Keep it Simple
A CV is your first and possibly only chance of securing an interview. It is therefore vitally important that it works for you and not against you. Use it to draw attention to your strengths, achievements and technical know-how.
Lead with Achievements
Make frequent use of active verbs, i.e.: achieved, set up, managed, attained, responsible for, led. Don't use bullet points to describe jobs or achievements, prose is easier to read and you can be more descriptive.
Work Reverse Chronologically
Start with your current employment and work backwards, remembering to include the name and country of your employer, start and end dates, your job title and a brief description, plus your accomplishments. If you are looking for your first job, list any RELEVANT work experience first, paid or unpaid.
Be Honest
Lying on your CV is a waste of your time and that of your prospective employer. Adding six months to your time in a job can seem like a good idea, but if you are caught out you will have lost the job for sure. But don't sell yourself short. If you think the three summers you spent working for a charity in France show your knowledge of the country and its culture - then say so.
IT Skills
You must list all software packages, hardware platforms, operating systems, programming languages, databases, utilities etc, that you are currently familiar with. Don't list packages that you haven't used for years, because if you are asked about them at interview you will look foolish.
Education
Give equal attention to achievements while at University - but not if you have been in the job market for more than two years. Captain of the debating team, student union rep, set designer for the university play all show you to be enthusiastic, a self-starter and full of initiative.
Don't Overcrowd Your CV
Don't feel you need to keep your CV to one page. If it's three pages then fine, as long as the content and layout is appropriate. If a prospective employer has to work hard to read your CV, they will quickly lose interest.
Spelling
Typos and grammatical errors mean your CV goes straight in the bin. No employer will want to hire someone who can't be bothered to check their own work. Don't rely on the spell check to pick up any mistakes, read it over thoroughly.
Two Pairs of Eyes
A fresh eye is useful to spot mistakes or offer suggestions, so ask someone else to proof it for you. Once you've read your CV three or four times, it's difficult to stand back and look at it objectively. Never try and finish your CV in one sitting, always go back to it after a couple of days.
References
Check with referees before you use their names. There's nothing worse than using someone who has either moved on or holds a grudge against you. The best people to use for references are your current employer or a professor or teacher at your college/university - someone who knows how you react in a working environment.
Professional Help
If your CV/resume is letting you down and you wish to learn how to dramatically change it to obtain those all-important job interviews then please see Bradley CVs website.
Here are a selection of recruitment agancies and jobs available currently available in our databases.
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The Morson Group has continually grown, broadening its range of servics, evolving to become a market leading global provider of technology-driven engineering, business and specialised staffing services.
Specialist recruiters of both professional sales and marketing people. Based in London.
We treat people as individuals and aim to match the right people with the right jobs. If we can’t immediately offer the perfect vacancy or the perfect applicant, we’ll look hard for them and advertise heavily until we get a result.
Nannies in London is a Nanny Agency that offers a bespoke Nanny service to families in the greater London area. We introduce exceptional childcare professionals who have successfully completed our stringent registration procedures.
New Frontiers offer a range of positions from all sectors of the travel industry. Our recruitment services cover both permanent jobs, temporary jobs and contract jobs and we serve the needs of some of the largest companies in the travel industry including many leading airlines.
Established in 2001 to provide a professional recruitment services to the Recruitment Industry. Specialising in Consultants for the Building and Construction Industries.
Nigel Lynn is a recruitment consultancy specialising in accountancy and finance jobs nationwide.
NITOR is a niche recruitment consultancy recruiting Finance, IT and Compliance staff for Banking, Broking, Private Equity, Insurance and Professional Services in London.
Our whole approach is built around and in depth knowledge of our clients and their industries for example, retail. leisure, education, industrial, finance, life sciences and manufacturing.
NGR Group constantly has hundreds of jobs on offer across the North East of England and operates across a range of specialisms.
We are a Manchester based recruitment agency and one of the best technical recruitment consultancies for the accountancy, finance, engineering, construction, sales, IT and commercial sectors.
An experienced agency specialising in IT recruitment.
Now Recruitment is an industry award-winning market leader with a network of branches across the UK, providing employment solutions to a wide range of industries including, Construction, Accountancy, Commercial, Education, Industrial, Mechanical and Electrical.
OD Resourcing provides IT Resourcing and Consultancy services to organisations to help them improve their performance... We specialise in the provision of both contract and permanent IT personnel across various different industry sectors.
Established Industrial Recruitment Agency based in Ealing, West London. Supplier of both temporary and permanent staff for a wide range of skills/experience. REC Audited. Gangmaster licence holders.
Recruiting for the Leisure, Hospitality and Customer Service sectors.
We are one of the UK's leading providers of experienced sales and marketing professionals for freelance and temporary assignments along with interim management assignments on a national and international basis.
Oxygen is a small, high quality firm focusing on senior executive appointments across a range of sectors.
PA London specialises in the recruitment of secretarial and support staff across a broad range of industries.
Parkwood Healthcare recruits a wide range of healthcare professionals including registered nurses (RMNs, RNLDs, RGNs), midwives, healthcare assistants, support workers and project workers. We work with a wide range of clients including the NHS, private and voluntary sectors. We have an reputation for excellence, recruiting quality professionals within the healthcare sector.
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Customer service jobs including telesales and call centre jobs in Yorkshire or secretary jobs with duties including administration and PA to directors plus providing sales reports and database administration have been advertised for Leeds, Wakefield, Humberside and Harrogate. Fashion sales and shop store jobs for retail assistant vacancies and shop assistant jobs in Humberside, Wakefield and the rest of Yorkshire.
Finance jobs in insurance, banking and personal finance consultants have been advertised, find recent finance jobs above. Jobs in financial companies for claims, customer care and support, accounting and accountancy jobs, bookkeeping and account manager positions are all on offer.
Accountant jobs in Yorkshire include such jobs as Head of Finance for a Humberside job requiring skills in Accounting and Management. Also Finance director in Telecoms for a busy Yorkshire company.
A sales job in Yorkshire is regularly posted, an example being Sales consultant jobs in Yorkshire requiring experience in Sales/ Purchasing-Sales executive and Shop assistant duties. Others include Sales & Telesales jobs or Sales assistant in Humberside job for a retail and purchasing assistant job.
Hospital NHS nursing jobs, teaching and government or Yorkshire council jobs are listed. Medical/ Health-Nurse/ Dental nurse and Midwife jobs can all be found for Yorkshire. Visit this site daily for new nursing jobs such as Nurse jobs in Humberside or Nursing jobs in Leeds as two nurse care vacancy examples.
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Recent construction jobs include Construction consultant jobs and Construction rail manager jobs in Yorkshire. Engineering jobs in Yorkshire include Maintenance engineering jobs and Civil engineering jobs Humberside plus jobs in Assembling, fitters and cable system consultants. Rail and road building jobs for engineers and construction jobs for all of Yorkshire. Visit our job board regularly for recruitment agents in Yorkshire posting fresh and new jobs daily.
Current job opportunities and vacancies for Yorkshire towns. Jobss in Construction, Banking, Administration and retail and many more. All employment sectors covered for Yorkshire with ads from local recruitment agency companies. Jobs in stores such as supermarkets, brandname shops and also call centres and wholesale outlets. Marketing jobs and media for advertising and sales promotion. Manager, supervisor, executive and senior jobs in all industry.
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Sales and purchasing jobs in fashion, designer clothes, menswear and ladieswear. Hotel, bar and tourism work, both for summer jobs or full time and perminent.
Accounting & Accountancy work in various industries, Administrative & Support Services plus customer care and PR employment. Jobs in banking & financial institutions such as insurance, investment, cashiers and analyst jobs. Jobs in building and house construction from electricians to plumbers, plasterers, lorry drivers and building trade supplies. Jobs in Education with reaching vacancies in Schools or nursery teachers in Playschools. Engineering for Architectural or Civil Engineering and also Chemical or Process. Electronics, Design, CAD or jobs in the Environment for oil, gas, mining and water engineering. Government & Public Services Jobs for perminent positions and/or graduate. Hair dressing, beauty and fashion jobs are listed or Jobs in health, safety and quality managers and supervisors. Nursing, doctors, hospital and care home work for nurses and healthcare workers. Hospitality, Travel, Leisure and tourism jobs for entertainment theme parks, hotels, holiday camps and tourist venues. Work in York, Barnsley, Sheffield or Humberside and throughout the Yorkshire area.