When writing your application, you should remember that you are the best expert conserning your competetence. With your application, you are marketing your competence to an employer who might be reading hundreds of applications daily. With a good application you can stand out from the crowd, make yourself indispensable and get an invitation to a job interview.
Tailor your CV and your application letter for the position you are applying for. Use the webpages of the company and analyse carefully the job advertisement to find out what the job requirements are and what other things might be important to the employer. Hightlight these aspects from your experience in a positive and factual way. Be honest, but do not explain what you are not able to do. Write mostly about the competences in which you have achieved a high enough level.
Application
Curriculum Vitae - CV
Contact information
— clearly, up to date
Photo
— matter-of-fact passport photo
Personal information
— name, date and place of birth, marital status (optional)
Education
— starting with examinations/current studies leading to an examination, the most recent one first, ending with your matriculation examination. Under header "other education" can be listed courses, professional training etc.
Work experience
— relevant work experience in chronological order starting with most recent employment. Describe shortly your responsibilities. Under header "other work experience" you can list summer jobs etc.
Language skills
— starting with your mother tongue, other languages using expressions excellent — good — basics
It-skills
— all your essential skills descriped as in language skills
Positions of trust / Publications / Special skills
— describe your positions of trust etc. — particularly if you havenĄt gained much work experience yet
Good length for your CV is 1-2 pages (A4). Don´t leave any unexplainable time gaps in your CV