Curriculum Vitae

The purpose of your resume is to present your career. Keep in mind that recruiters have limited time for screening your CV, in fact only between 30 seconds and one minute. Therefore, it is important to focus on the following:

1. Have a well- structured design
2. A maximum of 2 pages
3. A clear and legible font, not smaller than 9 pts or 10 pts.
4. Avoid spelling and grammatical errors
5. Short and concise wording
6. Authentic representation of your personality
7. Include military time in your CV, if applicable
8. Application for UK/US: Maximum one page
9. Application for UK/US: No photo and no personal information such as age or gender. Focus on personal successes and achievements.

This section includes your personal contact information:

1. Name, nationality, date of birth, mobile number, email address and postal address. In addition, we recommend referring to your LinkedIn profile and to hyperlink it.
2. Please don't: Don't use an unprofessional email address like hellrider666@gmail.com

Optionally, you can write a short and concise summary of yourself here. Please note the following:

1. Stay specific, concrete and state your relevant competencies, interests and/or values ​​(your USP), which are relevant for the role, in 3-4 sentences. We recommend using an USP especially if it fits well with the position.
2. Please avoid generalisations and simple listing of adjectives without further explanation or evidence (e.g. performance-driven candidate...)

Here you can outline the main stages of your education:

1. Reverse chronological representation: The current course first.
2. If relevant for the desired position, you can provide additional information about courses attended, bachelor and / or master theses as well as practical projects.
3. You can also enter the current grade point average, but this is not a requirement.
4. Don’ts: No complete list of all courses attended. This information can be sent with your transcript in the appendix.
5. Exchange semesters can be shown separately or added to your existing education as a bullet point, depending on space.
6. Maturarbeit/ High School final thesis should only be added if relevant. In general you should only add relevant papers and modules.
7. Foreign grades should not be translated into the Swiss System, instead just state the highest grade (e.g. 5.00/6.00 or 1.6/1.0).

Here you can showcase your work experience including internships. Please note the following:

1. Reverse chronological representation: Name the last experience first.
2. Make sure you don't just mention the employer. The details of your main tasks, projects, activities, achievements etc. are much more important.
3. Try to think whether there are concrete KPIs to help you measure your achievements. Quantifying your achievements can be particularly helpful for roles which are very results driven.
4. Stay specific: Avoid meaningless points such as "help in sponsoring". Better: «Creation of tailor-made presentations for the acquisition of new sponsors»
5. If your employer is not so well known, it is advisable to describe it in 1-2 sentences
6. Depending on the level of study, your "student jobs" (e.g. checkout at Migros, service in the restaurant) are relevant professional experiences and we recommend mentioning them.
7. Please don't just list former employers without a detailed description of the activities.

With extracurricular activities you can showcase additional experience, skills and/or engagement. Recruiters highly value these additional activities. Please note the following:

1. Reverse chronological representation: Name the last experience first
2. Extracurricular activities include engagement in which you have active relevant skills and experience. For example, student clubs at the HSG, sports clubs, social engagement etc.
3. Do not list any hobbies, these will come later in the CV

This is about the representation of your hard skills. Please note the following:

1. Please evaluate your knowledge honestly and realistically. It may be that your skills are examined more closely during the application process.
2. You are welcome to enclose diplomas and certificates.
3. No list of basic knowledge that is not relevant for the position.

Here you have the possibility to show more of yourself and your personality by listing hobbies and interests. Please note the following:

1. We recommend listing up to max. 5 hobbies and interests. With this you can present a more well-rounded personality. Additionally, these points often help to break the ice during interviews or provide topics for small talk. 
2. Remain specific, for example, don’t just write "sports", but instead what kind of sports you do.
3. List only hobbies and interests that you are really passionate about.