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Will You Add? - Great CV Tips - The Fab 50
Your job interview is tomorrow. You know your appearance will matter, so you polish your shoes and brush your hair. You realize your interviewer will have your resume in hand, so you've come prepared to explain every minute detail included on it. You've even done practice interviews and prepared your responses to all the trick questions. Are you ready? Not yet. There remains a single type of preparation that you should do that can make or break your interview-knowing how to handle the possible biases of an interviewer. You need this knowled
34. If you are required to send an application form, make sure you only send a CV as an attachment if requested to do so.
35. Use bullet points to emphasis key points on your CV.
36. To help prevent listing any unnecessary detail, list your information in years, rather than months.
37. Focus on your recent history and summarise historical information.
38. Be sure to attach a brief (one side A4) covering letter.
39. Ensure your CV is grammar and spell checked before being sent out.
40. Avoid the use of jargon.
41. Be sure your CV and covering letter is sent to a named person.
42. Be as objective and factual as possible.
43. An obvious point and yet still worth stating, make s
This article is continued from ‘15 Ways To Sell Yourself Effectively In A Job Interview – Part Two’.11) Know The Job Role That Your Are Applying ForThere’s no excuse not to know as much as possible about the position that you’re being interviewed for. With the job title and the company website you can be very knowledgeable about what your prospective employer is going to be looking for. You should be able to find out additional information from many other areas such as the online press or companies house, so not being able to find out in
2. Ensure your sentences and paragraphs are short and to the point.
3. Develop your CV as part of a holistic approach to the job search.
4. Keep the CV to two pages – maximum (personnel staff have lots of CV’s to read).
5. Make sure you choose the appropriate CV format – Performance CV, Targeted CV or Functional CV.
6. Never use two words when one will do, being concise is the best advice. 7. Make sure your key skill areas are presented on the first page (if there is nothing of interest on the first page, why will personnel staff read on?)
8. Ensure your Curriculum Vitae, once translated means `the story of your life’. Do ensure you give a good account of yourself.
9. CV is interesting by using `action’ words, e.g. facilitated, organised, created, innovative, accountable etc.
10. Sell your strengths first and then add your career and personal details.
11. Create an attention grabbing profile.
12. Embolden your profile so it stands out. Use up to seven high impact statements that best describe you.
13. Remember the purpose of the CV is to get you an interview. Ask yourself, what information do they need to know about me in order for them to make that decision?
14. Provide information that shows you have the ability to do the job in hand – provide examples as appropriate.
15. Ensure that the CV is honest and that you are able to `back up’ the information with hard evidence at interview.
16. Ensure you highlight your key selling points.
17. Don’t include information in your CV related to those aspects of your work you don’t feel you are particularly good at.
18. As far as possible, spell out what you mean, rather than using abbreviations.
19. Include the following items in the CV:
20. Your personal details – name, address, telephone numbers, email address.
21. Experience.
22. Key skill areas.
23. Achievements.
24. Educational background.
25. Provide information about outside activities if you feel it will add materially to the CV and increase your chances of getting an interview.
26. Some people perceive providing the following details may lead to an element of stereotyping: nationality, health, date of birth, place of birth, marital status, ages and numbers of children and current salary. (You decide as appropriate)
27. References are not necessarily needed on a CV, these can be given once called to interview.
28. Adapt your CV dependent on the specific job focused on.
29. Ensure you spell check your CV.
30. Use a reasonable size font.
31. Create a website for your CV for ease of access of recruiters.
32. Attach your CV to an auto responder email address so it can be sent out automatically.
33. Send an appropriate photograph with your CV if required to.
34. If you are required to send an application form, make sure you only send a CV as an attachment if requested to do so.
35. Use bullet points to emphasis key points on your CV.
36. To help prevent listing any unnecessary detail, list your information in years, rather than months.
37. Focus on your recent history and summarise historical information.
38. Be sure to attach a brief (one side A4) covering letter.
39. Ensure your CV is grammar and spell checked before being sent out.
40. Avoid the use of jargon.
41. Be sure your CV and covering letter is sent to a named person.
42. Be as objective and factual as possible.
43. An obvious point and yet still worth stating, make su
Customer bills that are unpaid after the terms that were set are considered past-due accounts. Many business owners and managers have a billing processes, but no process for collecting on past due accounts.One of the biggest dilemmas small business owners face when managing a business in collecting on past-due accounts. Why, do we have a fear of contacting clients or customers who owe us money? Most business owners avoid calling a client of customer on a past-due account, they prefer to send a letter, which do not bring results. Here are a f
8. Ensure your Curriculum Vitae, once translated means `the story of your life’. Do ensure you give a good account of yourself.
9. CV is interesting by using `action’ words, e.g. facilitated, organised, created, innovative, accountable etc.
10. Sell your strengths first and then add your career and personal details.
11. Create an attention grabbing profile.
12. Embolden your profile so it stands out. Use up to seven high impact statements that best describe you.
13. Remember the purpose of the CV is to get you an interview. Ask yourself, what information do they need to know about me in order for them to make that decision?
14. Provide information that shows you have the ability to do the job in hand – provide examples as appropriate.
15. Ensure that the CV is honest and that you are able to `back up’ the information with hard evidence at interview.
16. Ensure you highlight your key selling points.
17. Don’t include information in your CV related to those aspects of your work you don’t feel you are particularly good at.
18. As far as possible, spell out what you mean, rather than using abbreviations.
19. Include the following items in the CV:
20. Your personal details – name, address, telephone numbers, email address.
21. Experience.
22. Key skill areas.
23. Achievements.
24. Educational background.
25. Provide information about outside activities if you feel it will add materially to the CV and increase your chances of getting an interview.
26. Some people perceive providing the following details may lead to an element of stereotyping: nationality, health, date of birth, place of birth, marital status, ages and numbers of children and current salary. (You decide as appropriate)
27. References are not necessarily needed on a CV, these can be given once called to interview.
28. Adapt your CV dependent on the specific job focused on.
29. Ensure you spell check your CV.
30. Use a reasonable size font.
31. Create a website for your CV for ease of access of recruiters.
32. Attach your CV to an auto responder email address so it can be sent out automatically.
33. Send an appropriate photograph with your CV if required to.
34. If you are required to send an application form, make sure you only send a CV as an attachment if requested to do so.
35. Use bullet points to emphasis key points on your CV.
36. To help prevent listing any unnecessary detail, list your information in years, rather than months.
37. Focus on your recent history and summarise historical information.
38. Be sure to attach a brief (one side A4) covering letter.
39. Ensure your CV is grammar and spell checked before being sent out.
40. Avoid the use of jargon.
41. Be sure your CV and covering letter is sent to a named person.
42. Be as objective and factual as possible.
43. An obvious point and yet still worth stating, make s
Forget “business casual” when dressing for an interview. When interviewing with a small or large business, a professional organization, a political organization or a non-profit entity, the way one dresses matters. For men, nothing matters more than the tie. Much can be said of haircuts, suits, dress shirts and accessories. These will be addressed in future articles. But to be honest, if one wear the wrong tie, the other items of attire will not matter.Why wear ties? They are archaic. They are uncomfortable. They are difficult to knot an
15. Ensure that the CV is honest and that you are able to `back up’ the information with hard evidence at interview.
16. Ensure you highlight your key selling points.
17. Don’t include information in your CV related to those aspects of your work you don’t feel you are particularly good at.
18. As far as possible, spell out what you mean, rather than using abbreviations.
19. Include the following items in the CV:
20. Your personal details – name, address, telephone numbers, email address.
21. Experience.
22. Key skill areas.
23. Achievements.
24. Educational background.
25. Provide information about outside activities if you feel it will add materially to the CV and increase your chances of getting an interview.
26. Some people perceive providing the following details may lead to an element of stereotyping: nationality, health, date of birth, place of birth, marital status, ages and numbers of children and current salary. (You decide as appropriate)
27. References are not necessarily needed on a CV, these can be given once called to interview.
28. Adapt your CV dependent on the specific job focused on.
29. Ensure you spell check your CV.
30. Use a reasonable size font.
31. Create a website for your CV for ease of access of recruiters.
32. Attach your CV to an auto responder email address so it can be sent out automatically.
33. Send an appropriate photograph with your CV if required to.
34. If you are required to send an application form, make sure you only send a CV as an attachment if requested to do so.
35. Use bullet points to emphasis key points on your CV.
36. To help prevent listing any unnecessary detail, list your information in years, rather than months.
37. Focus on your recent history and summarise historical information.
38. Be sure to attach a brief (one side A4) covering letter.
39. Ensure your CV is grammar and spell checked before being sent out.
40. Avoid the use of jargon.
41. Be sure your CV and covering letter is sent to a named person.
42. Be as objective and factual as possible.
43. An obvious point and yet still worth stating, make s
Our calendars are full, and our to-do lists are long. We live in a world that seems to bring more information, expectations and options to us each day and all of these things tend to accelerate the pace of our lives.There was a time, not that long ago that a trip across the United States. would take a couple of days by train. While this was much faster than previously available transportation, it is still quite leisurely compared to the 4-5 hour flight that we can now take.In those seemingly slower times we surmise that we would have h
26. Some people perceive providing the following details may lead to an element of stereotyping: nationality, health, date of birth, place of birth, marital status, ages and numbers of children and current salary. (You decide as appropriate)
27. References are not necessarily needed on a CV, these can be given once called to interview.
28. Adapt your CV dependent on the specific job focused on.
29. Ensure you spell check your CV.
30. Use a reasonable size font.
31. Create a website for your CV for ease of access of recruiters.
32. Attach your CV to an auto responder email address so it can be sent out automatically.
33. Send an appropriate photograph with your CV if required to.
34. If you are required to send an application form, make sure you only send a CV as an attachment if requested to do so.
35. Use bullet points to emphasis key points on your CV.
36. To help prevent listing any unnecessary detail, list your information in years, rather than months.
37. Focus on your recent history and summarise historical information.
38. Be sure to attach a brief (one side A4) covering letter.
39. Ensure your CV is grammar and spell checked before being sent out.
40. Avoid the use of jargon.
41. Be sure your CV and covering letter is sent to a named person.
42. Be as objective and factual as possible.
43. An obvious point and yet still worth stating, make s
Creative DirectorLet's start at the top and work down. Art directors, or Creative Directors are responsible for a creative team that may design work for magazines, television, advertising graphics, websites, or on packaging. A creative team can consist of layout artists, graphic designers, photographers, copywriters, and menial staff to do the work. An Art directors job is to make sure that each of these workers do not slack off down the pub and complete their work to a deadline and to the clients needs. Art directors also make major dec
34. If you are required to send an application form, make sure you only send a CV as an attachment if requested to do so.
35. Use bullet points to emphasis key points on your CV.
36. To help prevent listing any unnecessary detail, list your information in years, rather than months.
37. Focus on your recent history and summarise historical information.
38. Be sure to attach a brief (one side A4) covering letter.
39. Ensure your CV is grammar and spell checked before being sent out.
40. Avoid the use of jargon.
41. Be sure your CV and covering letter is sent to a named person.
42. Be as objective and factual as possible.
43. An obvious point and yet still worth stating, make sure prior to sending out your CV you do not have any (coffee etc.) stains on it.
44. Be sure your CV is results orientated, focus on your achievements.
45. Get someone to look over your CV to give you feedback.
46. If you think it appropriate, use a professional CV writing service.
47. If at all possible and this is preferable, print your CV using a laser printer and use good quality paper.
48. Ensure your CV is complete – with all relevant areas as outlined above included.
49. Keep a copy of your CV for your reference
50. Please feel free to add your own ideas to this list.
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