CV Tips
Tips on Creating a professional CV!
- Watch out for typos, spellings, formatting, grammatical errors and so forth.
- Always use a spell check and get it proof-read before sending it off.
- Be sensible when including your educational details. Detail the most recent course studied but not the results of every exam you’ve done!
- Work experience must be listed as most recent first. It is best if you name the company, commencement and finishing dates, your job title, and job description. Be more detailed on previous jobs that are most relevant to position applied for.
- Keep it simple! No need for fancy paper, photographs, folders and so forth.
No need to ‘pad it out’. Avoid long sentences and paragraphs. 2-3 pages are sufficient in length - anything longer starts to lose the interest of the individual reading it. - Include details like your full name, address, home and mobile numbers and email address so that the employer is able to reach you for correspondence.
- Marital status, family circumstances, mother’s name etc. are not necessary details.
- It is recommended that you include date of birth as age is important for certain positions involving driving and car insurance. These details should be at the start of the cv.
- Make sure that if you have a driver’s licence, that it is evidently highlighted in your cv.
