Hello folks,

I'm looking for good souls willing to check my CV and provide feedback.

The goal is to check:
1) If my experiences and accomplishments are properly explained.
2) Overall looking, crowd vs clear.
3) Language and terms.

My field of experience is Enginnering in Industrial Companies.

I will do the same for you, if you want. CV will be sent by PM.

Regards,

Andre

Send me a copy Andre if you still need some feedback. I have 12 years experience in an industrial setting.

Sure send it over I'll have a look for you.

Thanks Michael and Marko.

I have just PMed my data to you.

Regards,

Andre

If you need more feedback, feel free to send it to me.

Dear All, anyone interested in taking a look at mine? IT Management area...I feel it needs more Swiss/European flavor to it.

I work in IT too and my CV must be quite well adapted to the swiss market as I get quite a lot of interviews.

Basically the rules in Switzerland are: "Keep it as simple as possible".

My CV is about 2.5 pages long:
Page1:
Top > Contact details + birth date + marital status + work permit + nationality
Middle > Studies section with the start year + end year + name of the school + (name of obtained diploma if applicable)
Bottom > Work experience section with start date (month/year) + end date + Company + Role + Technologies (for example: "Java, Oracle") + Company Location

Page2:
Top > Continuous training section with dates and certifications obtained
Middle > Language skills

Page3:
Contains a big table describing my IT skills with Projects as column titles and Technologies as Line titles then √ to √√√ depending on my knowledge of the technology.

I once showed an american-style CV to my "Beraterin" at the RAV and she said: "If you include everything in your CV then what are you going to talk about during the job interview?" I suppose she had a point.

Hello guys! So far no feedback received.

I'll appreciate If any good soul is still available...

- Andre

Send one this way, I give whatever help I can.

Hello Everybody,

As I got finally an unlimited work permit , I am going to look for a job in coming days . So far I have written a cover letter and a CV in German and I need second opinions about them. My field is IT. Could somebody help me out here as well?

I will be truly thankful.

If your CV is strong and someone with technical knowledge will look at it, you will be called for interviews, no matter if it's written in swiss or american style.
Cheers
Nick

Depends what you mean by strong.

You can be technically briliant and have a CV that tells that story but if it's 5 pages long then really the CV could be seen as weak because it is too verbose as and it won't get the attention it deserves!

Personally I have a CV that has a short intro, a list of key skills and then detailed experience. Only the last position gets more than 2/3 lines. Is someone really interested in the detail of a project you did 10 years ago?

The personal stuff (age, nationality, etc) I always leave to the very end. It's not key information and could be lead you to be discounted before they get to the good stuff e.g. Age: 50 ... um he's too old. No point in reading the rest.

These are, of course, just my personal opionions and I've been in the same job for 10 years now. I did update it last year when things looked a bit 'shakey' with the bank I work for but so far my CV hasn't been tested!

W