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XYZ (name) Curriculum Vitae Contact: Date of Birth: Nationality: Phone No. Email: Objective: To work in Software Development field as a Software Engineer, I have a special interest of being Software Quality Assurance (SQA) and software engineer and I am good in communication with the people, I have a huge interest in Database. Academic Information: 1)BS(cs): Acquiring a degree of Bachelors of Science in Computer Science (7th semester) from University of Karachi. 2)Matriculation: I have completed my matriculation from Guardian public school, and my aggregate percentage was 74.47%. 3)Intermediate: Completed my Intermediate from For Men College Nazimabad, Karachi with an aggregate percentage of 62%. 4)DIT: I have done my DIT (Diploma in information technology) with aggregate percentage of 81% from Intra Digit. Programming Languages that I like: •I have studied procedural language such as Turbo C and GW Basic. •I have knowledge & studied C# object oriented language. •I have also good knowledge & studied of database SQL/Oracle 9i. Projects development: •Screen saver in C language. •I developed a C# project of Telephone directory. •Developed a project in Oracle/SQL of Library Management system for keeping records of Books, and Members and issuing information, with user interface in C#. Teaching Experience & Communication skills: I have experience of teaching at school as a class teacher and I have conduct their Final exams and prepared results, and I am teaching in tuitions for the last eight years. Extra curricular activities: I enjoy all types of sports and I have played Cricket and football from school to University level. Reference: Will be produced on demand. please tell me how can i improve this CV, and if u find any mistake plz correct me, Thank u

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1. there are many formats for resumes, try checking your word processing program for the various formats.. basically all it needs is to be easy to read and understand, while conveying the pertinent information... if I were you, I'd not include the part about your 62% and 74%... you got the job done, nobody needs to know you did poorly... I always hate when people dont include references with their CV, and put "available upon request"... just include the darn info for them.. lol
2. I own a software company and do a significant amount of hiring. We review hundreds of CVs. A few quick comment. First, your cover letter / email will actually have as much impact for us as your CV. I wrote a blog post on this when hiring our business manager last year (linked in resources). I need to be able to scan your resume and find what I want to know in less than 10 seconds. I usually get handed a pile of 30-100 so I move fast. If I am interested, I will actually read it. Therefor, make it as easy to scan as possible and you should highlight a few key points. Start with section headers: Specialization or Goal, Work Highlights, Education, Skills. Here is what I look for in QA engineer: a) skill sets (what languages and systems you know and have experience in) - I mean a list not a sentence. b) work experience - of school otherwise. btw - ditch the grades unless they are world class - I don't actually care. c) one thing that makes you human and interesting (not about coding) Here is an example from my old resume from when I was still coding (about 8 years ago). Specialization: Over the past 6 years, I have developed systems which merge information and technology to reach a broader target audience. This has manifested itself primarily in the educational arena. [...] Removing work highlights Education: University of California, San Diego: B.A. Anthropology 2000 (GPA 3.79) Minor: Computing and Technological Sciences 2000 (GPA 3.85) University of Costa Rica: December 1998 – July 1999 San Nicolas de Hidalgo University, Mexico: June 1998 – August 1998 Skills: Languages:Fluent French, Spanish and some Arabic & Hebrew. Counseling:Counseling training courses (80 hrs) & 200+ hrs experience. Teaching:Adult, technical, early childhood, physical education & activity planning. Computer:Web & Software Programming, and Graphic design: PHP, WiTango, ColdFusion, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, DHTML, C++, SQL, Pascal, CAD package, Wordpress & OS CMS systems, Photoshop, Windows, Office, Unix & basic networking. 1995 – Present Extensive travel through parts of Eastern & Western Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Mexico, Central & South America, Southeast Asia, Australia & New Zealand and the S. Pacific. I lived in Paris, France as a child for multiple years, and as an adult in Morelia, Mexico, Damascus, Syria and San Jose, Costa Rica.