Important considerations when writing your CV – the quicker the reader understands you, the quicker you will get a result

These points may seem obvious but will make reading your CV easier for employers and recruiters. Our mantra is always “ Give yourself the most positive chance of a response” – if no one wants to engage with you, you have “no choice”.

· Use a work appropriate email – not a fun one you use with your friends

· Include a mobile number – texts still get sent. May be indicate when is easiest to get hold of you.

· To protect your identity you don’t need to put your full address but make sure you include the town or area of city where you live or want to be

· State your mode of travel to work

· Put the month and year that you were employed 2023 to 2024 could be 2 months or two years.

· Don’t use jargon or acronyms that relate only to your employers and industries.

· If you want to work in a specific industry that you already have experience of, give a very brief explanation of what the employer does alongside the name of your employer.

· Include an overview of what you would like to do and the key skills that enable you to do that job. Then bullet point special and key skills.

· Do not use AI generated CVs at the moment in the main they can waste yours and recruiter/employers time through inaccuracy.

· Always preview your CV is on the job board to see how it looks to the reader. Many CV are either not uploaded or truncated by the job board.