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?
By Esther
With the intense competition for good jobs in practically every industry, it is necessary to try and set yourself apart from the hundreds of others who may be vying for the same job as you. Writing a high impact CV can help you do just that.
Here are some tips that will help you to write a CV that gets noticed and not dumped into the reject pile.
Length of the resume: Interviewers literally have to scan through hundreds of CV’s before they can shortlist a few for the position they are offering. Therefore, if your resume is lengthy and wordy, chances are high that the interviewer will not read it at all. Your CV content may be extremely high impact, but will be pointless if it is not read. Hence, keep your CV to the point and make sure it does » Read more: Resumes: Writing a High Impact Resume
© 2012 The New England Job Show · Proudly powered by WordPress & Green Park 2 by Cordobo. Customized by Rory Cullen.
Valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional | Valid CSS 3
