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• CV (selected)
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CV

CV stands for Curriculum Vitae. A CV is a brief description of what you offer in the way of skills, qualifications and interests, and gives the employer an overall picture of you as a potential employee. CVs usually include:

• Personal details: name, address, telephone number and a sensible e-mail address.
• Personal profile: a couple of sentences that summarise you, for example, 'A hard-working, responsible person, who…'.
• Education: names of the schools that you have attended. Write the most recent first.
• Qualifications: titles and grades of all courses taken.
• Work experience: name of employer(s), dates of work and a brief description of duties.
• Interests and hobbies.
• References: two people who know you (not relatives), who can describe you honestly and hopefully positively.