CV composition in a nutshell courtesy of the BBC

24/5/2013

CV composition is an increasingly important part of our lives. As the need to change jobs becomes ever more frequent so the need to update this essential first step in the recruitment process gains in importance.

Here at www.thextramilecoaching.com we provide comprehensive advice and coaching support for people struggling with this aspect of recruitment.

An excellent article we have found was published on the BBC website back in Nov 2011. The link is below. While this is only an overview, it does provide the essential first steps and guidance for those of you who may never have written a formal CV before.

As always let us know what you think and any comments or advice from your experience are always welcome.

For those of you wishing to take advantage of our experience and support, please contact us in the usual way (contact form, email, phone).

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Have a great day and good luck with those CV's

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15573447

3 Comments

James

24/5/2013 06:22:05 am

I have found that I send my CV to lots of jobsites but don't get any replies or just rejections. I know I have the skills asked for by the job ad so there must be something about the look that puts them off. I will try using the tips in this article and let you know if anything changes.

Andrew

16/7/2013 03:46:00 am

I have recently sent my CV to a number of agencies and have been given different advice. Some say that it should be no more than a page long while others have said it should include my full work history, which makes it about 5 pages.
Please help!

Steve@TheXtraMileCoaching link

16/7/2013 03:55:49 am

Andrew, the current thinking is that businesses don't have time to wade through very long CV's. Our advice is to provide a short work summary including your key skills and qualifications. After this, detail the work you have done that is relevant to the role you are applying for. CV's really need to be tailored in this way to the company you are applying to, so that they see whhat they need to see and don't reject on the basis that there is too much for them to bother reading.
If you are applying for a high level job, more detail and experience will need to be shown than if you are looking at a lower level position.
Good luck
Steve

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