Review Your CV With These 5 Easy Steps

Review Your CV With These 5 Easy Steps You have a CV well, hopefully you have a CV, and if you havent got it reviewed yet, why not use the steps below to do an initial review of your CV? These are the first steps to creating a professionally-looking CV. Dont worry if you dont have a CV just download our CV templates. Anyway, here are 5 points to help you review your CV: 1. Get Rid of Any Tables â€" If you have any tables in your CV, get rid of them. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, a recruiter initially reviews your CV (for further reading) in about 10 seconds max. Tables mean that the flow of reading changes between vertical and horizontal mode. Not ideal. Secondly, if your CV is going into an automated system, then these ‘robots’ can’t parse tables correctly. Not your mistake, but you need to adapt to the technology. 2. Keep Content in Chronological Order â€" This is generally true of a lot of things but its particularly important to keep things in chronological order on your CV. From the latest to the oldest whether that be experience, qualifications, or education. The reasons for that are the following: a.              It shows poor organisation if you jumble things up and bad organisation isnt a skill any employer would want from their employees. b.        Presenting things in order on a CV makes for a smooth and logical flow of the text. Recruiters look at tens of CVs every day, so make their job easier by providing information clearly. 3. Spelling Mistakes and Grammar â€" Wuold you like it if I worte like this? Do I eeven show any credebelity with what I have just written? No. But it is still easy to read. That is just how easy it is to make spelling mistakes. I still get CVs for review with spelling mistakes. And these CVs have been sent to employers. Have a look at your CV now and get rid of any mistakes you find. Now youve done the hard work, have a look at some generally funny resume mistakes. 4. Stick to Keywords and Bullet Points â€" Your CV  is like a sales script or an ad about you. You’ve got to tell in as few words as possible how awesome you are and what skills you have. Keywords is what recruiters or even automated systems look for. It makes their job easier. Bullet points help you stick to the key points, be concise and have maximum impact. 5. It’s Your CV, Not Art â€" Unless you are a direct descendant of Michaelangelo, Vincent Van Gogh or the other big guys in the art world, please do not draw, add images or clip art to your CV. Get rid of those smileys and border lines. And no, Im not joking I’ve seen people do this. Thats it, folks! Remember its these small steps that increase your chances overall. These points are a few of the criteria that we review CVs against. Head over to www.careergeekpro.com and have a look at our amazing  CV Diet Package  which can help you get your CV reviewed and improved right away.  photo credit: Zach Klein via photopin cc 56