{"id":38066,"date":"2017-07-05T12:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T19:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/?p=38066"},"modified":"2017-07-03T01:36:34","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T08:36:34","slug":"top-tips-on-how-to-stick-your-cv-to-1-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmatclub.com\/blog\/top-tips-on-how-to-stick-your-cv-to-1-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Tips on How to Stick Your CV to 1 page"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you write your MBA essays, you spend hours or even weeks, being aware that these documents will be valid for a single application only. On the contrary, applicants tend to pay less attention to their resumes, whereas a CV, if designed and structured well, will be your asset for years, requiring updates only when reaching another career milestone.<\/p>\n

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\nThe purpose of a resume, in general, is to give a brief overview of your achievements and guide a decision-maker, be it a business school admissions officer or an HR-Director from a Fortune 500 company, through your professional development. The key word here is brief: the gold standard for MBA resumes is one page. It may seem tough to follow such a strict limit, so here are some tips from MBA Strategy<\/a>, divided into two major blocks.<\/p>\n

I Mind your Content<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Do not turn your CV into an autobiography: it is absolutely not necessary to include achievements from your high school, if only it were not an all-country contest, for instance.<\/li>\n
  2. Give your recent experience the most attention: description of the latest position may include up to 5 bullet points. When it comes to earlier employments, include the highlights only.<\/li>\n
  3. Make your bullets no more than two lines long. Even a significant achievement may be described briefly (by the way, it is a good exercise before trying to fit into the word limits for essays!)<\/li>\n
  4. Remove \u201cempty\u201d statements. Use details and numbers instead: it is much better to state that you increased profits by 35% than just writing \u201csignificantly\u201d.<\/li>\n
  5. Eliminate your duties, if only they are not necessary to explain the nature of your job. \u201cWorking with documents\u201d, \u201cpreparing presentations\u201d, clicking, double-clicking\u2026 Forget about it, please.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    II Improve your formatting<\/strong><\/p>\n