3 PDF guides, 20 pages, on what to write in your CV: The ATS Guide, the Achievement Bullets guide and the Sector Content Library, with examples for 12 kinds of work.

What to Write in Your CV: 3 Guides for South African Jobs

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3 PDF guides, 20 pages, on what to write in your CV: The ATS Guide, the Achievement Bullets guide and the Sector Content Library, with examples for 12 kinds of work.
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  • 3 PDF guides, 20 pages, on what to write in your CV: The ATS Guide, the Achievement Bullets guide and the Sector Content Library, with examples for 12 kinds of work.
  • An example from the guide for a shop job. Weak: Worked on the till. Stronger: Served an average of 50 customers per shift at the till, handling cash and card payments with a balanced till at every cash-up.
  • The 12 kinds of work in the Sector Content Library: admin and office support, retail, customer service, finance and accounting, sales, marketing, IT and technical support, logistics and warehouse, healthcare support, education and training, hospitality and tourism, general work and trades.
  • How you get your files: 1 pay once at checkout, by card or instant EFT, with no monthly fee. 2 get your download link on the screen and in your email. 3 open your files on your phone or a computer. If a file will not open, you get your money back.
  • Cover picture for 3 CV guides: how to lay out your CV on the page, how to write what you did, and CV words for 12 kinds of work.
  • Cover of The ATS Guide, 1 of the 3 PDF guides in this set. It shows how to lay out your CV on the page.
  • Cover of the Achievement Bullets PDF, 1 of the 3 guides in this set. It shows how to write what you did at work.
  • Cover of the Sector Content Library PDF, 1 of the 3 guides in this set. It has CV words for 12 kinds of work.
What to Write in Your CV: 3 Guides for South African Jobs

What to Write in Your CV: 3 Guides for South African Jobs

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Drawing: a woman at a library table, thinking. Stuck on what to write? Follow the pattern. Weak: Worked on the till. Stronger: Served an average of 50 customers per shift at the till, with a balanced till at every cash-up.
Build one strong CV line. Answer 4 questions: what you did, for who or what, how you did it, and what happened. Example from the guide: Managed the front-office diary for a 12-person team using Outlook and a shared calendar system, without a single double-booking in over a year.

Your CV says what your job was. Show what you did.

An employer wants to know what you will do for them. A list of duties does not show that. Here is one line, made stronger with the guide.

Before: it says what the job was

Handled admin duties in the office.

After: it says what you did, and the result

Managed the front-office diary for a 12-person team, coordinating an average of 15 meetings per week without a double-booking.

  1. What you did

    What did you do? Start with a doing word, like Managed or Served.

    Managed

  2. For who or what

    Who or what was it for? How many people or things?

    the front-office diary for a 12-person team

  3. How you did it

    How did you do it, or what did you use?

    This line does not say how. That is fine. The guide says 3 of the 4 parts is usually enough.

  4. What happened

    What happened because you did it? Use a real number if you have one.

    without a double-booking

Look here: the front-office diary is the list of meetings for the office. The new line says how many people (12) and how many meetings each week (15). It also gives the result: no double-bookings (when 2 meetings are booked for the same time). A manager could check every part.

This line is 1 of 12 examples in the Achievement Guide, from first jobs to shop and office work. The guide also shows 9 honest ways to find a real number. It says: never make up a number.

3 guides to help you choose the words for the CV you already have. You can read them on your phone.

Read the first line under your last job. Does it only say what your job was? Or does it say what you did, and what happened because of it?

The Achievement Guide shows you how to write what you did, and the result. No job yet? It has examples from school and university.

The examples use South African work and words, like a till cash-up and Grade 12. You get 3 guides. Each one is a PDF (a document you read or print; it opens on most phones). There is no Word CV in this one.

One guide is about ATS (computer software some companies use to sort and search CVs). It shows how to lay out your CV on the page. Nobody can promise ATS will read your CV correctly. The guide shows a 2-minute check you can do yourself.

Look here: this is 1 of the 4 lines for shop work (Retail). “Served an average of [X] customers per shift, with a balanced till at every cash-up”. You change [X] to your own true number. There are 48 lines like this, 4 for each kind of work.

A computer may read your CV first. With a simple, one-column layout, the software saves your name, job and dates in the right place. With a busy layout, details can land in the wrong place or go missing. A person still reads your CV.
The 12 kinds of work in the Sector Content Library: admin and office support, retail, customer service, finance and accounting, sales, marketing, IT and technical support, logistics and warehouse, healthcare support, education and training, hospitality and tourism, general work and trades.

Is this for me?

  • You have a CV, but you do not know what words to use.
  • You work, or want to work, in a shop, office, call centre, warehouse, clinic, school, hotel or trade.
  • You want your first job after matric or your studies.
  • You are helping someone in your family with their CV.

Want help with every step, from your CV to the interview? The complete system has all 16 files. It includes these 3 guides and both CV designs.

What do I need to use it?

Read it on your phone or print it.Only the 2-minute check in the ATS Guide needs a computer, like one at a library or an internet café. The 3 files are about 185 KB together. That is less than 1 MB of data.

How do I get it after I pay?Right after you pay, we email you a download link. Tap it to save the files to your phone or computer. The email goes to the email address you type when you pay. The link also shows on the screen after you pay.

How can I pay?Use a Visa or Mastercard bank card. No card? Pay straight from your bank account with Instant EFT (on Payfast) or Ozow (on Paystack).

If a file will not open, you get your money back. Email hello@blessingmdigital.co.za. A person replies in one to two business days.

What do I get?

  1. Guide: how to lay out your CV on the page6 rules, each with a bad and a better example. A 2-minute check you do on a computer.PDF
  2. Guide: how to write what you didA 4-part way to write one line under a job. 9 honest ways to find a number. 12 examples, weak and stronger. The cover says Achievement Bullets.PDF
  3. CV words for 12 kinds of workFor each one: a short summary, 10 to 11 skills to choose from, and 4 lines you finish with your own numbers. The cover says Sector Content Library.PDF

3 files. Pay once. Yours to keep and reuse. About 185 KB for all 3 files. That is less than 1 MB, so the download uses very little data.

Other questions

Does it write my CV for me?

No. You write your own true words. The guides show you how, with examples.

I have no numbers to add. What can I do?

The Achievement Guide shows 9 honest ways to find a number. For example: how many customers you helped each day. Look in old payslips, rosters, WhatsApp work groups or your diary. A clear result with no number is still better than a list of duties.

Which kinds of work are in it?

There are 12:

  • Administration and office support
  • Retail (shop work)
  • Customer service and call centre
  • Finance and accounting support
  • Sales and business development
  • Marketing and communications
  • IT (computers) and technical support
  • Logistics, warehouse and supply chain (moving and storing goods)
  • Healthcare support
  • Education and training
  • Hospitality and tourism (hotels, restaurants, lodges)
  • General worker, operations and trades

If yours is not there, use the nearest one.

Can I copy the example lines?

Please do not. They describe other people’s work. Change them to your own true words. The guides say this too.

One guide talks about templates. Do I get them?

No. The templates the ATS Guide talks about are in the CV template and the complete system. You can use the guides with the CV you have now.

Will this get me a job?

Nobody can promise you a job, an interview or a reply. The guides help you write clear, true words about your work.

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How do I get it after I pay?

  1. Tap Buy now. If your cart opens, tap Check out. You do not need an account.
  2. On the next page, type your email address. Then choose Payfast or Paystack. Their payment page opens. You type your card or bank details there, not on our page.
  3. Pay. Right after you pay, we email you a download link. The link is also on the page you see right after you pay.
  4. Tap the link. Save the files on your phone, in Google Drive, or on a computer.

Cannot find the email? Look in your spam or promotions folder. Still nothing? Email us with your order number.

Phone or computer? These are 3 PDFs (documents you read or print). They open on most phones. Only the 2-minute check in one guide needs a computer.

How can I pay?

Pay with a bank card that has a Visa or Mastercard logo.

No card? You can pay straight from your bank account. Choose Instant EFT on Payfast, or Ozow on Paystack. You need online banking (you can log in to your bank on the internet or in your bank's app). You approve the payment on your phone.

You pay once. There is no monthly charge.

The payment page shows every way to pay. They are Visa, Mastercard, American Express (on Paystack), Instant EFT, Ozow, Zapper, Mobicred and Payflex. Mobicred and Payflex are only for people who qualify. Both check your credit record first.

What if a file does not open?

If a file will not open, you get your money back.

Email hello@blessingmdigital.co.za. A person replies in one to two business days.

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Need more than this? The complete system has all 16 files. It costs R 20 more.

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  1. Need more?: Everything in one, R 149. The complete system: all 16 files, including every file from every option below.
  2. This page: Better words for your CV, R 129. 3 PDF guides, with CV words for 12 kinds of work.
  3. Track and follow up, R 109. A tracker for 100 jobs, plus the 8 messages and the checklist.
  4. CV, cover letter, references, R 109. 3 Word files that match: CV, cover letter, references page.
  5. Get ready for the interview, R 79. 6-page PDF: the interview steps, 11 questions, how to answer.
  6. Just the CV, R 79. 1 CV in a Word file, A4, with a full example. 1 of 2 designs.
  7. Messages for after you apply, R 59. 8 short messages, each with the day to send it.
  8. Less to spend? Start here: Check before you send, Free. 35 checks in 3 parts: 30 seconds, 2 minutes, 5 minutes.

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Just the CV, R 79. These guides help with the words. The CV template gives you a clean page to put them on.

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Better words for your CV
R 129
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R 79
These two together
R 208
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R 149

R 59 less for the complete system, which has every file from both.