Top 5 CV Tips

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Top 5 CV Tips

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• Vacancies.ae

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1. Tailor your CV

• Make sure you tailor your CV for every job you
  apply for. Read the job description and required
  skill set and ensure you list your key skills and
  experience first. Recruiters are faced with
  multiple CVs for every job they advertise. By
  making sure you have all of the key skills
  required for the role you'll immediately save
  them a whole lot of time and effort and ensure
  your CV goes to the top of the pile.

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2. Keep it concise

• Your CV should ideally be no longer than two
  pages of A4. Recruiters need to know about your
  skills and previous work experience so they can
  assess your suitability for the job on offer, but
  they have many CVs to read through in a day and
  won't be impressed with a detailed five-page
  history that includes your time at computer camp
  when you were 12.
• Rather than writing long paragraphs about time
  spent in a specific role, bullet point key bits
  of information. Address all of the key skills
  required in the job description but remember that
  your CV is only the first step. Save the detailed
  explanation of your suitability for the role for
  your job interview. Basically, don't give away
  the farm.

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3. Dont leave gaps

• Leaving gaps in your career history just makes
  recruiters and prospective employers wonder what
  you were up to during that time. List any gaps in
  your career with a suitable explanation whether
  it was a career break, travelling or locking
  yourself away to become a god at World of
  Warcraft (be warned this reason might not go
  down so well)
• If you undertook any additional training during
  this period, make sure it's listed alongside any
  other activity you undertook which may have
  helped develop other transferable skills such as
  communication, team work or project management.

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4. Remove the errors

• Well, duh. Sounds like it's up there with 'did
  you try switching it off then on again?', but one
  of the main reasons for CV rejection is errors
  and spelling mistakes. It's not likely that the
  recruiter is on the lookout for a literary god,
  but always check your CV for basic spelling
  mistakes and grammatical errors dont just use
  your spellchecker (it might be a computer, but
  sometimes it lies possibly just for fun), get a
  friend or relative to proof read your CV as well.

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5. Tell the truth

• Always tell the truth about your skills and
  experience. If you dont, you'll be caught out at
  some point whether its during the interview
  process or, far worse, when you've actually got
  the job.
• Most companies will check the facts you've stated
  like qualifications and previous employment
  history, but this also includes hobbies or
  interests you've listed. You never know when you
  will be faced with an interviewer who also has
  keen interest in kite-surfing and pulls you up
  when you can't name the best board to buy.

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References

• https//www.cwjobs.co.uk/careers-advice/cvs/top-5-
  cv-tips
• https//www.vacancies.ae/jobs/jobs-in-dubai
• https//www.vacancies.ae/jobs/jobs-in-abudhabi
• https//www.vacancies.ae/jobs/jobs-in-sharjah
• https//www.vacancies.ae/jobs/jobs-in-ajman