CREASION and Volunteer For Change (VFC) have organized yet another Empower+ session with the CV and Cover Letter Writing Workshop on September 13 for 12 participants from VFC Bharatpur at CREASION’s Regional Office in Shivaghat, Chitwan to learn how to create a CV and Cover Letter. The participants were undergraduate students of Environment Science and Economics and the program was coordinated and organized by Rammaya Shrestha, Community Outreach Officer and Abish Man Shakya, VFC Program Coordinator.
The session incepted with the importance of CV and Cover Letter in finding employment. The session was designed for students with no prior relevant exposure of relevant work to find their first job. The participants learned about the components of a CV and Cover Letter and simultaneously built their own CV, learned common mistakes while writing a CV, and wrote a sample cover letter, applying for a position at Recycler Saathi. Sample CV and Cover Letters were provided for reference. The participants recreated a CV and Cover Letter at the end of the session and had a one-on-one session with the organizers providing them feedback on their CV.
The session marks the 23rd Empower+ session and has more than 560 youths engaged in the process. We hope that the participants of the session will assist them in applying for jobs as they graduate.