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  How to write a CV You have had years of using jargon in your past roles, maybe in the military or the I.T. sector. In fact you are used to speaking and writing in a form of shorthand that seems to be a series of acronyms.  Your CV may well be read by an HR person in the first instance and they may not even begin to understand what message you are trying to send. In a pile of 200 plus other CVs, no one is going to devote time to unravelling your CV. Their easy option is to move onto a well written, concise CV that answers their requirements.   Does your current CV need a health check? Even CVs that have been produced by a CV Writing Service can become out of date or are simply not strong enough to compete in today's fiercely contested job market. Need a superb CV  but have  limited funds ? For an incredibly low cost you can have a superb CV that will outshine all of your competitors in the race for that new position. Take a look at our Industry leading  Pr...

  How to write a CV A  Successful CV  will not usually exceed two pages. The key to the  Successful CV  is to incorporate all of the relevant information, giving  emphasis and priority to the most important points,  and to strip out all of the irrelevant and negative content. When you have selected the best CV Format, you then need to work on refining and editing your CV to present this on no more than two pages. Recruiters spend approximately 20 seconds before deciding whether to reject a CV : unnecessary pages add no weight to your candidature and may be viewed as being submitted by someone who has had too many previous jobs or career changes. A Two Page CV is an excellent discipline to work to assist your thoughts on editing and CV content. Does your current CV need a health check? Even CVs that have been produced by a CV Writing Service can become out of date or are simply not strong enough to compete in today's fiercely contested job market. Need ...

  How to write a CV Note this CV Writing TIP : it’s one of the  most important  and yet one of the most common omissions from a self- written CV. Many CVs list a string of duties that the candidate performs: “responsible for this” – “managing that” etc. Now think about this in a more literal and slightly cynical manner: the way that a busy and overstretched recruiter may interpret these lists, assuming they simply don't reject the CV Instantly. Your CV may list a duty as “responsible for locking up the factory at the end of the day”. Ignoring the dull, flat tone for a moment, there’s no actual clue as to whether you did this successfully!  Maybe you forgot sometimes and your employer suffered regular break-ins or you locked up regularly, but often lost the keys, requiring a locksmith to be called in and delaying the morning production shift by an hour! How about thinking in a little more detail about what you actually did and how this  added real value to your e...

There is lot of great advice and   CV Writing Tips   on these pages that will really help you to focus your thoughts and refine your current CV into a presentable and hopefully, a   Successful CV . However, the overwhelming majority of people, irrespective of age, experience, intelligence, education and just about every other factor, find that they have little idea regarding all of the many key points that need to be addressed to sell themselves via a self written CV. A  successful CV  does just that, it takes every positive aspect the applicant and presents them in a concise, easy to understand and engaging manner that enables the recruiter to quickly understand what value the applicant could add to their business. It’s as  simple and as difficult  as that: a very limited time and attention span of the recruiter being spent on the absolutely vital aspects of your CV so that they just have to interview you. A Successful CV writing service will work wit...

  A good question; isn’t communication what these professions are all about? The reality is that however good a writer or communicator the candidate is, it’s highly likely that they have little or no direct experience in writing and formatting a modern, professional   Media or Journalism CV . Professionally produced CVs do not follow “report-writing” or “article-writing” rules or guidelines although they share a very similar aim; to get a hard hitting and dynamic message heard by its target audience and produce the desired response. In this instance, the “message”, if delivered correctly, is that the recruiter has an opportunity to interview an outstanding candidate. Done incorrectly, it’s a clear message that the recruiter should quickly pass onto more suitable candidates. Media CV & Journalism CV – meeting the recruiter’s high expectations.   The “downside” of these two sectors is that recruiters do indeed have very high expectations of the CVs that they receive fro...

  How to write a CV Don’t hide the good stuff! The aim of your  Successful CV  is to immediately bring to the attention of the reader the key points that lead them to believe that they simply have to interview you. Successful CVs  have a limited time span to achieve this as they are often scanned, either by a human or by a machine and bullet pointing key areas will allow both types of “readers” to accurately and quickly identify the winning points that you need to make. Bullet Points on a CV also help to break up the format into a more visually pleasing style, encouraging the reader to consider yours in more detail than others that are poorly formatted. Bullet Points on a CV will also help you identify what the absolutely key facts are that you want to have noted. Does your current CV need a health check? Even CVs that have been produced by a CV Writing Service can become out of date or are simply not strong enough to compete in today's fiercely contested job market....

  How to write a CV Spell checkers are great, assuming that you have set the language to “English – English” and have not left the default “American – English” in place as this will introduce some interesting  spelling errors. An error on any CV that you send means: “I didn't notice it” - (I pay no attention to important details), “I didn't spell-check it” – (I’m lazy) – “I thought that was correct” – (I'm semi-literate). Also be mindful of accepting your spell checker's suggested correct grammar options as these are often incorrect. At the very least, leave your CV after writing it for a while and then carefully review it again.  This delay can often make mistakes more obvious. Ask a friend or colleague to read it for you: fresh eyes often see things that are not immediately noted by the writer as errors or poor grammar.   Does your current CV need a health check? Even CVs that have been produced by a CV Writing Service can become out of date or are simply not stron...