How to write a killer CV
What is the 1 thing that will determine if you get shortlisted for an interview or not? YOUR CV. So, it goes without saying that it needs to be impressive. Yours needs to cut through the noise and stand out from the crowd. So how do you go about putting together this winning cv? Follow our top 5 tips on how to put together a winning CV.
1. Spend Some Time Getting It Right
For most people, the thought of having to write a cv isn’t an exciting one. Producing a quality CV takes time so make sure you find the time it deserves. Write some notes on how you want to come across and what is important to you and make sure these are reflected in what your CV shows.
2. Get It in Order
The order we would recommend is:
Personal Details – Name, address, contact details.
Personal Profile – A bit about who you are and what you do well and why you should be considered.
Career Highlights – This could be some of your best months if you are in sales for example or projects you may have took the lead on. This is also a good place to highlight if you have won any awards.
Employment History – Always start with your most recent employment first. Use your employers name, job title and a summary of what your role involved.
Education/Qualifications – This is where you list your school, college, university and work-based qualifications in that order.
Hobbies & Interests – What do you do when you are not at work.
References – Feel free to put “Available on Request” or if your comfortable to put detail this is also good practice.
3. Use Your Personal Profile Wisely
This may be what a potential employer bases a lot of their first impressions on. Keep it brief, no more than 4 or 5 lines of text but it should highlight your qualities and attributes and really sell you as a potential candidate.
4. Highlight Your Successes
After the employer has read how great you are, they will want to see something to back it up. Pull out all you career highlights, imagine this is your “best bits” part.
5. Hobbies and Interests, Get It Right
This part of your CV gives you the chance to inject some of you into a sea of text. It will give the employer an insight of who you are and what makes you tick. There is no right or wrong here so talk about something you are passionate about and who know if the employer has the same passion, you could start that connection before you have even met.
If you need any further support or advice on this, we offer a CV writing service at slice for just £30. Why not get in touch and let us do the hard work for you.
The job market has seen massive changes over the years. Almost everyone now carries a smart phone and because of this more and more job seekers are applying for jobs while on the move. You can literally search for your next move anywhere.
Job Hunting…….. How many of you find it enjoyable? More likely you find it stressful and at times a thankless task. Chances are at this point you are sending out your CV to a whole host of potential new employers and sat nervously by the phone waiting to hear if you have been shortlisted for interview.
Interviewing is a 2-way street. Yes, it is your opportunity to find out more about the candidate sat in front of you however it is also their chance to understand more about your company.
Deciding to look for a new job is a big decision, so timing is key, however if you are feeling any of the things mentioned below the time is probably right:
Is your business paperless? If not, why not? Trust us when we say when you do go paperless you will wonder why you never did it before. How much time are you wasting searching though endless filing cabinets to try and locate that document that you need?
So, you find yourself in a situation where the recruitment process is and dusted. You are about to onboard a new candidate that you know has the right skills and will fit into the team perfectly so you can breathe a sigh of relief and put that all behind you now, right? Forget all about it and move on to the next project……. WRONG! At this point you are laying the foundations of how the candidate will see you and your business going forward and set the tone for how to conduct themselves within your business. Don’t forget, you hired the best, but their current employer will be losing the best and will be thinking of ways to keep them.
We have said it before and we will say it again, the last 12/18 months have been tough for everyone. The world in which we live is vastly different to the one we knew before March 2020. People have lost their jobs, businesses have having to close and a lot of those that have remained open, are doing so by the skin of their teeth.
Wouldn’t it help to know what your competitors are up to?
So, lets face it, the last 12 months has meant we have all had to change the way in which we work. Meetings are almost all done on Zoom, contracts are signed electronically, and interviews can now even be conducted from your living room.