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This is the only CV/Resume thread you’ll ever need.
If you’ve got the words hardworking, goal-oriented or team player on your CV.
Remove them now.
Let’s get into it👇🏾
If you’ve got the words hardworking, goal-oriented or team player on your CV.
Remove them now.
Let’s get into it👇🏾
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1) Format:
2 pages max. Font size easy enough to read.
At the top start with:
Name
Email
Number
LinkedIn url: make sure this is changed in LinkedIn settings to a customised one.
Use bullet points rather than full paragraphs.
Everything should be built for skim reading.
2 pages max. Font size easy enough to read.
At the top start with:
Name
Number
LinkedIn url: make sure this is changed in LinkedIn settings to a customised one.
Use bullet points rather than full paragraphs.
Everything should be built for skim reading.
2) Title.
This is an important one.
Change your title/ headline based on the role you’re applying for.
i.e if you’re an account executive and the role is looking for an account manager.
Guess what you are today?
An account manager!
This is an important one.
Change your title/ headline based on the role you’re applying for.
i.e if you’re an account executive and the role is looking for an account manager.
Guess what you are today?
An account manager!
When a job opens up and 300 candidates apply.
Recruiters are searching and prioritising CV’s in order of relevance.
Don’t let the wrong job title get in the way of your CV being pulled up first.
Recruiters are searching and prioritising CV’s in order of relevance.
Don’t let the wrong job title get in the way of your CV being pulled up first.
3) Profile section: this should be a reflection of the role that you’re looking for.
Objectives are outdated.
At this stage forget the self centred stuff.
It’s not about what you’re looking for right now, it’s about what you are going to do for them.
Objectives are outdated.
At this stage forget the self centred stuff.
It’s not about what you’re looking for right now, it’s about what you are going to do for them.
Eg:
“[Social media manager] with [X] years experience in [X] and a background in [X], wanting to take [company name]’s [specific team/department] to the next level so that we can [problem you will solve]”.
Who wouldn’t love this?
“[Social media manager] with [X] years experience in [X] and a background in [X], wanting to take [company name]’s [specific team/department] to the next level so that we can [problem you will solve]”.
Who wouldn’t love this?
4) Professional Achievements:
Company Name - Job Title - Timeline.
List most recent experience first.
One line describing your role.
List your achievements rather than your responsibilities. We need proof points.
What stories here are you proud of?
Company Name - Job Title - Timeline.
List most recent experience first.
One line describing your role.
List your achievements rather than your responsibilities. We need proof points.
What stories here are you proud of?
Avoid describing on your CV - focus on HOW you added value and always quantify.
“I was responsible for managing email lists and ensuring comms were sent out on time”
VS
“Grew our client mailing list by +30% over a 3 month period”
Which sounds better?
Who would you hire?
“I was responsible for managing email lists and ensuring comms were sent out on time”
VS
“Grew our client mailing list by +30% over a 3 month period”
Which sounds better?
Who would you hire?
Instead of:
“Organised charity events”
Change this to:
“Organised 4 charity events for MIND over the last 6 months with 2,500 attendees, raising £40,000”
“Organised charity events”
Change this to:
“Organised 4 charity events for MIND over the last 6 months with 2,500 attendees, raising £40,000”
Don’t use: helped, aided, assisted.
You’re underselling the work you’ve done.
We need power verbs: initiated, created, resolved, lead.
THEN: follow these with metrics and measurable insights to what you actually did.
You’re underselling the work you’ve done.
We need power verbs: initiated, created, resolved, lead.
THEN: follow these with metrics and measurable insights to what you actually did.
5) Education:
Don’t go too far back. No GCSE’s or A-levels, use your own judgement here.
This is obviously age and experience dependent.
Include your highest level of education and work backwards.
Include a skills list but only those which are relevant and listen in the JD.
Don’t go too far back. No GCSE’s or A-levels, use your own judgement here.
This is obviously age and experience dependent.
Include your highest level of education and work backwards.
Include a skills list but only those which are relevant and listen in the JD.
Don’t bother with the following:
I work well as an individual as well as part of a team.
Hardworking.
Team player.
Goal-oriented.
They are CV cliche’s and tell nothing about you.
Leave these off of your CV and only include relevant, quantifiable skills.
I work well as an individual as well as part of a team.
Hardworking.
Team player.
Goal-oriented.
They are CV cliche’s and tell nothing about you.
Leave these off of your CV and only include relevant, quantifiable skills.
Most important thing:
Handpick roles.
Tailor your CV to fit these roles.
Tailor your main title, job titles and reorder bullet points based on the job description.
Make your CV mirror the language and the requirements of the job description you’re focusing on.
Handpick roles.
Tailor your CV to fit these roles.
Tailor your main title, job titles and reorder bullet points based on the job description.
Make your CV mirror the language and the requirements of the job description you’re focusing on.
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