Finding the right job
CV Surgery
CV expert, Peter Panayotou, The Write Stuff, offers his lasting top tips on waving the wand on your CV as well as answering some of your burning questions on how to market your accomplishments to the best of your ability.
Honing your CV to perfection is, without doubt, the most important (if not a little tedious and time consuming) element to the job process. Employers will receive hundreds of CVs for the position you are applying for. It is your chance to make this document 100% perfect. To be a distinctive CV, it must be both well-written and appealing to the eye.
“The importance of a professional CV cannot be over-emphasised,” says Peter Panayotou, Senior Consultant at the Write Stuff.
This is a sales pitch and needs to be a well crafted, individually tailored and stunning looking document that portrays you in the best possible light.
For a prospective employer, a well formatted, neat and professional looking document, which demonstrates that it has been prepared with care and attention, is paramount to ensure that it passes the initial ’30 second test’ – that is the amount of time it may take for an employer from first setting eyes on the CV to deciding whether to read it through in detail.
After that, there is a number of criteria it must satisfy. They are, in ascending order: