In Nigeria today or the world generally you won't get ANY JOB WITHOUT A CV. i hear someone cough. Yes. What of referral. Referral is the best means of getting a job but it is still expected of the company to require for ur cv even of the person is your father. Most company have a data where they put thier staff cv this aspect is managed by the HR department. Have seen people ask that why do i need a cv again after I have secure that job. One it's good for professional development, promotion and also who knows if you will leave the company you are currently on and move forward so time to times you need to update your cv. So let me move to the type of cv that we hVe
Most HR managers use the word generic and tailored cv.. From the word generic it means general cv.. Your cv shouldn't be more than 2 pages normally but a generic cv give you the ability to have over two pages. What make a generic cv differs from a tailored cv is the things that they contain. A generic cv should have ALL YOUR SKILLS, EDUCATION, WORK EXPERIENCE, VOLUNTEER JOBS, CERTIFICATION, REFERENCE, PERSONAL DETAILS. With generic put every degree that you have, put all skills you have acquired. It's everything. Now it is from generic cv that you create a tailored one. When applying for a job IT IS COMPULSORY OR ESSENTIAL that you use a tailored cv. A tailored cv MUST CONTAIN ONLY the INFORMATION required for the job. Let me say that again. When you see a job vacancy the first thing to look for is First the name of the company, the role they are looking for and lastly the Skills they are looking for. When you get this three IMPORTANT information then you check your generic cv and form a tailored cv particular for that job. You strike out the skill that you have in the generic one and add it in your tailored cv to apply for the job. One of the major reasons why people don't get appointment is because they include UNNECESSARY info on thier cv. Most HR DON'T have time. We probably get 100k of cv applications for every job. They have no time to check through all so what they do is to only accommodate the cv that contain the skill they are looking for. Let me give u an example here. Mr Tommy has bsc in economic. Has Acca, has CFA, has Cisco, firewalls, tech skills, web design skill, phd in analytical design and. And UAC is looking for chief financial analyst. It will be very useless for Mr Tommy to add the web design skill. The best thing for the person to do is to just assemble the skill he has that is related to money and management Like CFA, Acca.
Most vacancy will have the place where the skills needed are listed. Atleast most top company will release that. Eg TnT apparel call for applicants who are interested in the role of account officer 2. He or she must be proficient in data analysis, account balance sheet, he or she must be a member of reputable professional body etc. So if i want to apply now. I will open my system. List the role (account officer 2) company (tnt apparel.) then skill. So i look at my cv.. Yeah. I have spss knowledge put it, i have ican certificate put it.. Im member of national Institute of management. NIM. Then I put. No HR will throw that kind cv away
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