CV Workshops: Practical Tips




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In two consecutive days, Wednesday, March 12 and Thursday, March 13, 2014 professors met with AUBG students to show them how to create good CV's. It all comes down to the ultimate purpose - getting the dream job, or any first job. On Wednesday, AUBG's Women in Business Club organized the first workshop with business professor Elena Radeva being the guest speaker. She gave some tips on how to write CV's and explained more about what applicants must be careful with when doing so. Common mistakes that students tend to make are linked to formatting and hesitantly formulating their qualities and experience. Even though there are set standards for CV composition, students should be careful and comply with the specifications of the country to which they are sending their applications. For example, American CV’s, called resumes, should not include a picture, whereas Europeans leave that optional. Also, when applying to the US, volunteer work is considered a great benefit, since it shows that the person is community oriented. European employers, on the other hand, pay little interest to that fact. [caption id="attachment_19523" align="alignright" width="389" caption="prof. Leonard"][/caption] On the following day, Thursday, SPJ and the Department of Journalism and Mass Comunications organized a separate CV and Porfolio workshop. The presentation was directed mostly at journalism students. Professors Lynnette Leonard, Melody Gilbert and David S. Wallace further exemplified what should be included in a successful CV or resume and what should be avoided. The general information provided at the event from the previous day was relevant here as well. In addition, the importance of clear, concise and clean writing was addressed, meaning that the text on CVs and resumes should be in an easy to read font and layout. The professors further emphasized on how important it is to proofread everything in order to avoid mistakes in punctuation, grammar and style. “Have different CV’s for different jobs,” Prof. Leonard advised. Any person applying for a job should know the specific job description and use the key words as much as possible. Another point all three professors stressed on was that every journalism student should have an online portfolio in addition to their hard-copy CV’s and resumes. Professor Gilbert and several of students gave examples of websites that provide ready platforms that are easy to operate, such as porfoliobox, wix and journoportfolio. However, the professors explained that when it comes to CVs it is better not to use the templates that can be found on the Internet, because there “you just mechanically plug in your information and you are the same as many others, “ Professor Leonard elaborated. Written by: Boryana Kaisheva and Yana Aladzhova