Metrospective CV

As I keep receiveing few CV s from Architects who want to jump on a low cost flight and realize themselves in charming places as London or Paris I noticed a couple of common mistakes people use to do (unfortunately mostly italians).
So, if you are sending a CV abroad keep in mind a couple of things:

- Your CV must be in english, french, spanish or german (depending on where do you want to move);
- No one will consider you if you don't put a local address and phone number;
- After filled all fields be sure you didn't make any grammar mistake and double check names, places etc.
- Main sections in a CV are (in order):

1) Your personal details (Name, address, Phone, birthdate, nationality, language spoken with level: mother tongue, fluent, basic); it will give an overview of what you are in few lines;
2) Education (from last to first);
3) Professional experiences from most recent to the earliest (be sure to put month and year of all your experiences, Example: Apr. 2000 - May 2002 Agence d'architecture...);
and be sure to put all crucial informations on this section (Project name, your role, project value);
4) IT skills (with level). No Hobbies, passion etc. nobody wants to know if you want to become astronaut or read books, you can talk about it at the interview.
5) Driving license type? Please, no!

- In your cover letter talk about yourself (as professional, not personality) and briefly explain what you have done and why you are looking for a job (just say you are looking for challenging experiences and improve your skills).
- If you are more than 5 years experience you can put professional experiences before education.
- Companies often call you to arrange an interview the day after (or even same day) so be sure you can go for it and remind that if you put a local address they will think you live down the corner.
- Some companies (mostly french) wants a picture of you on your CV; personally I never did and kept working as well.
- Experience is a must. It counts more than 10 diplomas, so don't think to have more chances if you got five masters and two degrees what people looks for is someone who can do things, practically not just theoretically.
- Be honest and be yourself. Interviewers know how to discover the truth so try to have a chat without worries.
- Have fun. In general is best way to face everyday life.

Have a look on architectural salaries as well at: http://www.hays.com/common/salary-survey-archive.aspx

Well, hope it will be useful, good luck and see you around.