CV’s are meant to demonstrate your achievements, skill and potential in a way that encourages and stimulates the reader. They must not tell lies though they may not have to be totally comprehensive truth. 

CV’s will need to be shaped towards the post or role to which you apply. They are therefore dynamic and probably require regular review if not revision. There may even be a need for more than one CV being maintained at the same time.

CV’s are about recording achievements, analysis of events and establishing good practice and learning that suggest that you are less likely to repeat mistakes and, more importantly, that you always seek to improve as an individual, team member and leader of a group.

CV’s are easier to write if you are objective, experienced at compiling/creating them and can remain emotionally detached; most people are not, so they are probably better written by somebody else. There are many formats, some more successful than others; there is plenty of advice, the do’s and don’t’s of making impact with CV’s.

CV’s that are concise yet comprehensive, make impact without making people cringe, raise to prominence the most important skills and achievements, and still leave the subject comfortable with, even encouraged by, what is being said about her/him and how they are portrayed, are worth their weight in gold.