Project Management Job Search - How To Create A Master CV

Want to create a superb project manager CV that gets you noticed? Find out what skills and qualifications you need to highlight and what potential employers are looking for.

There is an expectation that your CV will showcase your professionalism not just in layout and the skills and project management qualifications, but in the language you use too.

If your CV is written in the first person and third person – e.g. Idid this and Icompleted that whilst sheworked on something else with him– you may find that offers of interviews are not as readily forthcoming as you would have hoped.

Tidy up your CV by removing the first person and re-writing in a more formal style.

Now you have looked at how your CV is written, you need to look at the content. Ask yourself key questions such as what is the paragraph or content actuallysaying and is it relevant?

All too often, candidates ‘pad out’ their CV with ‘information’ that really doesn’t need to be there. This clutter and fluff is immediately obvious and is better replaced by something worthwhile.

Including keywords and phrases that a potential employer would expect to hear from a project manager is also key. By using specific phrases, the CV is clearly marked as being created for project manager roles. The expert team at Project Parallel Training are convinced that this is what sets a mast CV apart from many others – the clear focus on project management.

Whether you are new to project management or a seasoned professional, you will have had success or been part of a successful project. Keeping your CV updated with these achievements is key to building a CV that is impressive – and one that earns you an interview.

Give the achievement a headline and make sure you make it clear your role in its success, as well as highlighting issues and problems that were problematic and how they were overcome.

This is a professional CV, one that needs to cut the fluff and bluster to clearly show potential employers who you are and what you are capable of.

Using graphics does nothing other than send the wrong message. Apart from a small, passport-sized image of you in the heading against your name, using other graphics is most certainly a no-no.

There is no set formula for setting out a CV but there it is generally accepted that a CV with a logical structure starts with a short personal statement, followed by qualifications from secondary school onwards and ending with the most recent project management qualification you have completed. Include any ongoing courses too.

What then follows is experience, achievements and project experiences that showcase how you have used your project management skills. References will follow this, along with any other information you think relevant.

Does your CV stand up to scrutiny?

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