Executive Job Seekers: How Many of These 12 Errors Relate to Your CV?

It’s clear. Most executive’s CVs let them down badly.

How much thought about the content and layout did you put into yours?

What do you think others might know about you from it?

Whenever I review a CV, there are some key elements I judge it by:

·       What job you are positioning yourself for?

·       Why are you a great candidate for it?

·       Would I want to give it more than a cursory glance?

·       Why would I put you on a short list?

·       Would you be an ideal candidate?

And all that must happen within the initial 2 – 7 seconds recruiters will give it!

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Bernard Pearce is The Executive Career Transition Specialist. He works with executives, like you, to transform your job search success and help you to secure great jobs. He helps to protect or restore your self-esteem and self-confidence. He helps you to become who you are capable of being; and experience significance - winning against competitive odds.

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You might ask friends, family – even colleagues – what they think of your CV?

They will probably say it looks great. But what do they know, and who taught them what ‘great’ should look like anyway?

If you’ve never taken professional advice on how to correctly present your expertise, the following is essential reading.

Check your own CV to see just how many of these apply.

·       It might not positively present your own personal brand and so doesn’t support your preferred direction.

·       It might not present you at your best and makes the reader under-value your true potential.

·       It might not test positive against the reader’s 2 to 7 seconds interest rule.

·       It might have ‘everything’ brain-dumped into it in the hope someone will find something of interest.

·       It might not be identifying key value-adding strengths that make you different and better than others.

·       It might be a copy of someone else’s style or content and could be reflecting someone else – but it’s not you!

·       It might have been written quickly, in a rush to meet a deadline, but without enough thought or preparation.

·       It might be written in the hope that interviewers will be able to work out your potential value to them.

·       It might not identify, or clearly articulate, key evidence - significant examples - that demonstrate your worth.

·       It might not be ensuring your career history flows clearly and succinctly, without any unexplained gaps.

·       It might not be demonstrating anything positive about your personality, character and working style.

·       It might contain waffle fill-in words, punctuation or grammatical errors, all detracting from its readability.

Have you ever enlisted expert help to ensure your CV is presenting you at your best, for the job you aspire?

Your CV is your own Marketing Brochure. It should be presenting you at your best.

It should not be left for the reader to make sense of it.

If you were responsible for selecting good candidates for a job, would you pick your CV from the hundreds received?

Now is the time to get the specialist support to learn how to do it properly.

It’s your future. Does that matter to you?

Don’t let more time go by with no change, no progress, and no hope.

If now isn’t the right time – when will be?

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Bernard Pearce – The Executive Career Transition Specialist

E-mail: Bernard@Career-Inspirations.co.uk

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