CV Tips

CV Tips – Tips on how to write your CV

Your CV is a very important document, it will probably be the first contact you have with your potential new employer. You want to make a good first impression so that the employer is encouraged to offer you an interview. This document covers the basic CV and Resume tips you need to get started.

1. Use clear formatting- there’s no point having great content if it is not clear to read!

2. Don’t make your CV too long – Quality not quantity!

4. Concentrate on experience and achievement that will help you within your future

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 5. Do not include Photos

6. Do not detail any sort of failure – exams, marriages, businesses, etc    

7. Salary information – this can only be used to reject your application. If an advertisement specifically requests this information you can always include the information in your cover letter.  

 8. Always remember to spell check your document.

 9. Try to use full sentences. There is no conventional grammar in a CV -resume (it’s all bullets; phrases; headlines and captions)

10. Never use the first person, I, me, we, our.