How to prepare a CV ?

To prepare a CV in Ethiopia, use a clean, reverse-chronological format for experience and education that is formal and standard. Include essential sections like contact information, a professional summary, work and educational history, a list of your skills, references, publications, and key achievements. Learn how to prepare a CV that stands out to employers in Ethiopia. Follow our step-by-step guide and download a free CV template. To prepare and organize a CV, you have to segment the sections into different categories like contact information, summary of your profession, education, your work experiences, skills, awards, certifications, and publications, if any.

Recently, to have more visibility by the employer regarding the information, experience, and education that serve as an initial point to show your potential to the organization you are going to apply to. Therefore, while creating your CV, you have to tailor and align your professional summary, skills, and others to be aligned with the specific job you are going to apply to, use a clean and simple format, and preferably save it as a PDF. The following is the breakdown required while creating your CV.   

What are the 7 basic steps to writing a CV?

First step 1. Start with the basics of your information

Write down your Contact information:

• Include your full name; for instance, Charlie Gupta
• phone number; +1 765 789 678 (use your country code first)
• Address, for instance, Africa Avenue, Addis Ababa
• Professional email address; Write down your primary email address
• Summary/Personal statement:Write a brief, powerful paragraph summarizing your skills, experience, and career goals by aligning with the specific jobs you apply for.

Second Step 2. Write down your experience and education

Under this section, you have to write your experiences and education. Your experiences should include and be in order from recent to the oldest one. The same for your education should be in order. While writing these, it is better if you write down the experiences, projects, and work that align with the job you applied for is better to persuade the employers.

Professional experience Segment:

Listing your work experiences in order, starting from recent to the oldest one.

For each role, you have to include the following main points

• Include your job title,
• The company name,
• Dates of employment,
• List of your accomplishments and responsibilities.

As an example, look at the following Professional experiences.

Lecturer of Management                                                                           20xx-present

Research Writing Program, University of Illinois

• Facilitator for seven sections of the Economics department
• Planned and taught a writing-intensive course based upon current events.
• Used instructional technology to enhance pedagogical technique.
• Taught in part with an innovative, interdisciplinary team-teaching program design.

Human Resources Expert Leader                                                                      2022-2023

Human Resources Department, University of Illinois

• Planned and led required training session for human resources assistants and new employees
• Helped to mentor new hires to the staff to ensure their engagement and professional development.
• Provided training opportunities to assist new hires in adjusting to the pace of work and the tone and style of the University.

Education Section: List your education, degrees, institutions, and graduation dates from recent to the oldest one. Look at the following example

• PhD in Economics                                                                                               May 2020

University of Copenhagen, Netherlands

• MA in Development Economics               June 2016

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• BA in Economics                                         June 2013

Addis Ababa University

• Additional information:
• During your education and work experiences, you may receive different awards and recognition that can showcase your potential to employers and serve as a major input. Therefore, you can include a certification section, publication section and a professional membership that can strengthen your applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Under this section, you have to include skills, either soft or hard knowledge, that you have acquired that can support and make your CV more persuasive to employers. For instance, the individual can insert by the following styles

Programming languages and mathematical packages:

• Matlab, Mathematica, C, C++
• Computer-aided design/engineering: optical imaging, AutoCAD, Patran, Abaqus.
• Other: SPSS, Linux (openSUSE, Ubuntu), Mac OS, Windows OS

Computer Skills

• MS Word, MS Excel, and more

Software

• SPSS
• STATA

LANGUAGES

• Spanish: Fluent
• English: Proficient

References

Under the references section, you can include your previous manager with whom you have good relationship, who knows your experiences and work that are is willing to provide information when asked by the new employers. For instance, you can include in the following format

Reference Format

Name of the person: Ted S. Visor, Professor and Graduate Programs

Job title: Head, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Phone number: (217) 244 – 2345,

Email; [email protected]

Address;

The final step is 4. Polish your CV

Tailor it: at this stage, you have to customize your CV for each specific job by using keywords that align with the job’s description to highlight relevant experiences and skills

Format your CV clearly: use a professional font in readable sizes with clear headings and consistent formatting. Ensure there are enough white spaces to avoid a crowded look.

Proofread your cv in detail and Save as a PDF: Save your final CV as a PDF file to ensure the formatting remains consistent across different devices.

How to write a CV in Ethiopia with no experience? 

for those who don’t have experiences or fresh graduate you only exclude professional experiences from the above steps. however recently fresh graduates have internship program as a experiences. unless you have to the same pattern to develop your CV and make it clear and readable for the readers and organizations.