If you’ve worked through these articles in order, you’ve seen how a CV builds section by section. We’ve thought about the content that should go in every section so that you’re doing the best job possible at selling yourself to potential employers. We’ve also talked a little about layout options for each section. This [...]

As soon as you start your job hunt you’ll need to consider who you can use as references. You’ll typically need 2 people, at least one should be a previous employer (and usually you’ll need to include your last employer). Former employers are legally obligated to give basic reference details for their employees but [...]

The Purpose of this Section: To give an employer an insight into how you spend your personal time and the type of person you are You might historically have viewed this section as a tick-box exercise that you only include because you “should”. But this section can actually be [...]

Purpose of this section: To give an employer a full but concise overview of your employment history, highlighting relevant experience and skills The “Employment History” section of your CV should be far more than dates and a list of the duties of your job. By adding in specific achievements, tangible [...]

Purpose of this Section: To give an employer a useful overview of your academic history The Basics of this Section This should be a quick and easy section for an employer to read and understand. They likely won’t spend a lot of time on this so you need [...]

The Purpose of this Section: To give a succinct overview of yourself that grabs the attention of the reader by highlighting the key things about you that make you suitable for this role. Personal Profile… Personal Summary… Personal Statement… Whatever you want to call it, we’d argue that this short [...]

The Purpose of this Section: To ensure that an employer can reach you by their preferred method of communication if they want to follow up on your application. The personal details should be the easiest section of your CV to write - it’s just a few lines that sit [...]

If you’ve been viewing job adverts as a basic description of a role’s duties and responsibilities, and the education and employment background they want from a candidate - you’ve been reading them wrong. A simple change in mindset will revolutionise the way you read and use job adverts. Let’s think [...]

Everybody thinks they know how to write a CV. The problem is, what they typically mean is… “I wrote a CV a while back and it did me fine then, I can update that and send it out for any relevant job I see.” There are 3 main problems with that… Times change. CV [...]