During my years within recruitment and the CV writing industry I have seen some really good CVs and also many bad CVs! Everyone has an opinion on what is a good CV and what is a bad CV, you only have to spend several hours searching the internet to see how subjective CV writing is. Someone told me once that they felt they didn’t need to include their name or contact details…. ok so how is the recruiter supposed to contact you then? A bad CV for me is one that is very poorly written, uninspiring, bad grammatical errors, incorrect segmentation and sloppy formatting.
To me a CV is also a representation of the individual. If it is written in a ‘can’t be bothered attitude’ and feels rushed this will give the impression that the candidate is really not that enthusiastic about getting a job and maybe a bit scruffy and not committed to a career in general. I have received CVs with coffee stains with creases and folded so badly that I was unable to read it! Not a good start.
A CV is not an autobiography it is a selling tool to get you to face to face interview where you can talk as much as you like. This is why it is important that information is clear, concise and well organised. A bad CV is one that is way too long, font size so small so you can hardly read it and one that has lots of boxes or different fonts which are very distracting on the eye and not easy to read. The only time a CV should have any form of design is from a graphic designer which would be relevant to that field.
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