Executive CV

A professional CV is your best tool in applying for a senior or executive position. At the very least, a well-constructed CV will place you at an advantage in promoting yourself and in securing interviews. In writing a CV, there are no specific formats to follow.


Your CV can be constructed in any way you wish to do it, as long as it has the necessary information to make it an advantage for you.

For an executive CV, you must demonstrate the following:

1. Personal details: The majority of CVs begins with these, but make sure to avoid unnecessary ones such as religious affiliations, children’s names and so on.
2. Work experience: In general, the accepted style of employment record is the chronological CV. The career history must be presented in reverse order such that it starts from the most recent one. Achievements and responsibilities are included together with the respective roles. Moreover, the recent jobs must be given more emphasis and information than others.
3. Education and qualifications: Be sure to include and arrange the names of the institutions and the dates you attended them in reverse order.
4. Skills: While listing your skills, you can take into demonstrable examples of how your abilities have been utilised. You may mention your recent trainings/development which are relevant for the position you are applying for, as well as computer skills and foreign language skills.
5. Hobbies and Interests: This section must not necessarily be long, just be specific and keep it short.
6. Referees: These can simply be ‘Available on request’.

The order by which all this information will be arranged in your CV and the emphasis that you give to each one of these entirely depends on the position that you are applying for and what you have to offer.

But from our experience, companies are more interested in what you have done and how that will be relevant to their operations. Hence, try and focus your executive CV on your relevant work experience, preferably before education, skills and hobbies.