[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":180},["ShallowReactive",2],{"guides-en":3},[4,73,125],{"slug":5,"updated":6,"minutes":7,"title":8,"description":9,"body":10},"how-to-write-a-cv","2026-10-02",7,"How to write a CV: a step-by-step guide with examples","What to put in each section of your CV, how to describe experience with achievements, and the local norms employers in Uzbekistan expect.",[11,14,17,19,26,28,30,35,37,39,41,48,50,52,54,56,58,64,66],{"type":12,"text":13},"p","An employer spends less than a minute on the first look at a CV. In that time they want to understand three things: who you are, what you have done and why you fit this job. A good CV answers all three without making the reader search. This guide walks through every section in the order recruiters read them.",{"type":15,"text":16},"h2","1. Contact details and photo",{"type":12,"text":18},"Put your full name at the top, then your job title and contacts: phone, email, city and, if you use it for work, Telegram or LinkedIn.",{"type":20,"items":21},"ul",[22,23,24,25],"Write your phone in the international format: +998 90 123 45 67.","Use a neutral email based on your name — hasan.yusupov@gmail.com, not a nickname.","A city is enough; you don't need your full home address.","In Uzbekistan a photo is common and often expected. Choose a recent, well-lit portrait on a plain background, dressed as you would be for the interview.",{"type":15,"text":27},"2. Job title and summary",{"type":12,"text":29},"Under your name, write the role you are applying for — “Accountant”, “Frontend developer”, “Sales manager”. Then add 2–3 sentences about yourself: your experience, your strongest skills and what you want to do next.",{"type":31,"title":32,"items":33},"example","Example summary",[34],"Accountant with 5 years of experience in bookkeeping, tax reporting and payroll. Fluent in 1C and Excel, used to deadlines and audits. Looking for a chief accountant role in a growing company.",{"type":15,"text":36},"3. Work experience",{"type":12,"text":38},"List jobs in reverse chronological order — the latest first. For each one give the position, company, city and dates (month and year). Below, add 3–5 bullets.",{"type":12,"text":40},"The most common mistake is listing duties instead of results. “Worked with clients” says nothing; “Served 60+ clients a day and kept satisfaction at 95%” shows what you achieved. Use action verbs and numbers wherever you can.",{"type":31,"title":42,"items":43},"Duties → achievements",[44,45,46,47],"Weak: Responsible for sales.","Strong: Exceeded the monthly sales plan by 18% on average and grew the client base from 40 to 95 accounts.","Weak: Did reports.","Strong: Automated monthly reports in Excel, saving 10 hours of work each month.",{"type":15,"text":49},"4. Education",{"type":12,"text":51},"Give the institution, degree or field and the years of study. If you graduated recently, education can go above experience and include your GPA, thesis topic or olympiad results. With several years of experience, keep it short.",{"type":15,"text":53},"5. Skills and languages",{"type":12,"text":55},"Choose 6–10 skills that matter for the job: programs (1C, Excel, AutoCAD), methods (Scrum, SMM) and a few personal qualities. For languages, state the level honestly — using the CEFR scale (A1–C2) is clearer than “good” or “fluent”. Uzbek, Russian and English are all worth listing.",{"type":15,"text":57},"6. Length and format",{"type":20,"items":59},[60,61,62,63],"One page is ideal for up to 5 years of experience; two pages are fine for longer careers.","Send the CV as a PDF so the layout looks the same on every phone and computer.","Name the file clearly: Hasan_Yusupov_CV.pdf.","Adapt the summary and the top bullets to each vacancy — it takes five minutes and noticeably raises your chances.",{"type":15,"text":65},"Checklist before you send",{"type":20,"items":67},[68,69,70,71,72],"Your phone and email are correct and work.","Every job has dates, and the newest is first.","Bullets start with verbs and include numbers.","There are no spelling mistakes — read the CV aloud or ask a friend.","The file is a PDF with your name in the title.",{"slug":74,"updated":6,"minutes":75,"title":76,"description":77,"body":78},"cv-without-experience",6,"CV with no work experience: what to write as a student or graduate","How to fill a CV when you have never had a job: education, internships, projects, volunteering, skills — with a ready summary example.",[79,81,83,85,87,89,96,98,104,106,108,111,113,115,117,123],{"type":12,"text":80},"Everyone starts without experience, and employers who hire students and graduates know it. They are not looking for a long career — they want to see that you are motivated, can learn quickly and have already done something useful. Your task is to show exactly that.",{"type":15,"text":82},"Put education first",{"type":12,"text":84},"When there is no job history, education becomes your main section. Write the university, faculty, field and expected graduation year. Add what makes you stand out: a high GPA, a scholarship, olympiad prizes, a strong thesis or relevant courses.",{"type":15,"text":86},"What counts as experience",{"type":12,"text":88},"Experience is not only a full-time job. All of these belong in your CV:",{"type":20,"items":90},[91,92,93,94,95],"Internships and practice — even a short one at a bank, a school or an IT company.","Part-time and seasonal work: a waiter, a call-centre operator, a tutor.","Study and personal projects: a website, a research paper, a business plan, a mobile app.","Volunteering and student organisations: organising events, clubs, charity work.","Competitions, hackathons and olympiads.",{"type":12,"text":97},"Describe each item like a job: what you did and what came out of it.",{"type":31,"title":99,"items":100},"Example bullets",[101,102,103],"Completed a 2-month internship in the credit department of a bank and helped prepare 30+ client applications.","Built a website for a student club with a team of three; 500 students used it in the first month.","Organised a career fair for 300 students as a volunteer of the student council.",{"type":15,"text":105},"A summary that works",{"type":12,"text":107},"Without experience, the summary is your chance to explain what you want and why you will be useful. Keep it to 2–3 honest sentences.",{"type":31,"title":32,"items":109},[110],"Fourth-year economics student at Tashkent State University of Economics. I completed an internship in a bank's credit department, work confidently in Excel and 1C, and speak Uzbek, Russian and English (B2). Looking for a junior analyst or accountant role.",{"type":15,"text":112},"Skills and languages",{"type":12,"text":114},"List the programs you actually use (Excel, PowerPoint, Canva, Python), the languages you speak with their levels, and 2–3 personal qualities that you can prove with an example in the interview. Avoid long lists of clichés like “hardworking, sociable, stress-resistant”.",{"type":15,"text":116},"Common mistakes",{"type":20,"items":118},[119,120,121,122],"Leaving the CV almost empty — projects and volunteering are real experience.","Writing school details when you already study at a university.","Copying the same CV to every vacancy without adapting the summary.","Using a childish email address or a casual selfie as the photo.",{"type":12,"text":124},"A one-page CV is enough. When you get your first job, move experience to the top and shorten the education section.",{"slug":126,"updated":6,"minutes":127,"title":128,"description":129,"body":130},"cv-mistakes",5,"10 CV mistakes that cost you interviews (and how to fix them)","The most common CV mistakes recruiters see every day — from typos and missing dates to vague duties — and simple ways to avoid them.",[131,133,135,137,139,141,143,145,147,149,151,153,155,157,159,161,163,165,167,169,171,173,175],{"type":12,"text":132},"Recruiters read dozens of CVs a day, and small mistakes are often the reason a strong candidate is never called. Here are the ten most common ones and how to fix each.",{"type":15,"text":134},"1. Spelling and grammar mistakes",{"type":12,"text":136},"Typos look careless, especially for roles that need attention to detail. Read the CV aloud, check it with a spell checker and ask someone else to read it.",{"type":15,"text":138},"2. An unprofessional email or a wrong phone number",{"type":12,"text":140},"Create a simple email from your name and double-check every digit of your phone. A recruiter will not search for another way to reach you.",{"type":15,"text":142},"3. Duties instead of achievements",{"type":12,"text":144},"“Responsible for the warehouse” tells little. “Reduced stock discrepancies from 4% to 0.5%” shows your value. Add numbers: money, percentages, people, time.",{"type":15,"text":146},"4. Missing or unclear dates",{"type":12,"text":148},"Give a month and year for each job and education. Gaps without dates make recruiters suspicious; a short explanation (study, family, relocation) is better than nothing.",{"type":15,"text":150},"5. Too long or too dense",{"type":12,"text":152},"One or two pages is enough. Remove old and irrelevant jobs, keep 3–5 bullets per role and leave white space so the CV is easy to scan.",{"type":15,"text":154},"6. One CV for every vacancy",{"type":12,"text":156},"Adapt the title, summary and top bullets to each job. Use words from the vacancy — many companies filter CVs with ATS systems that look for them.",{"type":15,"text":158},"7. Inconsistent formatting",{"type":12,"text":160},"Different fonts, sizes and date formats make a CV look messy. A ready template keeps everything consistent automatically.",{"type":15,"text":162},"8. A poor photo",{"type":12,"text":164},"Selfies, group photos, sunglasses and busy backgrounds hurt the first impression. Use a recent portrait on a plain background — or no photo if the vacancy asks for none.",{"type":15,"text":166},"9. Sending a file that breaks",{"type":12,"text":168},"A Word document can look different on the recruiter's computer, and a phone screenshot is hard to read. Send a PDF with a clear file name: Name_Surname_CV.pdf. Provide Word only when the company asks for it.",{"type":15,"text":170},"10. Exaggerating",{"type":12,"text":172},"Inflated titles, fake language levels and invented skills come out in the interview or during the probation period. Be confident, but honest — show real results instead.",{"type":15,"text":174},"Quick fix",{"type":20,"items":176},[177,178,179],"Read the CV once just for typos and once just for numbers.","Check that every job has dates and at least one measurable result.","Export to PDF and open the file on your phone to see what the recruiter will see.",1792011040181]