By Agency Central
With the competition for vacancies getting tougher every day, job seekers are always desperate to find new ways of improving their chances of getting their feet through the door. With some basic understanding of SEO and some ingenuous tinkering, did you know there’s ways of optimizing your CV in order to enhance the chances of it getting noticed by the right person.
When it comes to writing a RESUME or CVs, there are a number of common mistakes that people make and it doesn’t even matter who you are or what job you do; high flying business executive, retail assistant or a postman, you will still be guilty of the odd slipup.
Just take a look at the infographic below to see the amusing but very true blunders that people have been making on their RESUMEs over the years.
Recruiters are extremely used to receiving mistake riddled RESUME after mistake riddled RESUME so the trick is to learn what common mistakes you should be on the lookout for and correct them before submitting your RESUME to any job application.
The infographic identifies many of the typical mistakes that are seen on RESUMEs and has been designed to help people to be able to identify if their own RESUME contains any errors, after all it is vitally important and in your best interest to be able to spot these mistakes before a recruiter does! » Read more: Resumes: Are you avoiding these “funny” mistakes?
We were taught how to write a resume that focused on our responsibilities.
This is traditional job search 101.
This made sense for a long time, from WWII until 2007, when there were candidate and skills shortages. When there were skills shortage, it made sense to focus on your skills.
However, when a shortage of skills turned into a shortage of jobs in 2007, focusing your resume on your responsibilities stopped working.
Take out your own resume to compare – Here’s how to tell if your resume is focused on your responsibilities:
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