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Reasons for Leaving

We often see CVs where people have put down their reasons for leaving against each of their jobs.

This is generally unnecessary and can be counter-productive.

During an interview one of the main conversation points is going to be the reasons behind your career moves and if it’s all written down then you’ll have nothing to discuss!

If you’ve been made redundant from your last 2/3/4 roles, then writing this down may actually prevent you getting an interview in the first place.

Remember, a CV is designed to get you an interview so you must avoid giving the reader any reason for not seeing you.

Spelling Mistakes

Latest 3 CV spelling mistakes are errors that just don’t get picked up by spell checkers:

Roll instead of Role

Manger instead of Manager

Collage instead of College

If you do nothing else with your CV – get someone else to proof read it.

 

Templates

There are many CV templates and free examples available that look good, but you need a combination of both style and substance for a really professional Curriculum Vitae.

A template is good for getting the look and layout of a CV correct but that’s about as far as it goes.

An employer or recruiter needs to be able to quickly read a CV and ascertain if you’re worth interviewing. Whilst a template will help you along the road it doesn’t help with writing compelling content that really gets you onto the interview list.

If we write your new CV then you will have a document that really sells you and  gets you the interview.

Click on our free review to see what we mean - with no obligation. 

Contact Details

Such a “comedy basic” – but make sure you have all your contact details on your CV.

We see so many that are missing either a mobile number or an email address. You must have both on a CV or you are just making the recruiters job harder, and if you do that – guess what? That’s right, they contact someone else.

Make sure you have the following on the top of your CV:

  • Full postal address
  • Mobile phone number
  • E-mail address