How to write a General CV

The conventions below are the ones this field actually uses. They are what the builder applies when you pick General / Other, and what the rating checks a finished CV against.

What it must contain

Leave any of these out and the CV reads as incomplete to someone who hires in this field:

Work experience — Whatever the field, the pattern holds: what you did, and what measurably changed.
Education

The order to put them in

Order is not cosmetic. What sits at the top is what gets read before someone decides whether to keep reading.

Professional summary
Work experience
Education
Skills
Projects
Certifications
Achievements
Languages
Licences & registrations
Publications

What to put numbers on

The single most common reason a CV in this field reads as weak is that nothing in it is measured. These are the figures that mean something here:

cost · time saved · volume · team size · satisfaction score

Verbs that carry weight

Openers like “responsible for” and “worked on” describe a job description rather than a person. In this field these do the work instead:

Managed · Improved · Delivered · Reduced · Trained · Coordinated

Length

1 to 2 pages is normal for this field.

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Free, no account, and nothing is uploaded — the builder runs in your browser and the CV never leaves it.

Related fields

Student