Your curriculum vitae
with extensive professional experience

You have a new exciting job in mind, but your extensive professional experience goes beyond the scope of your curriculum vitae? As impressive as a variety of work and qualifications might be, they can have an overwhelming effect on recruiters. The art of any application is to provide a compelling curriculum vitae that impresses from the outset.

Always remember: Your curriculum vitae is the document that you want to sell yourself with. In particular, if you have extensive professional experience, you need to ensure that your curriculum vitae is tailored to the requirements of your desired position and clearly expresses what you have to offer – today, not ten years ago.

Focus on the important points on your curriculum vitae. Present your extensive professional experience in a concise manner that matches your skills and experience. Here you can find tips on how to create a short but effective curriculum vitae even if you have extensive professional experience.

Keep important points on your curriculum vitae

It is often difficult to condense your individual professional experiences and to present the most important information in a way that makes it more attractive to recruiters or HR managers. You should therefore bring some order and clarity to your list of job titles, skills, qualifications, tasks and experiences. Even if you have extensive professional experience, you can create a short curriculum vitae that draws attention. We will give you tips on how to do this:

  • Only mention the skills, attributes and responsibilities in your career that are important to your desired position.

  • Highlight the key skills and attributes required for the position.

It is not necessary to list your education or your initial jobs or professional stages (such as internships). Always bear in mind: Your curriculum vitae should be as up-to-date as possible and should reflect your current skills and qualifications in the best possible way. Looking into the past does not add value.

Condensing your curriculum vitae: Always keep your goal in mind

Now that your curriculum vitae contains only the most important points, you should make sure that they draw the attention of recruiters as directly as possible. Therefore, when you create your curriculum vitae with your extensive professional experience, you must be mindful of your goal: HR managers should be able to quickly and easily identify what you can do and whether you would fit into the company. Avoid overloading HR employees with everything you've ever done. For algorithms, your optimised curriculum vitae is also crucial in grading you as a suitable candidate for the job and not favouring others.


1. Make sure that your contact details match

2. Create a short profile

 3. Summarise your skills on your curriculum vitae

4. Condense your professional career

5. Simplify the language and format
 

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  2. Make sure that your contact details match

    Your contact details are an integral part of your curriculum vitae. In addition, we recommend that you provide a link to your website or social media profiles to better communicate your personal branding. In this case, of course, you should make sure that your profile on LinkedIn and other sites lists identical information and job titles. If necessary, this allows recruiters to obtain additional information and examples of the work that you do.

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