Why Does My CV Keep Getting Rejected? A question a lot of people ask but don't get any answers to. Of course you could phone and ask why you didn't get an interview but the chances of you getting any information from the company that is useful are slim to none.
Non-standard format of your CV is one of the chief reasons for CV rejection. Funky colours, non standard fonts and the like are all pretty much guaranteed to get your CV rejected. Stick with the traditional, tried and tested methods. Plain black text on a white background seems to work best. Use a good quality paper with laser or high quality ink jet printing for best results
Having 20 seconds to impress with your CV, a strong personal profile or career objective is absolutely essential. Omitting this important information means that the reader has to work harder to find the information that they are looking for. You job is to make it easy for the reader. Your personal profile should show what you can do, in what sector, in what geographical area
Responsibilities are boring but achievements show what you can do for an organisation. Recruiters expect people to carry out their responsibilities anyway- achievements separate out the ordinary from the extra ordinary. Look through your career history and start to pull out the things that you did well- what did you achieve? How much did you add to the organisation and why? Show an employer this sort of information and they will want to talk with you
Your email address should be included but no stupid email addresses please. Showing just how colourful and exciting that you are by including words like bod, sexy, babe, hunk, etc. may all be very well for face book but in a job application- never! Get a sensible email address that you check regularly, you'll be glad that you did
Hobbies and interests won't get you a job. Putting ridiculous interests on your CV will get it rejected. Anything too wild, too wacky or clearly taking up masses of time won't work- you're CV will get rejected pretty much straight away. If you're at all concerned, leave your hobbies out- it isn't compulsory to include them
Not reading the job specification or the advertisement is a sure fire way of getting your CV rejected. Whilst we do not advocate wholesale changes to your CV for different roles, slightly tailoring your profile, changing the order of your achievements and the like will help your cause
People rely on spell checking all the time nowadays. This makes people a little lazy. Spell checkers won't get a persons name spelled correctly. This is such a common mistake that I thought that people would have learned by now. Spell the recruiters name wrong and watch a stream of rejection letters come through your letterbox- if you get anything back at all! - 16890
Non-standard format of your CV is one of the chief reasons for CV rejection. Funky colours, non standard fonts and the like are all pretty much guaranteed to get your CV rejected. Stick with the traditional, tried and tested methods. Plain black text on a white background seems to work best. Use a good quality paper with laser or high quality ink jet printing for best results
Having 20 seconds to impress with your CV, a strong personal profile or career objective is absolutely essential. Omitting this important information means that the reader has to work harder to find the information that they are looking for. You job is to make it easy for the reader. Your personal profile should show what you can do, in what sector, in what geographical area
Responsibilities are boring but achievements show what you can do for an organisation. Recruiters expect people to carry out their responsibilities anyway- achievements separate out the ordinary from the extra ordinary. Look through your career history and start to pull out the things that you did well- what did you achieve? How much did you add to the organisation and why? Show an employer this sort of information and they will want to talk with you
Your email address should be included but no stupid email addresses please. Showing just how colourful and exciting that you are by including words like bod, sexy, babe, hunk, etc. may all be very well for face book but in a job application- never! Get a sensible email address that you check regularly, you'll be glad that you did
Hobbies and interests won't get you a job. Putting ridiculous interests on your CV will get it rejected. Anything too wild, too wacky or clearly taking up masses of time won't work- you're CV will get rejected pretty much straight away. If you're at all concerned, leave your hobbies out- it isn't compulsory to include them
Not reading the job specification or the advertisement is a sure fire way of getting your CV rejected. Whilst we do not advocate wholesale changes to your CV for different roles, slightly tailoring your profile, changing the order of your achievements and the like will help your cause
People rely on spell checking all the time nowadays. This makes people a little lazy. Spell checkers won't get a persons name spelled correctly. This is such a common mistake that I thought that people would have learned by now. Spell the recruiters name wrong and watch a stream of rejection letters come through your letterbox- if you get anything back at all! - 16890
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About the writer: Mr. Hughes is a cv marketer specialising in cv marketing for job hunters. CV marketing is one of the specialisms of CV That Works
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