Your CV: qualifications for international business, service record for tourism

A CV has one job: to make someone decide, in seconds, that you are worth reading properly.

What it needs

• Name and contact. A phone number with WhatsApp and a professional email address.
• Location. Parish.
• Experience. Employer, role, dates and what you actually did.
• Qualifications. With institution and year. CXC, CAPE, degrees, professional bodies.
• Certifications, with validity dates where relevant.

What to leave out

National Registration number, marital status, number of children, date of birth. None of it helps the decision.

International business and financial services

This sector screens on professional qualifications: ACCA, CPA, ICSA, compliance and AML certifications.

If you are part-qualified, state which papers you have completed. Progress counts.

Mention specific regulatory frameworks you have worked with — international business companies, captive insurance, fund administration — since the experience is quite specific.

Tourism and hospitality

Guest-facing experience, named properties or brands where you can, and any specialist training in food safety, mixology, watersports or guest services.

Languages beyond English are worth stating with an honest level, given the European visitor market.

Corporate Bridgetown

Formal layout and, at larger employers, automated screening. Keep the format simple and use the words from the vacancy.

Describe the work, not the title

"Front Office Agent" says little. "Handled check-in and check-out for a 180-room property, resolved guest issues in English and Spanish, and maintained a 4.6 guest satisfaction average" says a great deal more.

Use numbers wherever you have them.

Length

One to two pages. Beyond ten years of experience, two is reasonable.

Keep it current

A complete profile means employers find you in their searches. In a small market, being visible matters.