Your CV layout....... the do’s and the don’ts

We  previously mentioned that in general your recruiter takes about 30 seconds to decide if your CV is one for the ‘yes’ or ‘no’ pile. As a recruitment agency we do evaluate all CV’s sent to us and therefore when a CV with a good, well thought through, clear layout is opened, it immediately sparks our attention.  

Here are some tips for a ‘GOOD LOOKING’ CV.

• Photos: generally it is very difficult to get this right, so as a rule we would encourage you not to add a photo to your CV. If this is something you really would like to do, then keep the photo small (passport size) and professional (no pics from your latest beach holiday) and definitely only stick to one photo.
• Font: use an easy reading, uncomplicated font.
• Bold:  Don’t do your entire CV in Bold or underlined. Use these two tools for highlighting the parts of your CV that you would like to stand out.
• CAPITALS:  Don’t write your entire CV in CAPITALS. Save capitals for where it is grammatically needed.

*remember the 30 seconds rule*

This being only the start of our CV layout tips....... loads more to follow....