Transforming your CV into a Mind Map

Writing or reading CVs is often a boring exercise, and you never know if a recruiter will clearly understand your main skills, experience, and how you fit for a role. I tried to use a different approach and transformed three pages of text into a Mind Map, and you can do the same.

I have seen many CVs (~100), different templates, and styles of writing. In many cases, it wasn't clear to me what those guys actually know, what level of experience he/she has, and in which areas can be a candidate strong.

One day I was working on a complex problem again, which typically starts with visualization of all components, their relations, dependencies, and requirements (a form of mind map), when one of my friends asked me to review his CV as he wanted to apply for a new job.

It was yet another boring CV, with unclear information about what skills he developed in his previous roles and what type of work can be interesting for him. Unfortunately, I didn't have any good examples of a CV to share, so I decided to transform my own CV into a mind map and share it with him as a template file to do the same. Something that you can do as well.

I hope this will help you to also better market yourself. Imagine recruiter having 50+ CV…