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CV Advice

Until your interview, you are only as good as your CV and perhaps your telephone manner. This makes your CV crucial, as it is the essential tool in most job searches and, like any marketing document, a CV should help you sell yourself.

CV writing is like advertising. Your CV must sell you to a prospective employer, and compete against other applicants who are also trying to sell themselves. So the challenge in CV writing is to be more appealing and attractive than the rest.

This means that your CV must be presented professionally, clearly, and in a way that indicates you are an ideal candidate for the job i.e. you possess the skills, experience, behaviour, attitude, morality that the employer is seeking.

The way you present your CV demonstrates your ability to communicate, and particularly to explain a professional business proposition.

Put yourself in the shoes of the employer: write down a description of the person they are looking for. You can now use this as a blueprint for your CV. The better the match, the more likely you are to be called for an interview.

Then it’s down to you, see our interview advice for further help there.

Learn more about Preparing Your CV or click to see a Sample CV