Improving Your CV, Chapter 8: Introduction to the main sections of the CV

Part of Course 1: Improving your CV · Chapter 8 of 29 · 4 min

About this chapter

A quick map of the main sections of a CV before the detailed videos. I describe what I expect to see and in what order, and which parts you can move around.

Key points

• Expected at the top: your name (optionally with your job title underneath), contact details on one line, a short summary, then experience or education.
• I usually prefer experience first, with education afterwards; early in your career, education may come first.
• After that the order is flexible: skills, voluntary positions, projects, interests, links such as GitHub or a portfolio.
• Interests can prompt useful interview conversation, and a portfolio can sit behind a one- or two-page CV.

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