CV Cheat Sheet

Keep it Brief!

Recruiters spent a short amount of time on a CV, so keep it brief - make it a maximum of two pages

Make your CV stand out - a plain CV full of great content may not grab the eye as quickly as something that you've spend a bit of time designing.

Things to look out for:

Choose a single font - Multiple fonts is distra­cting

Make sure it's easy to read. Something may look great and help you stand out, make it easy to read - turning paper to read something is something you should avoid.

Phone numbers are essential
Email address etiquette makes a massive differ­ence:
your.n­ame­@em­ail.com
drunka­llw­eek­@ho­tma­il.com

Current Address

Put only the recent work experience that you have, partic­ularly if you have plenty of experience - Nobody really cares about your Saturday job from 15 years ago!

Show what you brought to the company rather than what you did. You want to say what you can provide to your potential new company rather than give a job specif­ica­tion.

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Showcase your achiev­ements from your jobs - whether it's targets exceeded, ideas created or anything else, make sure that you showcase what you've achieved.

If you're new to job seeking, or a recent graduate then a qualif­ica­tions based CV is better. Have the qualif­ica­tions that you have as the focus of your CV.

Check, Double check and re-read your CV. Get friend­s/f­amily to check that there is no spelling errors, gramma­tical errors and that any contact details are correct.

Don't put references available on request, as that is generally expected.

Only put reference details down if the referees are contacted before hand and know that you're looking for a new job.

And if you're thinking about putting down your current workplace on your CV - don't! You only want to involve your current workplace further down the job process.