“Creative Stuff”: Man Shows Effective CV Sample for Jobs, Promises to Give People Free Template

“Creative Stuff”: Man Shows Effective CV Sample for Jobs, Promises to Give People Free Template

  • A young Nigerian man got the attention of job seekers online after he shared a CV template that many described as perfect
  • Another man's offer to make the template available for everyone on Twitter got much applause as people appreciated him
  • The photo of the CV got Twitter users sharing their resume experiences, as some claimed there was nothing special about the template

A young Nigerian man shared a CV template that generated massive reactions on social media on Saturday, July 1.

The tweep, @mr_ameji, said he heard the template showed a perfect example of what a CV should look like. The CV had the name of the owner as a head note.

CV sample in Nigeria/Young job seekers.
People were interested in his free CV sample. Photo source: @Xeunbadejo
Source: Twitter

Stylish and simple CV template

A moment after he shared the tweet, a young man with the handle @Xeunbajo quoted the tweet and revealed that the template was created using Harvard's graduate CV guide.

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He mentioned his intention to share free access to the template so people can tweak it to fit their tastes.

See the tweet below:

Legit.ng compiled some of the reactions below:

@Brett_Designer said:

"Looks pro. Non designer. Good stuff, well laid out."

@bromatoes14 said:

"I’d give it a 7/10. Needs to tell more of a story to bump it up, feels very robotic."

@bolutifeawakan said:

"Yep, looks about right. No pictures, no creative stuff, no show off."

@Zukajess_ey said:

"Please can you provide the template."

@DapoVibes said:

"Interesting how I've never come across any of these resources but my CV is almost identical in both format, design and content."

@visionarykoveh said:

"Yes. It’s very excellent. I adopted a Stanford graduate CV template, and it’s quite similar. Thank you for this!"

@jerelamptey said:

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"Nobody’s got time for a two page CV."

@10x66py said:

"Thanks been looking for cv template."

@OG_Cardinal said:

"No be like this everybody dy take write cv? Twitter so dramatic lol."

@tagbochineduu said:

"Really neat CV. Simple and sweet is always the best approach."

@Ugochuks_D said:

"The last CV I created without Date of Birth was rejected."

Man wrote funny CV for N800k job

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a lady who works as an HR expert shared a video that showed the one-line CV an applicant sent for a job that offers an N800,000 monthly salary.

She was surprised when she opened the Word document that he sent, and it was only a line of a funny statement.

Businessman loses N157.2m in Nigeria

In other news, a Nigerian millionaire and real estate mogul, Daniel Moses, narrated one of the misfortunes he suffered earlier in life.

Daniel said he brought £150,000 (N157,224,750) back home to Nigeria. He invested the sum into oil and gas.

Source: Legit.ng

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Joseph Omotayo (HOD Human-Interest) Joseph Omotayo has been writing for the human interest desk since 2019 and is currently the head of the desk. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a degree in Literature in English in 2016. He once worked for Afridiaspora, OlisaTV & CLR. He is a 2022/2023 Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking fellow. He can be reached via: joseph.omotayo@corp.legit.ng.