I see a lot of CVs and very few score more than about 60/100 in our free reviews and there is a common thread to the mistakes – 1. It doesn’t say it’s a CV! Blindingly obvious but so many people forget to put CV or Curriculum Vitae at the top of their CV. This […]
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I’ve reviewed a CV today that I gave a pretty low score of only 44/100, and the only reason it scored this well was that it was under 2 pages and fulfilled some of the basic section requirements of a CV. The client rang me to talk through the review and I was genuinely shocked
More and more people are registering with LinkedIn and that’s because it is a great networking tool, but should you put it on your CV? No, is the simple answer. This goes back to the most basic (and often forgotten) piece of advice on CVs, which is that you must always remember that a CV
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Job-seekers are hurting their chances of securing new employment by not spending enough time on their CV, according to a survey. The most common mistake is sending a general CV to employers, rather than tailoring it to a specific role, according to research by the National Careers Service. Two thirds of careers advisers said this
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Firstly, make sure you put your mobile number on your CV. Recruiters work 9-5 (or 8-6!) and need to be able to contact you during those hours, or, at the very least, leave you a message so you need to give them the number. Secondly, don’t write it as one long sequence of numbers as this makes
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We see a lot of CVs that make use of Text Boxes in Word – don’t do it! They are a nightmare when you decide to change anything on your CV as they don’t obey the usual rules of formatting. Whenever we get a CV in that uses text boxes we cut all the text
Here’s 5 things that people commonly put on their CV which are a waste of space and simply clutter up the real story you should be telling: 1. Good timekeeper – Seriously, why say this? Every employer works on the assumption that you can get out of bed in the morning! 2. Enthusiastic – Again,
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Claire Squires died during the London Marathon 2012. We donated. http://t.co/XLbLO2KT
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