Tips to Write an Impactful CV | Curriculum Vitae
Below is a post from my e-book “Laughing all the way to your new job”. I’ve taken a fun approach to deliver key messages across CV writing, job search, and interview preparation. Below is a post that outlines some key considerations when writing your CV
VC Writing Tips: Learning Latin at school was costly
You missed out on job interviews as a result!
Curriculum Vitae is Latin for “the course of my life”
Sadly, too many job seekers took this literally
And, as a result, poor recruiters suffer
Forced to read long and boring stories about your lives
Let me help you (job seeker) and those poor recruiter
Think VC instead of CV
CV is an abbreviation for “Curriculum Vitae”
VC is an abbreviation for “Very Concise”
So, that wasn’t an error in the title
Here are my VC CV Writing Tips
- Get rid of career objectives and “zebra” profiles
- Remove key competencies and key skills
- Take out irrelevant jobs and job content
- Get rid of irrelevant qualifications
- Extract unimportant personal details
Basically, NOT relevant or impactful, then BIN IT
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