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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:
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Common mistakes with CV design
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Putting the education section first
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Not putting the most recent information e.g. jobs and qualifications first
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Making it too long/wordy so the reader switches off
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Having too much detail about what you do in your job, rather than how you've added value
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Including references
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Not giving enough thought to the design and font used
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5 FREE tips to design your CV |
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Create a clear and consistent structure using tables/borders/different size fonts or bold/underline/italics for headings
- 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
- Include training and other information such as hobbies to give a flavour of you the person
- Don't repeat information - summarise your core skills
- Think about what you want the reader to feel and think and then design your CV to elicit this response
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