Everyone who looks at you CV expects to see things included in a certain way. Failure to meet the recruiters expectations basically end up with your career hopes through that job filed under b for bin. If you walked into your local sports stadium and there was no playing field, you wouldn’t stay there very long would you? It’s the same thing with your CV
Your name obviously needs to be included. Please make sure you include your name in the format by which you want to be known. For example, Glenn Hughes, not Glenn Llewelyn Hughes. Whilst I do have a middle name, many thanks to my parents for such a great middle name, most of the people who know me have no idea what it is. Recruiters may feel that you are making some sort of point by including your middle name so please leave it out
Basic contact information need to have a prominent place at the top of the CV. Your name, full postal address including postcode, your land telephone line and mobile number as well must all be included. Please make sure that they all are easily readable at the top of your CV
Being able to see if your CV fits with the needs of the recruiter is very important. A brief paragraph at the top of your CV, called a career statement or personal profile should do the trick. Show how you can help a business, in what industry sector, what geographical area, at what level, and what track record can you point to with which to support your application. Basically, this should entice the recruiter to read more
Career history. This needs to highlight your achievements in each of the jobs you’ve done over, say the last 8 years. Work experience further back in the past should be included in an “other” work section towards the end of the document. Work from your most recent achievements in reverse chronological order (work back)
Please remember that academic qualifications are gained through academic institutions like schools, colleges, etc. They are different from professional qualifications and should be separated out from those qualifications in a section of the CV of their own. Starting with the highest level of qualification, itemize all your qualifications, in the order: qualification, institute, date(s)
There is some confusion about professional qualifications- people think that all qualifications are the same, whether they are academic (gained through educational institutions) or professional. Professional qualifications are usually gained through a company, service provider or perhaps an individual. Make sure they are listed in order of level of importance. This can be a little subjective but try and put the most important/ most relevant first given the type of job for which you are applying
Hobbies, interests and other information may not seem that important but they can make the difference between your application being considered or not. For example, if you have a hobby that has a direct relevance to the job for which you are applying, put it in to the CV. Whatever you do though, do not put your actual full date of birth on any form that may be insecure. You can have this information used against you in many ways, particularly to perhaps steal your identity. Leave it out unless you are absolutely sure that the information is secure
