RECRUITMENT Top 1 REDUCE IT 10 5
Keep your CV size down to two sides of A4 paper and don’t go below font size 10. CV sifters won’t wade through pages of detail to get the data they need to make a decision.
2 JAZZ IT UP
Make your CV look appealing with a nice layout and maybe a bit of colour and a flattering photo. Use short jargon-free statements to help the non- technical CV sifter.
3 ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE
The job of the CV is to get the CV sifter to recommend you for an interview. It is a snap- shot, not a comprehensive history, so stress your successes and achievements, not just your past duties and responsibilities.
4 PUT IN A PROFILE
A busy CV sifter will get a positive impression right away if there is a ‘Profile’ section at the top of the CV. The Profile is about six lines of text that summarises your suitability and stresses the positive aspects of your personality e.g. ‘a positive attitude and a cheerful disposition’.
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THE UNDERCOVERCOACH GIVES HIS TIPS ON CV WRITING
PUT IN YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS
The positive impression is reinforced if you place a ‘Work Achievements’ section directly under your Profile. This should be about six lines and summarises those work achievements that are impressive and those that relate directly to the vacancy advertised.
CUSTOMISE IT
Make the CV sifter’s life easier by customising your CV to the precise requirements of the job advertised. If the advertisement is not detailed enough then call the employer and ask for a copy of the relevant job description and the employee specification (it describes the ideal candidate).
LIST ACHIEVEMENTS IN HISTORY
Make life even easier for the reader by stating or repeating your achievements in the ‘last first’ chronological sequence of the ‘Employment History’ section. People are interested in your history but your achievements will get you the interview.
ADDRESS THE COVERING LETTER TO A PERSON
If you don’t know who to write to then call up and get the correct name and job title of the right person. It makes your approach more personal, more polite and more professional. Unless you are on first name terms with the individual concerned use their formal title i.e. ‘Dear Mr Bloggs’ not ‘Dear Joe’.
9 USE AIDA FORMAT
Use the AIDA format in your covering letter i.e. Attention ‘I saw your advert …’ or ‘A friend told me…’
Interest ‘I’ve heard very good things about…’
Desire ‘I enclose my CV and I’d really like to visit you for a look round …’ Or if preferred you could write ‘Before I send my CV I’d like to visit you for a look round …’
Action ‘I will ‘phone you for an appointment …’
10 PUT IT TO WORK
Once written you can then customise your CV for specific vacancies or you can target your ideal employers, do some research on them and send the CV out to all of them. You can ask each for a visit and suggest they interview you first when there is a vacancy, before they spend money on advertising.
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