As news spreads that public sector redundancies are set to continue apace, there is an even greater need to set yourself aside from the competition and make sure you deliver a clear, concise and hard hitting message to your audience.
Our team consults on 100s of CVs every month and, of those, at least 50% are guilty of overcrowding their key experience with diatribe and touchy-feely jargon that is non-descipt. Deja vu sets in and my eyes glaze over as I continually read how executives are “results orientated”, “team players”, “man motivators” etc etc etc..
Cut this out. I am passionate about this as you can probably tell, as it’s one of the most common mistakes I come across. Your audience wants to hear about what you have done, how you did it comes later.
Give them salient tangibles relevant to the job you are pitching for.
And in keeping with this week’s topic, I’m going to keep this week’s blog short and sweet.
Next week, I plan to cover CV Writing services… I would appreciate some comments on your experiences, good and bad.
Have a productive week…