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Opus Recruitment Solutions
Opus Recruitment Solutions

The document provides tips for what to include in a CV such as contact details, a personal statement, education and training history, work experience, hobbies and interests, and additional skills. It emphasizes keeping the CV relevant to the specific job, brief at 2 pages or less, with no gaps in experience. The document also stresses proofreading for errors and ensuring the CV is clear, concise, and flows well.

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CV Tips
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The Basics What should I include? Contact Details Make sure that you include a list of up to date contact details to make it easy for employers to get in touch! Personal Statement This is your opportunity to shine, a chance to really sell yourself. A short but sweet sentence to grab the potential employer’s attention and make them want to find out more about you. Education and Training Include relevant qualifications you have achieved to date in reverse chronological order. Work Experience Next comes your work experience beginning with your most recent role. If you have any gaps, ensure you portray your proactivity by displaying what you were doing in that time and what skills you managed to obtain. Hobbies and Interest Now is not the time to go off on a tangent but do think outside the box! Additional Skills We can attain many different skills outside of work and education – you might have a full driving license or picked up a language. References You don’t have to include your reference details here but do state that they are available on request. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Make sure you keep your CV relevant and adapt your CV depending on the job you are applying for to give yourself the best chance. Include information that is significant, do you really need to include that essay about your GCSE’s from 1991? Only include the necessities and try to keep it brief – remember that age and date of birth is no longer a requirement. Keep it at a two page maximum!
Keep you CV up to date – utilise any opportunities where you can attain additional skills and use them. Ensure that there are no gaps and if there are use them to outline what you were doing and what skills and experiences you achieved!
Order your experience in reverse chronological order to ensure that your most relevant and up to date experiences are seen first. What’s relevant to the role that you’re applying for? Make sure this stands out.
Make your CV clear and concise by focusing on both content and arrangement – does it flow? Remember, your CV layout doesn’t always have to be conventional – think about the role that you’re applying for and consider different ways to present. For example, more creative roles might consider uploading a video or relying on website and online portfolios.
Find the error of your ways! Make sure you proof read thoroughly as employer’s will look for errors and if they find them it will make you look very bad. Bad grammar could lose you that dream job.

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  • 3. The Basics What should I include? Contact Details Make sure that you include a list of up to date contact details to make it easy for employers to get in touch! Personal Statement This is your opportunity to shine, a chance to really sell yourself. A short but sweet sentence to grab the potential employer’s attention and make them want to find out more about you. Education and Training Include relevant qualifications you have achieved to date in reverse chronological order. Work Experience Next comes your work experience beginning with your most recent role. If you have any gaps, ensure you portray your proactivity by displaying what you were doing in that time and what skills you managed to obtain. Hobbies and Interest Now is not the time to go off on a tangent but do think outside the box! Additional Skills We can attain many different skills outside of work and education – you might have a full driving license or picked up a language. References You don’t have to include your reference details here but do state that they are available on request. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
  • 4. Make sure you keep your CV relevant and adapt your CV depending on the job you are applying for to give yourself the best chance. Include information that is significant, do you really need to include that essay about your GCSE’s from 1991? Only include the necessities and try to keep it brief – remember that age and date of birth is no longer a requirement. Keep it at a two page maximum!
  • 5. Keep you CV up to date – utilise any opportunities where you can attain additional skills and use them. Ensure that there are no gaps and if there are use them to outline what you were doing and what skills and experiences you achieved!
  • 6. Order your experience in reverse chronological order to ensure that your most relevant and up to date experiences are seen first. What’s relevant to the role that you’re applying for? Make sure this stands out.
  • 7. Make your CV clear and concise by focusing on both content and arrangement – does it flow? Remember, your CV layout doesn’t always have to be conventional – think about the role that you’re applying for and consider different ways to present. For example, more creative roles might consider uploading a video or relying on website and online portfolios.
  • 8. Find the error of your ways! Make sure you proof read thoroughly as employer’s will look for errors and if they find them it will make you look very bad. Bad grammar could lose you that dream job.