A CV is an outline of a person’s educational and professional history. It summarizes how your skills and abilities can contribute to an organisation. It helps get you a Job Interview. It is employers’ screening tool.
Below are Seven Parts of CV you need to consider when designing a CV.

1. Headings
• Don’t write CV, curriculum vitae or résumé at the top. The employer/recruiter can see what it is.
• Write your name in a bold format so they can find you quickly in a stack of CVs
• Do not use italic format
• Use a serious email address. E.g adakoleutaji@gmail.com, adakole.utaji@gmail.com, adakoleutaji@yahoo.com,
• Do not use email like samcares4you@yahoo.com, sam4real@gmail.com,
• Do not include your photo

2. Objectives
• Also called ‘career objective’ or ‘job objective’
• An Objective can be helpful if you are applying to a company that interests you, but not in response to a particular job opening.
• It isn’t necessary to write a full sentence
• Make it short and specific. A vague, general objective wastes space and the reader’s time.

3. Key Skills and Experience
• A very brief summary of your most relevant skills and experience. Employers/recruiters scan CVs for 30 seconds or less before deciding if they want to read further. Let them know what you want them to know about you in seconds
• Customize! For example, use ‘Key Marketing Skills & Experience’ for a marketing position
• Use phrases instead of full sentences
• Capitalize the first letter in each new bullet point
• Many companies and recruiters use internet to search for skills and experience that match their requirements. This is a good opportunity to include key words and phrases that would help them locate the required skills on your CV

4. Education
• As fresh and young graduate, you will probably want to put the education section next. But applicants who have lots of work experience place that section before education in their CVs.
• Starting with your most recent education list
o Your HND/BSc. Or Masters Degree etc
o The full name of the Institution of learning should be written in English, location - city and country
o The period of time you have been there – month and year or year of graduation
o Do not include grades unless they are above average
o If you have received any academic honors, include them in this section
o Do not write 2,1 instead write 2.1 or Second Class Upper
• At the end of the education section, you can list any additional training or course(s) relevant to the job you are applying for

5. Experience
• Using ‘Experience’ instead of ‘Work Experience’ enables you to include paid, and non-paid work, internships, volunteer work, and other experience that has helped develop your skill set. Employers care more that you have the experience rather than where you got it.
• Identify the employer or organization, the dates of employment (month/year), your position and your key responsibilities and accomplishments
• Use reverse chronological order: Start with your most recent experience and work backwards.
• Use the present tense for current positions and the past tense for work you are no longer doing.
• Use action verbs to describe your responsibilities and accomplishments.
• Include any work-related recognition you have received at the end of this section

6. Additional Skills
• Computer skills
• Any other relevant skills including language proficiency

Note: Skills that are particularly relevant for a job application should also be listed under Key Skills and Experience

7. References
• References Available upon request’ is optional. It is understood that you will provide them when asked to do so.
• You can include about three references in your CV
• Try to avoid family relatives in your CV
• Make it professional: Your reference may include your colleagues at work, your head of department, your lecturer, a friend etc

Considering these seven parts of CV will help you design a winning CV

Source: http://www.careersnig.com/2017/05/seven-most-important-cv-parts-that-need.html[b][/b]