Final words of advice.
When writing your CV, you have to
Including redundant information
keep in mind that this should alter to
makes your CV hard to navigate, and
the specific job role you are applying
derails hiring managers from looking
to. You may have career experience in
at relevant keywords.
multiple industries, for example in sales and IT, in which case you have
When it comes to specifics, the
to lay out your CV and section these
obvious section to alter is your
appropriately. Maintaining the same
employment history. If you’ve
example, if you’re applying for an IT
received a promotion, changed jobs
role, you want to prioritise your IT
or responsibilities, your CV should
experience and skills before your
reflect these changes. If there is a
sales experience.
take home message for this guide, it is one that is offered by Tijana: “CVs
Contrarily, many of us experience a
need to be concise and focused. You
length of time when we don’t look at
want to make the reader interested to
our CV, and suddenly, a fantastic job
learn more about you, and that will
opportunity arises, and you must
be delivered when you get that job
re-write your CV overnight. When
interview.”
updating your CV after a long time, you want to retain your focus on the length of the document and leave out information that is no longer relevant (so, no, you don’t include your kindergarten years, nor do you write about what colour belt you obtained in jujitsu).
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