Making a CV can be an easy task or a very daunting one. It depends on how well you are equipped with the knowledge of making one. Do you know that it is very easy to make mistakes but it is easier to make a deadly mistake on your CV. There is a difference between this two if you are wondering because a mistake can be easily overlooked but a deadly mistake costs you the job. You need to be careful to avoid this and today, we will be sharing 5 of the most deadly mistake you can make on your CV.
Have you begun the painful process of gnashing you teeth when preparing your CV? Do you already have a CV but do not know whether you have made a mistake or not? Well gnash no more and turn here to the source of all your prayers for help on how to make a winning CV.
Crafting a resume is hard work but what’s more important is actually crafting a resume that works for you. I am glad that you read this resource because getting help is the first step to making that first leap into the big brave world of career success and opportunity.
A CV has to be a perfect representation of you and you need to avoid the following mistakes:
- Forget to format: This may seem to be pretty basic but formatting is an essential component of making a mistake free resume. Without clear and proper formatting the person screening your resume might have an academic perception before they figure out where you graduated from. Make sure your resume doesn’t need annotations to be properly understood.
- Where have you worked before? If you have worked before or not past jobs are great indicators of your potential to future employers. (Please refer to our article on a CV without work experience). However, make sure you understand that some past job experiences are worth more than others. That time at the company A might have been a great experience for you but the HR over at job B isn’t impressed. Think about the jobs that are relevant for where you’re applying to.
- This is it? We at Career Stom require you to make your resume the best it can be. As part of this, we focus on the sidekick to the resume, the cover letter. Never go into a situation without a cover letter as part of your CV. Not only is a cover letter important to elevating you above all those poor slobs who forgot, or just didn’t care, to attach one to their resume, but it helps personalize your applicant. Plus a cover letter makes you appear to care about the job you’re applying for way more than you actually may be.
- Please don’t tell me… Make sure your resume is clean, physically clean that is. Although difficult to believe, many a resume often contains dirt, grime, foot particles or coffee stains. Accidents happen but don’t be surprised if you’re purposely not hired for this job. Stay sparkling. I know this sounds very basic but from my many years at an HR department, believe me when I say that this is a very common occurrence.
- Who are you? Tell them your name! Contact information on your CV is so vitally important that it shouldn’t even have to be mentioned. But it’s being mentioned anyways because it does happen. Name, telephone number and email address are the three key features you need to have plastered all over your resume. How else will that prospective job get back in touch with you?
- English, English: Which type of English have you decided to use. I know you understand that there is English English and American English. If you look at this article well, it contains American English but for your CV, make sure if you start with one type of English, stick to it. Do NOT make a mistake of changing the English just midway because you feel convenient.
Well all this said and done, we are sure that you will avoid all the above five mistakes. Ensure your CV is in either a job winning or award winning. Both ways it will still count and you will be very proud that you heeded to our advice.
Otherwise it is all systems go.
All the best from HCC
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