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Tips for a good CV

- Athina Pappa - by www.thegaurdian.com

JANUARY

1)Get the basics right-keep it real

Including: -personal and contact information-education and qualifications-work history and experience-skills (relevant to the applying job)-own interests-achievements or hobbies

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2) Presentation

Your CV must be:-carefully/clearly presented-printed on clean white paper -well structured

SOS REMEMBER:the upper middle area in the first page is where the recruiter's eye naturally fall

3)Content

Your personal feautures must be clear, filled with every necessary point and no waffling, so your text must be short but precise with every detail on it. As for the areas that you are lacking, fill in the blanks by adapting skills you do have, so as to not leave gaps.

4)Tailored to the role

Your CV have to be fully desinged and hd for the job that you are applying for and iclude information relevant to that specific job position, so try to make it as unique as possible

5)Key skills

To stand out from the crowd you have to ilustrate special characteristics such as communication skills, computer skills, team working, problem solving, speaking a foreign language, participate in a local sports team or working in a voluntary group. These are uncommon things that make a good impression to the recruiter's eye

don't forget to always tell the truth to avoid an akward moment when you won;t be able to answer specific questions

positions of responsibility, working in a time and general achievements to make yourself sounds interesting

Interests

Write in a positive language and contain your work history and experience

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references

An important factor is references from past employers or a teacher/tutor that will boost your CV

KEEP YOUR CV UPDATED in case of working in a new project don't hesitate to add your experience in your CV, your potential employer will be impresed by the extra mile in your skills and experience

Final points

TRICKS ! Back up your achievements with numbers and sell yourself much easier ! Make it look good with bulet points, sort sentences, generally a layout easy on the aye ! Add job titles and buzzwords as keyworks and the search engines will pick your CV automatically