VWO 5 Writing class CV

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VWO 5 - Writing (class 4)

VWO 4 - Unit 3 lesson 1 (a)

Today

Class work

Explanation CV 

Individually 

Practise writing CV 

Goals

• Ik weet de basisregels voor elk CV.
  

What should be in a CV? 

• Personal information
• CV photo
• Personal description + hobbies + qualities
• Work experience / internships + references
• Education + courses
• Languages + skills
• Additional information

CV - personal information + photo

• First + last name
• Date of birth
• Nationality
• Address
• Phone number
• Emailaddress
• (driver's license)  
• Nowadays people usually also include a (professional!) photo in their CV

CV - personal description

More and more people nowadays add a short piece of writing to their CV in which they describe themselves. 

In this piece of writing you can include your hobbies and qualities. 

CV -  Work experience + internships

While listing your previous work experience you include a couple of things: 

- Your function

- The name of the company

- A short description of your activities 

- From when to when you had this job 

- who is your reference 

Especially when you have just started the job market, including internships is necessary, because otherwise your CV will be short

CV - education and courses

While listing your education history you include a couple of things: 

- what kind of studies you did

- the name of the institution/school

- what the studies entailed

- when you were at these schools

CV - languages + skills

You include a list of the languages you master + an indication of what level you're at. 

You include a list of skills that can be relevant for a job. 
For instance:

- typing a certain amount of words per minute

- the fact that you master certain computer programmes 

CV - additonal information

Here you can list other things you do that can be relevant. 

For instance:

- volunteer work experience

- commissions you are a member of (maybe you organise activities) 

- whatever else you find relevant 

CV - layout

Having included all of the information, you should also make sure your CV has an attractive layout/format. 

You can find a couple of examples 

in the next slides.

What to do? 

Design a CV including all of the points that were mentioned in this Lesson Up. 

Try to be a truthful as possible; however, you can invent some work experience if necessary. 

Class today

- What is on a CV? 

Next class

Practise writing application letter. 

Have a nice day!