CV Tips by The UK Knack Group
The abbreviation ‘CV’ means Curriculum Vitae deriving from the Latin expression, roughly translated as ’the course of life’.
However, it is important that the meaning is not taken literally, bombarding the reader with too much information.
Think of this document as a motivational exercise, getting the reader to look at the front cover of your personal ‘marketing brochure’. Get it wrong and lose the sale! Remember you are selling a product, that product is you and should always target your specific career goals.
At the UK Knack Group, senior job candidates can get extensive help in all aspects of job hunting including expert assistance in writing a CV. Marketing yourself at any juncture is vital to your success. Remember, your personal ‘brand’ is your unique qualification. Coupled with key personal attributes, strengths, values and passions that represent tangible value to your target audience and prospective employers.
There are several stages to securing a real career position, all are integral in being successful.
The CV is your personal marketing brochure and needs to be achievement focused. Remember you are selling yourself and relating clear analogies to your target market that underpin how you can help prospective employers.
The UK Knack Group has extensive experience in the senior human resources field. Moreover, the UK Knack Group is one of the most reputable and professional businesses of its kind anywhere in the world.
One thing is very clear in the current market, senior managers can’t rely or simply hope they will get headhunted – they have to get out there and be seen.
It’s a fact that most senior roles are not advertised, many new roles are born out of mergers, acquisitions and consolidations. Getting in front of the right people at the right level is absolutely paramount by utilising and opening up new networks of key individuals .Being confident in your approach ensuring your target markets are focused and thoroughly researched beyond fellow executives is essential. Ensure you employ savvy tools, expertise and business intelligence that allow you to go deep into the fabric of your target businesses, markets, their competitors and people.
Some senior roles are also handled by very selective search and selection agencies including the UK Knack Group, but you must bear in mind that candidate competition is massive, as it’s not unusual to have over 800 applications for one role.
Therefore, writing a high quality CV without professional assistance is not an easy task. But potential job hunters still need to have some knowledge of the basics on their own. One of the main elements that make a CV into a brochure that markets you is to ensure that it is succinct, to the point and seen as a document that is there to win you an interview or meeting – you have just 13 seconds to attract the reader!
We all need a strong CV; it is there to open doors and should essentially cover the following points:
A strong objective and profile, a feel good factor, no one is going to play guessing games, tell them what you want to do and how you can do it for them utilising skills, background and qualifications.
Pick several key achievements that are a result of something you did that had a beneficial result for the organisation you worked for.
Career history, education and personal development which demonstrates the environments in which you have gained those skills.
Always ensure that all your contact details are at the top of the first page. If they are interested in you, they will want to get hold of you. It is surprising how many people neglect to add all their contact details and lose out on opportunities.
Cut out the buzzwords, they make your CV sound like everyone else’s, even crass. Adopt your own language and keep it simple.
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