skils - good argumentative skills - good communication skills - very good English language  References - Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt - Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Sofi Pharm scientific Office 6 Ramsis Sq. Middle block apt307 Cairo, Egypt Assiut University Mall Pharmacy. Assiut Egypt  Other Information - Reading - scientific data presentation - listening to music - Playing flute