What's the most important element in crafting an effective CV? It isn't downloading a fancy template in your favourite colour scheme. It isn't adding little icons to "attract the reader's eye". And it definitely isn't listing every detail of that job you held fifteen years ago because it felt important at the time. A lot... Continue Reading →
If you’re researching how to write an effective CV, you’ll keep hearing the same advice: Highlight achievements. Add metrics. Show results. But what if your role doesn’t have clear KPIs? If you’ve ever stared at your CV thinking, “I don’t have measurable achievements”, then this post is for you. Whether you work in admin, healthcare, education,... Continue Reading →
So, you have to write or update your CV and maybe it's been a few months or even a few years since the last time. You've thought about editing your job history, making bullets achievement-focused and including a profile among other things. But before you do that, have you taken a step back to consider... Continue Reading →
The majority of recruiters and hiring managers will spend a maximum of 6-8 seconds looking at a CV. That can be frustrating, especially after you have put a lot of work into it. But there is hope! If your CV is over 10 years old, you will most probably have used at least one of... Continue Reading →
Other than your name and contact details, your profile is the most important part of your CV. If you can’t keep the recruiter/hiring manager’s attention in this section, you have lost them and they won’t read the rest of your CV, however fantastic it may be. But how do you make your profile so engaging... Continue Reading →
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