Improving your CV

Published: 22.11.11 (Updated: 20.03.12)

Our CV application are designed to elevate our consultants’ CVs, and improve our candidates’ and employees’ chances of landing the jobs they want.

We encourage our team to keep their CV updated at all times. Log on to connect.omega.no, and access My CV under the My Profile section.

Please note: An increasing number of our customers ask that CVs are written in English.

Your CV consists of the sections that follow. Utilize our tips and examples to ensure you optimize the potential of your CV.

Main info
Experience
Courses & Certificates
References
Saving and Printing
Web browser compatibility
Assistance

Main info

The Main info section of your CV presents your personal information, education and computer skills in free-text fields.

Key Qualifications

The Key Qualifications section is one of the most important for our clients. Use this free-text field to clearly present your key strengths as a candidate.

Key Qualifications example

Education

Many of Omega’s clients require a full overview of your education. Use this free-text field to enter all of your qualifications.

Education example

Computer Skills

The Computer Skills section of your CV has now been promoted to the Main Info section because many of our clients have specific requirements regarding computing. Summarize all of your relevant computing skills in this free-text field, even if the same programs are mentioned elsewhere in your CV.

Computer Skills Example

Photo

Many of Omega’s clients request that we include a photo of our candidates on their CVs. The photographs assist clients in remembering each candidate. Suitable passport-style photographs can be sent to your CV responsible for input. You will find contact information for your CV responsible by clicking on Contact us on the top of your CV page.

Experience

Click on the Experience tab of your CV to access your job experience entries. This section should provide an overview of your career thus far.

Each job or project should be an individual Experience entry
Be sure to include your employer, project and position. It is also important that you write a few sentences specifically describing the work you completed and were responsible for each job/entry
Enter new jobs/projects by using the orange Add New Experience link
Make changes to existing entries by using the orange Edit link under each Experience entry in question
Experience entries are automatically saved on entry
If there is missing experience information for a period of six or more months a red line will appear, and you should update your CV with this information

Experience example

Courses & Certificates

Click on the Courses & Certificates tab to update your CV with the latest training course you have undertaken. This section should offer a full overview of the courses you have completed.

Courses & Certificates entries are automatically saved on entry
To delete an entry, click on the grey bar to the left of the entry and press the Delete button
If the training you received is only valid for a set period, please ensure you enter the Valid From and Valid Until fields
Omega courses (elearning and in person) will be automatically entered on your Omega CV based on Omega’s records

Courses & Certificates example

References

Your reference list offers Omega and our clients a list of contacts that can attest to your abilities and past experience. Often, the feedback of referees can be a deciding factor in the assignment of a job.

Each reference person should be entered on his/her own line. Click on the white field to enter text
Reference entries are automatically saved on entry
To delete an entry, click on the grey bar to the left of the entry and press the Delete button
Ensure you have at least two reference people on your CV at all times
Ensure referee details and contact information is up to date at all times

References example

Saving and Printing

To save or print your CV, use the relevant buttons in the upper left-hand corner or press the My CV is Updated button to the right of the Main info section.

Web browser compatibility

For optimal use of our CV application we recommend:

Internet Explorer (Version 8 and over)
Google Chrome
Firefox (Version 4 and over)

Assistance

Omega’s Service Centre is on hand to assist you in inputting or updating your CV.

(+47) 5377 5377

mail@omega.no