When writing your CV.

When you feel you have enough information about the position you are looking at start writing the CV with the following in mind.

• If there are specific key skills the job advert asks for, ensure that you include relavent skills within your CV so that the employer can see that you are appropriate to the job.
• Ensure that the covering letter is relavent and brief and enables the employer you are approaching to see why you would be the person for the job. This involves ensuring that any information you have gleaned about the needs of the role offered are covered in a positive light for you within the covering note.
• Make sure that contact details are clearly presented at the top of the page so that the employer doesn’t have to go hunting through lots of text to get hold of you.
• Never use negative language when talking about yourself, your skills or the company you are interested in. Be bright and positive about yourself and the position you are interested in, you can get the job you want.
• With educational qualifications and previous jobs ensure you list the most recent qualification and job first and work the timeline backwards from there. Place the educational section first if you are fresh out of college with any relavent jobs afterwards. As you have more work experience place the list of employers first with your education afterwords. Within both categories draw out information that is relavent to the job you are applying for. Add any additional relavent vocational qualifications after this.
• Your hobbies and interests can reflect well on the job you are planning on applying for if you can show the skills within it are useful, team sports for example showing that you can work as part of a team.
• Finally try to get the finished product printed out on a computer and get a copy stored on disc. If you don’t own your own PC, you may be able to use the computer at your local library or pop into a local internet café and speak to the owner there. Of course if all else fails and you have neat handwriting ensure you use some quality paper to give the right impression to your prospective employer.

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