What to put in your CV

An employer needs facts about your skills, experience, qualifications, and some personal insight. If they like what they read then they will require contact information to get in touch with you.

The order in which these facts are documented is important. Convention states that contact details should be at the top, then a brief introduction, then employment history, followed by qualifications and personal interests.

Contact details

Often CV's are kept on file for long periods so any contact details you give have to remain accurate in the long term.

A daytime phone number is most important, include your mobile number if you have one. Include an e-mail address, a Hotmail address is good because you will have it for life.

If you have your own URL domain name put it down for added class, for example contact@joebloggs.com.

Date of birth and nationality

Employers are not allowed to discriminate, but putting these details down saves them having to ask you.

If you are not a citizen of the country in which you are applying special arrangements may have to be made.