Common CV Mistakes

Key Words in a CV

Posted by admin on August 25, 2010 at 11:32 am

Traditionally Key Words meant using lots of positive action words in a CV such as “Implemented”, “Created”, “Managed”, “Designed” etc, but this is no longer the case. These sort of words are still important but only to a human reader. What does that mean? It means that your CV will initially be looked at by [...]

Top 5 Spelling Mistakes on a CV

Posted by admin on July 23, 2010 at 3:08 pm

The first 4 of these spelling mistakes are hard to spot as they are correctly spelled – they’re just not the word you meant. The last (and most common) is a genuine mistake but because it is almost invariably in upper case, the spell checker in Word simply ignores it. 1. Manger. You mean MANAGER [...]

Why isn’t my CV Working?

Posted by admin on July 17, 2010 at 10:13 am

Perhaps the most common question we are asked – not surprisingly! There is a simple test you can do to your CV: 1. Fold it in half so you can only see the top half of the first page. 2. Compare the information you can see with the qualities looked for in the job advert. [...]

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