I’m regularly asked to advise clients re: concerns they have about CV writing. A few include…
- Worried they’ll be ruled out due to distance they live from a company
- Concerned they’ll be ruled out because of their age
- Worried they’ll be ruled out because of gaps in employment
Here are a few simple CV writing hacks to address these concerns
You live a long distance from the company
- Remove your address
You are worried about your age (think you are too old)
- Take out dates for education
- Obviously, don’t add your date of birth
- Don’t list the number of years of experience in your summary
- Only list your most recent roles under career history
You are concerned about gaps in employment
- Using year only, instead of month and year, when listing dates of employment
- Amalgamate roles e.g., contract or temping roles
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