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| Contact info first, your name, address or just location, mobile and email
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| 2. | Keep it succinct. Two pages. Long sentences and paragraphs don’t get read
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3.
| Tailor your CV according to whom you are presenting it to
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4.
| If it is not obvious, state your employer's line of business
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5.
| Include details of achievements v’s responsibilities. Quote facts and figures
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6.
| Give your CV structure and make use of bullet points.
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7.
| Employment history in reverse chronological order - i.e. current job first
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8.
| Put strong or particularly important qualifications at the front of your CV
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9.
| Humanize your CV. It’s the 21st century. Avoid being overly formal and bring it to life with colloquial expressions and write as you would talk. Avoid jargon
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10.
| Have someone to check you for spelling and grammatical errors |
