How To Prepare The Best CV

What do you include in a CV and how can you make the best version of your job applications?

Here, I share the tips from the legendary book "Think and Grow Rich" - Napoleon Hill and how it applies today! Most of it will help you land a better job, land a better boss, find a better career - if you apply and adapt! Why you must read this book and why it is worth taking these facts as credible information, well because it was derived from experience learning from the wealthiest people of all time in the 1900s, Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, John D Rockefeller and even the President Roosevelt who found Napoleon so brilliant, he engaged in work with him.

Think of your CV as a Lawyer would prepare for a brief of a case to be tried in court. Fortunately for me, I have been blessed to have prepared for a case in court before so if you haven't visualize how each line and information you present will affect your interrogation(interview) round. Always consult experts and seek advice to keep improving, the best version is not the one you approved yourself only, experts are meant to coach and help but not poke unnecessary holes. Not all advice is good but they keep you thinking, generating your own questions to improve.

1) Education - Make it brief but state where you studied, what was it you studied and what it entailed for you and your interests. Some educational backgrounds might be irrelevant to what you do today granted we did not know what we want before, but any relevance in modules still are worth highlighting.

2) Experience - If you can link the experience and connect it to roles you seek, in a most straightforward fashion, this will be the most useful information for employers. Precisely name special experiences and what it will equip you with in prospective roles

3) References - Straightforward, you can include former employers( top criteria) or prominent figures( exclusive criteria) who would vouch for your character and ethics

4) Photograph - These days Linkedin allows almost every candidate's photo to be seen and it is still evident that first impressions count because humans are guided by judgmental views. Put up something professional and relevant to how you look currently.

5) Specific position applications - Avoid and never apply for a job that is not being defined or exactly clear. Don't apply for that "Open job" or "Open position" because the chances of you getting that job is almost impossible. There are many such ads but there are little importance that hirers put on such applications.

6) State your qualifications for the particular position you are applying for - This will determine more than anything else, the amount of importance and consideration you will receive. Unfortunately, no matter how amazingly kind, hardworking and a great leader you are, qualifications for the role matters more than anything. Period.

7) Offer to go to work on probation - Now this separates the real winners vs losers and requires a hit of your ego. However, people who are willing to serve a probation voluntarily, not by contractual need of hirers only, will win the best opportunities. If you are willing to offer to work WITHOUT PAY, then this radical suggestion will bring even greater opportunities. If you can be sure of your abilities and qualifications, a trial is all you need. This is applicable even in the software world, where multi-million dollar costing software are offered on trial for free, because customers are through the experience convinced of the quality and service. Probationary periods allow a bigger opportunity to be rewarded with a better remuneration as the value can be brought forward and confidence can be gained at no costs upfront.

8) Knowledge of your prospective employer's business - It is critical to know and do enough research on the business and role you apply for, so that you can display and indicate your knowledge you have acquired in the field, for better qualification to work scope validation.

Ultimately, its not the lawyer who knows the most about law who wins, but the one who best prepares for the specific case who wins.

Lastly, make sure you give sufficient details presented neatly and try to not to be too modern and snappy in providing information and graphics. Good information can tend to be long, much like good conversations and interviews which were booked for an hour but go on for 2. It is absolutely acceptable and a good signal, that a mutually interesting conversation has been struck.

Astounding to imagine these were provided by a book written in the 1930s as its applicable still today with some further adaptations.

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