Ten Things Not To Write In Your CV Part One
our CV (Curriculum Vitae) personal profile
– Resume for our American
friends sells you to your Your personal profile should be a
prospective employer. It has to four or five line synopsis about
be straight and too the point. you, your key experience and your
However too many CV’s contain unique skills. It shouldn’t
irrelevant information. What are contain any more information than
the ten things that you shouldn’t that. That’s what the rest of
write in your CV? your CV is for. Think of it as a
subheading. It should succinctly
1) Don’t use first person in your summarize what is to follow. It
personal profile is merely an extension to the
selling tool that is called your
It sounds too informal if you use CV.
the word ‘I’ too often. If you
see CV’s that say ‘I am good at 3) Don’t include family details
this’ or ‘I have experience at
this’ or ‘My skills include’ it Never, ever include personal
sounds extremely amateurish. family details on your CV. If you
However, if you use the third include details like your wife’s
person, it denotes a certain name or your children’s name on
amount of respectability, your CV then it’s like saying to
authority and value to your your prospective employer that
previous experience. For family is more important than
instance, you would be better off your current job. Even if it is –
saying ‘David’s core skills it’s not a very good way to
include…’ or ‘He graduated with ‘sell’ your willingness to focus
an MBA in 2005’. on work. Think about it. Do
business professionals include
2) Don’t write too much in your details about their children on
marketing materials for their employment experience in bullet
business? Of course not. It’s as points. You only need a MAXIMUM
crazy as that. A CV is a selling of 10 bullet points for each job
tool for your industry role. Any more, and it would be
experience. Nothing more, nothing likely that not all the bullet
less. If necessary you can talk points will be read. Make sure
about your family at the that you therefore only mention
interview – but it doesn’t do you the most important parts of your
any favours by discussion them in experience about your previous
your CV. employment.
4) Don’t write paragraphs about 5) Don’t focus on what you are
your previous jobs proud of
CV’s are skimmed and not read by It’s so easy to summarise the
employers. Quite often, good things that you are most proud of
potential candidates are missed about your previous employment
out on simply because their experience. This is an even more
appropriate experience couldn’t pertinent point for more mature
be found within the thirty individuals. Don’t do it! The
seconds used to initially browse only pertinent employment
a CV for relevance. Think about experience to have on your CV is
it from an employer’s experience that’s relevant for
perspective. Would you really the position that you’re applying
have the time to read through for. That doesn’t mean that you
hundreds of CV’s from start to shouldn’t have any other
finish? The secret to ensuring experience on there. It just
that your application has every means that you shouldn’t focus on
chance of reaching the interview what you are proud of. You should
stage is to highlight your focus on what is relevant.
Things NOT To Write In Your CV –
This article is continued in ‘Ten Part Two’.
About the Author:
David Bain is a consultant to http://www.UteachRecruitment.com - a specialist teaching jobs recruitment agency. U Teach Recruitment is based in Coatbridge, Scotland and brings schools and teachers together from all over the UK.
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