Stikkord: CV – Erik Ribsskog

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My first impression when reviewing your CV is that there is not enough

specific, targeted content here to sell you effectively to employers.  For

example, you say very little about how you will use your skills and

personal traits to benefit the new employer.

Upon perusing your CV, I have outlined below my recommendations to you:

Create an achievement section after your profile. It is important that

very early on in your CV that you can reflect the value you can bring to

the next organisation. This is where you can really identify your

successes and show how you are going to benefit your audience.

You need to qualify and quantify each of your achievements by showing

measurable results. A helpful way that you can do this is to use  STAR –

Situation – Task – Action – Result – as a template for each of your bullet

points.

We recommend that you write your CV in 3rd person throughout, so no me, my

or I in the document, otherwise your CV will become wordy and chatty, more

‘book like’ rather than a professional document.

You have a heading of ‘Work’ but this is more than that, it is your

Professional Experience’ or ‘Career Summary’.

Employers will want to know how specifically your work has been excellent

or successful and how that in turn impacted on your employers operating

results for the better. So far you are just reflecting your job

description so you need to sell yourself much harder to get interview

responses.

If someone has to re-read something or cannot retain the information

without having to refer back to the document then the CV is not capturing

the reader’s attention. Choose active rather than passive verbs and keep

the CV to two pages or less.

My primary concern however, is how recruiters view you.  As a recruiter I

am investing in excess of £30,000 per annum on you and need to know what

my return on investment will be.  Therefore you must reflect performance

results, your ability to influence the role and add value, as opposed to

your job description.

Remember, your CV is your personal sales brochure and your key that

unlocks the door to high quality interviews.  Decisions to interview or

reject candidates will be made on this document and in most instances, you

will be pitched against a potentially vast number of other candidates. A

former recruiter, my personal record was 324 applicants vying for one

office position! This should lead you to question what sets your CV apart

from so many other candidates with comparable experience. Effective

communication and marketing skills, amongst others, may be drawn from your

CV, so it is time you contributed more than your list of job

responsibilities.

Take time, plan and prioritise the information you supply, with many

recruiters having as little as 10 seconds to peruse your details, ensure

they glean more information than your age, nationality and previous job

description. Furthermore, wherever possible, write your CV when your

career is flying. Everyone takes a knock from redundancy and other issues

resulting in a new job search, confidence knocks can come across in your

CV.

Remember whilst design is aesthetically pleasing, structure and content is

what sells you.

Reflecting value for money, accomplishments, highlighting transferable

skills, pre-empting the reader’s objections and strengthening perceived

weaknesses are all areas you are need to consider.

Recognising the importance of your Curriculum Vitae is half the battle

won. Many employers pay large sums of money to recruit their future

workforce you have only to invest in your CV.

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I hope you found my assessment and recommendations regarding your current

CV helpful and constructive.

Looking at yourself objectively can be very difficult, yet is necessary

when writing your CV. We recognise the difficulties faced by individuals

and therefore operate a service whereby a recruiter ‘interviews’ you by

telephone, then writes a new CV for you.  Furthermore, you will glean

valuable insights on how the recruiter shortlists candidates and the best

places to apply for your next dynamic career move.

As described above, this includes a full telephone consultation with an

independent, senior HR professional, plus the construction and design of

your own tailor made CV aimed specifically at the industry sector in which

you are aiming to develop and further your career.

Again, I hope that my assessment was of help to you and that The Fuller CV

can work with you to a positive future. The professional CV writing

service we discussed is priced at £229 plus VAT. If you wish to discuss

this, please call me on 08700 278 377, quoting your customer ID: 965678

Some important points to remember:

– Every day without an effective, positive CV is another day without the

job you require and deserve.

– Competition is high and if you’re not selling yourself effectively,

somebody else will be. These people will also get the interview.

Note from a past customer:

‘My daughter suggested I test this new document by applying for a position

that my old CV had failed to achieve an interview for. I submitted my new

CV last night and this evening I have an email requesting dates for an

interview! I’m very impressed!’ (International Sales Manager)

May I take this opportunity to wish you every success for your future

career.

Kate

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