Steps to Writing a Great CV

1. Your profile - the bear essentials, you must include your full name, telephone and number.
2. Your personal statement - like a mission statement for a company, you should some up who you are, what drives you and what you belief in all within a short paragraph. Detail is not important here so much as coming across in a way that reflects your personality.
3. Your work history/experience - list where ypu've worked before, the title of the position you held and the dates between you were. When describing the role, talk specifically about what skills you used related to your responsibilities, giving as many specific details as possible. This section of your CV should talk priority over all else and should, therefore, be longest.
4. Education and qualifications - list what academical awards you have achieved from the highest qualification down to the lowest, from university to secondary school.List grades, dates of attendence and subjects.
5. Skills and interests - if you have any skills you've not demonstrated within your previous work, mention them here in relation to your interests. This section may be made larger given a candidate's lack of work experience.

For graduates or those who don't have a great deal of relevant experience, you can rearrange the structure of your CV so that the academic section follows directly after your personal statement, followed by experience within other roles (can be voluntary or outside work) and ending on skills and interests. Ultimately, a CV is there to emphasise what you have and de-emphasise what you don't, so there are no hard and fast rules on structuring. Again, the only real guidelines to mind are: keep it to two pages; keep the font type and size readable and professional; and remember your audience.

You can find more information on CV writing along with a list of top 10 CV tips at CV-Library.