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Your Curriculum Vitae (CV)
This may seem like an unimportant
thing during an interview, but this is the sole
reason why you may get that interview so you
should be prepared with a well written CV.
You should tailor your CV to
highlight the qualifications, work experience
and any education that you’ve had that
best represents the type of work you are applying
for. You should also include any other work
experience that you’ve had, as well as
any accomplishments that you have made in your
field.
You may also want to dress
up your CV to let it stand out a bit. A nice
border is an elegant way to make your CV stand
out without being a distraction to the information
within it.
Of course there also quite
a few things that recruiters hate to see on
CV's as well. Many people do not think that
recruiters really go all the way through a CV,
but they really do. Recruiters have certain
pet peeves when it comes to reading a CV. I’ve
included a list of some of the pet peeves that
you should avoid when putting your CV together.
These are the things that recruiters hate to
see.
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Hiding or not including
vital information on a resume is like death.
A recruiter needs to see all of your important
information without having to search for
it.
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Major gaps in your employment
history leave a recruiter wondering about
your work ethic. Be prepared to answer questions
if you have such gaps in yours.
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Avoid writing your CV
as a narrative or in the first or third
person. It is really irritating for a recruiter,
and comes off as arrogant and/or egotistical.
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Pictures and/or graphics
on a CV is distracting to a recruiter. Things
like that will likely get your CV tossed
out without a glance.
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Lying or putting misleading
information on your CV is a major no-no.
There are always ways for a recruiter to
check up on you and many do, so don’t
lie. Getting caught in a lie on a CV just
says that you can’t be trusted.
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Sending a CV that doesn’t
match the type of job that you are applying
for is extremely irritating to a recruiter.
You are wasting their time.
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Using overly long paragraphs
in a CV will get yours tossed aside. It
is harder for the recruiter to read and
makes the task take too long.
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CV's that are more than
two pages will not be fully read by a recruiter.
That’s just the way it is.
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Spelling and grammatical
errors just proves that you are not very
keen on details.
For
more in-depth information on writing your CV
see our
Successful Interview E-Book
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