Make your contact details i.e. the phone no. and e-mail address available at the very beginning of your CV.

Use a formal e-mail address (preferably a combination of your first and last name) rather than using an e-mail address like funnymonkey@xyz.com

Write an appealing career summary/executive summary at the beginning. You have got 30 seconds to impress the recruiter. Your career summary should attract them to read the CV.

If you have got work experience, keep a focus of your CV on your experience, responsibilities and achievements.

If you have just passed out from college, write about your education qualifications, projects and other qualities in you which put you apart from other people in your batch.

Use impactful words which demonstrate you in control of things.

Rank the achievements in order of priority.

Write about your interests out of work. They demonstrate your personal qualities.

CV is a formal document. Use white or light coloured A4 size paper and formal fonts.

Put un-important things on the second page, towards right side.

Include some numbers to quantify your achievements. They make your CV more powerful.

Write short and crisp sentences using punctuation marks properly.

Maintain the same tense through out your CV

Provide enough breathing space in your CV. This makes it legible.