FIVE TOP TIPS FOR GETTING YOUR CV ON THE SHORT LIST


Competition for jobs in the Media is tough, so you’ve got to make sure your CV works hard to get you the interview. Having read hundreds of CVs to recruit animators, production assistants and camera crew over the years, here are my five key tips to make yours stand out.


1. Simple and Clear Layout


Whoever is recruiting is likely to be time poor; trawling through a hundred CVs is just one of a long list of jobs to do before home time. The first thing I do is scan each CV to sort the wheat from the chaff. Make it easy for me to find out about you by having a simple, clear layout. Each section should have a heading that stands out, so if I want to look at, say, where you studied, I can find it on your CV within seconds.


2. Don’t Say What You Are, Show What You Are


Don’t just list your skills, make sure the person reading can visualise you in the job. Nearly every CV I read has some variant of “I am a team player who can also work as an individual.” Don’t just leave it at that, show it by giving examples: “I can work in team, like when I helped produced the University newspaper, and as


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