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Energise Career Strategies Bulletin - the catalyst to liberate your talent
This bulletin is about Career Strategies and this particular issue is about CV design.  
 
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Good CV design
apples 
 
 
Your CV is a very important document. It is a summary of who you are, where you've worked and needs to convince the reader very quickly to read on beyond the first page and that you are worth investing more of their time in. Its main objective is to gain you an interview and its second objective is to give an initial impression of you as a brand.
 
In an ideal world, your CV would be targeted 100% to each individual job, but lack of time can prevent this.
 
A good CV:
  • Is no more than three pages in length
     
  • Its content and style is targeted to your target audience, i.e. the interviewer(s)
     
  • Its design/layout matches your target employer/profession, i.e. modern if modern, traditional if traditional
     
  • Says enough without saying too much
     
  • It needs to convey both what makes you different or better than your competitors, and give an indication about your character
 
 
Common mistakes with CV design
 
  • Putting the education section firstchick
     
  • Not putting the most recent information e.g. jobs and qualifications first
     
  • Making it too long/wordy so the reader switches off
     
  • Having too much detail about what you do in your job, rather than how you've added value
     
  • Including references
     
  • Not giving enough thought to the design and font used
 
 
5 FREE tips to design your CV
 
  1. Create a clear and consistent structure using tables/borders/different size fonts or bold/underline/italics for headings
     
  2. Put the key information on the first page, i.e. your name and address, paragraph summary about your years' experience and achievements and initiatives.  Unless you have under 5 years experience, put where you've worked and what you've done further back in a tidy format
     
  3. Include training and other information such as hobbies to give a flavour of you the person
     
  4. Don't repeat information - summarise your core skills
     
  5. Think about what you want the reader to feel and think and then design your CV to elicit this response 
 
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In this issue
Good CV design
Common mistakes with CV design
5 FREE tips to design your CV
About Energise
Self reflective question  
 
When was the last time you updated your CV?
About Energise
Energise helps organisations and individuals liberate talent. We are The Talent Liberation Company and help give you the edge in challenging and competitive environments.
 
We have the skills, experience and insights to unlock potential and offer an inspiring approach to bring about positive change.
 
We have been established for over 13 years, have 23 years experience and are practical and results focused giving our clients the tools, confidence and knowledge to succeed.
 
We specialise in career change, working smarter and talent management and employee engagement.
 
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Our clients are diverse and include lawyers, accountants, and many other professions such as architects and marketing.
  
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Energise services
 
 
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