A CV for a job outside IT

An employer looks at a CV for a few seconds. In that time they must see the job title, your experience and that you can do exactly what they need.

What goes first

The job you want, one title: "Accountant", "Sales manager", "Driver-forwarder". Not "any job".
A one-line summary: years of experience and the main skill. "6 years of bookkeeping on the general tax system with VAT".
Contacts: phone, email, city. A photo if you like.

Experience: numbers instead of duties

Instead of "responsible for sales", write "handled 40 clients, hit 118% of plan". Instead of "worked in a warehouse", write "picked up to 150 orders a shift". Numbers show the scale and stick in the mind.

List each job separately: company, years, title, two or three points with results. Experience from over ten years ago can shrink to one line.

Skills employers look for

Software: BAS / 1C, M.E.Doc, Excel, a CRM (Bitrix24, KeyCRM), a WMS.
Licences and papers: a driving licence with its category, a forklift licence, a medical book.
Languages: Ukrainian, English or Polish, with the level.

Use the same words as the job posts: employers and job sites search CVs by them.

What to leave out

Date of birth, marital status and passport details: CVs do not need them.
General qualities with no examples: "sociable, responsible".
A second page if you have nothing to fill it with.

A check and a builder

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FAQ

Do I need a CV for a manual job?

It helps: even a half-page CV with the title, years of experience and licences gets opened more often than an application without one.

How many CVs should I make?

One for each kind of job if you look for different work, for example "Storekeeper" and "Forklift driver".