How to write an autobiography?

Autobiographies, on the basis of which one can not write an exciting story, let alone a novel, usually belong to the happiest people.

Janusz Wisniewski

The beginning of the genre of modern autobiography is the work of Jean Jacques Rousseau "Confession" (1789). But until the middle of the twentieth century, writing this type of document was the privilege of only well-known personalities.

Autobiography is an arbitrarily compiled document, which is a free description of a person's life. It contains in itself in a certain sequence the basic information about the life stages of the candidate and his work activity. To date, this document is one of the main components in the process of employment.

Before you write an autobiography, you need to carefully read the requirements for its compilation. After all, the autobiography gives the employer a complete idea of ​​the future employee.

The following list of recommendations will tell you how to correctly and accurately write an autobiography.

How to write and correctly write an autobiography?

Basic information and life description are indicated, observing strict chronological order. There are several options:

1. First of all, the event is indicated, then the date is in brackets. For example, "After graduation from the graduate school (2010), she worked as a lecturer in macroeconomics at Odessa University of Economics (2010-2012)"
2. At the beginning of the line, the dates are put through the hyphen, which denote the period of time covering a certain type of work activity, etc. For example, "2010-2012 - worked as a teacher of macroeconomics at the Odessa Economic University".
3. The described time period is indicated by means of a pretext. For example, "From 2010 to 2012 she worked as a lecturer in macroeconomics at the Odessa University of Economics."

Before writing an autobiography for work, you should also take into account important points that are mandatory components of this document:

1. Your data. Full Name. Date and place of birth. Thus, you seem to be presenting, informing about who you are. This information can be indicated in different ways. For example, "I, Ivanov Ivan Ivanovich, was born on January 1, 1987 in the city of Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk region." Also, it will not be a mistake to indicate your data in the form of a questionnaire: "Ivanov Ivan Ivanovich. Date of birth: January 1, 1987. Place of birth: the city of Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk region ".
2. Even at the beginning of the development of the autobiography as a document, it was customary to indicate the social status of parents. ("... Father was an ordinary peasant, he was engaged in making tallow candles and cooking soap." "Benjamin Franklin's autobiography" by Benjamin Franklin). To date, the need for this has disappeared. You just need to provide some information about the type of work of parents. For example, "I was born into a family of teachers - father, Ivan Ivanov Ivanov - mathematics teacher, mother, Svetlana Ivanovna Ivanova - history teacher".
3. After you have specified the above requirements, you need to fill out the curriculum vitae with information about the education you have received. Indicate the institutions in which you studied, the period of study. If you have any achievements (diplomas, gold medals), it is worth writing about it. For example, "I graduated from secondary school No. 21 in Belgorod in 1998". Then follows information about all levels of your education (middle, higher, graduate school). If there is an incomplete school, you must specify the reason.
4. Your work activity. In this paragraph, you need to describe in which company / institution / organization you started working. Do not forget to indicate in which position or for what profession. For example, "In October 1982, by distribution, I went to work at the Zvezda plant as a cutter." If the originator did not work anywhere, it would be appropriate to indicate whether he was registered with the employment center, whether there was retraining, etc.

How to finish an autobiography?

At the end of the document, please provide your personal details:

1. Passport data.
2. Home address and phone.
3. Date of compilation and signature of the originator.

If you are only interested in how to write a short autobiography, then it is necessary to contribute from all of the above only:

1. Your data.
2. Received education.
3. Work activity.
4. Personal Information.

The main thing in a brief autobiography is not to pay special attention to detailed descriptions of your life periods, cover only the most important ones, without going into their details.

The final version of your autobiography will be placed in a private file. Over time, it can be updated, but the old version of this document and additions to it are placed in the section "Additional Material".