Planning to work in Qatar? To find a job in Qatar, you need to introduce your skills, qualifications and abilities to employers. Qatar is a land with promising opportunities opening its gates to all nationalities. Before thinking about the ways to enter Qatar, have you thought about the best ways to deliver your professional information to recruiters? Are you wondering about the best CV or resume formats advocated in Qatar? Here is an article explaining the 10 tips of making an impressive CV worth recruitment in Qatar.

CVs for Qatar Job applications

A CV is a very important document in the life of every job seeker. The secret behind submitting a successful CV is customizing your CV for the job you are applying for and adding regular changes to each new application. Your professional details should be reviewed and developed whenever you go through a new application process. Take a look at; How to Write a Resume for Qatar Airways Cabin Crew Jobs?

 Another important caution: your CV should include true and honest information! you will need this CV for many purposes in Qatar:

-Applying for a job; that’s the most obvious and classic reason for writing a CV

-Applying for a voluntary mission: during this pandemic disease many organizations are active and providing missions for volunteers. To join these organizations, you need to submit a CV. Curious about resumes? Take a look at; What Should a Flight Attendant Put on a Resume?

-Applying for further studies, internship, and scholarship: Qatar has an excellent academic system with a very competitive application process. Academic committee in Qatar studies each application file to grant college admission and scholarship. For this purpose, you should know how to write a student CV.

How to Write a CV?

A CV is a perfect way to show your eligibility for the job. It is the first thing introduced to employers, before meeting you for a job interview. Adding to attracting the recruiter’s attention, this document contains the skills and qualifications required for the job.

Writing a CV goes through many stages. Be it a fresher or an experienced applicant, you need to know the tips that will make your CV stand out. If you are curious about them, join Fratres and take a look at the available guidelines.

1.Choose your CV type:

There are many CV types. Each type can tell about your professional situation: a beginner, an experienced applicant, an applicant with multiple career changes/ breaks.

• A chronological CV: it is a cv with applicants having multiple work experiences reordered in a chronological way
• A Functional CV: it is a CV for fresh graduates, putting more emphasis on job-related skills
• A Combination CV: it is a CV that combines the two previous versions and it works for applicants with expanded career gaps and changes.

2.Download a Template:

 If your laptop includes very classic CV themes and templates, you can make a short effort by downloading a template. If you are conducting an online job search through one of the trustworthy websites, you can build your digital CV, through a CV builder provided in these websites. Best CV builders in 2021

3. Name and Contact Information:

The top of your CV, includes your name, age (if required) and contact information which consist of email and phone number.

4. Write your Profile:

A profile is a short summary introducing your application in a motivating way. You can include in this summary:

 -your professional situation; an experienced employee, a student, a trainee, a volunteer, etc..

-your skills and personal traits: you need to put professional attributes determining your skills: motivated, business-oriented, talented, etc..

-your objectives: write about what you would like to do once hired for the job. Take a look at; Top Five Websites to Find Jobs in Qatar

5.Work experience:

If you are using a chronological CV, you have to list your experiences starting from the most recent job to the oldest one. Don’t forget to mention the job titles, the dates of entry and exit, the name of the companies/ organizations/ institutes. You can also add some tasks and missions related to the job.

6. Education:

your academic level shows better the hard skills employed for the job and the academic path you chose to follow. In your CV write Your academic qualifications, the date you obtained them, your assessment and specialization, as well as the place starting with the most recent degree. You can add other certificates, if you have completed further studies or apprenticeships.

7.Skills:

Skills are essential in functional and combined CVs to cover the lack of professional experiences.  in Qatar, there are two major skills that should present in your CV apart from those, which are related to the target job:

• Computer and Technology: Computer skills can strengthen the rating of your CV and put you at the top of the list of the selected candidates for work.
• Foreign Languages:  If you are fluent in many languages other than your native one, you  can indicate that by explaining your proficiency in reading, writing and speaking.

The rest of your skills list consists of a combination of hard skills, soft skills, and personal skills. just select the skills required and relevant for the job such as, showing your communication abilities, time-management skills, stress-management, etc..

8. Awards and Achievements:

If you received any award, or any appreciation certificate, put it in your CV. Qatari employers give interest to your social activities and contributions and may consider that as an enrichment for your application.

9. Website Profile Links:

This section is a bit awkward but it is getting spread in CVs. Applicants put at the end of their CVs, the links of LinkedIn accounts, Professional profiles in order to ensure being relevant in online professional platforms and active in building a network. Do not include Facebook profile or instagram profile links.

10. Photo:

Although a photo on a CV is viewed as a non mandatory element. But, in Qatar a Photo is essential in a CV, as anonymous applications are really common in the labor market. Some professional fields require a level of elegance, youth, and  represent the industry. That's why a photo should be similar to a passport photo and placed at the top right of your CV.

These were the 10 tips for building a CV following the Qatari standards. The same applies to virtual CVs.