Some enlightening facts and figures to start us off……… when it comes to CVs and getting yours noticed by a potential employer. Updated figures say that recruiters spend on average 5-7 seconds looking at a CV…. First applications are received 200 seconds after a job is posted One spelling or grammar mistake and your [...]
If you are going to copy your Resume to loads of treasury recruiters and say “Dear Everyone, I am looking for a new role, blah, blah, blah” then PLEASE DO NOT COPY US IN! This says to us that you are looking for any job, anywhere and don’t care what it is, where it is [...]
In some of our previous posts we moan some of the generic Resumes / CV’s we receive. Whilst there are suggestions about what should be on your Resume here are some further tips that may help you! Tips When Preparing Your Resume The first tip relates to the ‘Personal Statement’ that we talk about in [...]
I have an aversion to the Personal Statement that so many people love at the beginning of their CV’s / resumes! Allow me to explain why! I often read phrases like ‘I am an enthusiastic, keen, motivated employee and every finance strategy I touch turns to gold’. Well, I am sorry but that is just [...]
In this article we talk about some of the best and the worst resumes and how your resume is simply a passport to getting an interview. The first tool in your recruitment toolbox is your resume. There is so much written about them, I’m not going to say I’m the only expert on resumes. However, [...]
