A professional CV

Your Curriculum Vitae is the first impression that a potential new employer will have of you. It says something about your expertise, your work experience and your responsibilities. Your CV is your calling card to be invited for a personal interview.

How do you make a professional CV?

• Make sure that it is clear and easy to read. Work, for example, with paragraphs and summaries. Keep your sentences short and to the point.
• Customise your CV per application with the most relevant work experience. It may be useful to make a basic CV for yourself containing all of your work experience, from which you can extract the most important elements each time.
• Go into relevant detail about the skills that are expected.
• Ensure that your CV is in line with your profile on LinkedIn or other social media.
• Add a representative photo of yourself.

A professional interview

A good interview means that you have been able to convey your added-value to the potential new employer and that you have gotten a clear idea of the function, the expectations and the opportunities.

How are you going to prepare yourself for your interview as thoroughly as possible?

• Make sure you know where you are applying; what does the company do, what products or services do they provide and who will you be working with?
• Look for your interviewers on LinkedIn.
• If you have any questions beforehand, write them down and ask them during the interview.
• Avoid negative comments about previous employers.
• Plan to be at your interview 15 minutes early, so that you can still be on time in the event of a minor delay.
• After the interview, feel free to ask them their impressions of you, of other candidates, what will happen next and when you should expect to hear back from them.
• Make sure you look well-groomed. Smart, ironed clothes and polished shoes are a must.