# Recommendation by Companies
## Google
As described [here](https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/google-recruiters-say-these-5-resume-tips-including-x-y-z-formula-will-improve-your-odds-of-getting-hired-at-google.html) [[Google]] shares tips for the best CVs:
- Keep CV simple and highly readable
	- PDF format
	- no objective / sentence
	- black text, font, size simple and consistent
	- No typos
	- Bullet points
	- put contact info prominent (name, email and phone, github link)
	- single page if possible (except for engineering / technical where a lot of projects might be relevant)
- Custom CV for every position you apply
- X by Y by Z formula
	- "Accomplished X as measured by Y, by doing Z."
	- Be sure to have quantitative measures such as:
		- second place out of 50 teams
		- selected out of 275 applicants
		- grew revenue by 15 percent
- Advanced formatting: 
	- experience before education (if long out of school)
	- school: name, degree, major, GPA and date of graduation
- Technical skills listed prominently
	- mention which tech tools used for which project