CV Building Guide

Your CV is a very important document; with it rest your hopes and dreams for the future - that next step up the career ladder, a better position, more money, new challenges, etc. Your CV therefore has to represent the best you have to offer if you do not want to miss out on that job you saw which was 'perfect' for you. So, it’s a main purpose is to get you an interview; where you can step out and prove yourself, your background and experience

There is a perfect CV for each individual job. Your CV should make a convincing display that you have read the job advert, understood what it is that an employer is looking for and that you can offer the skills and experience to do the job. It should achieve this with a minimum of fuss. Depending on which survey you believe CVs get between 15 seconds and 5 minutes to sell you as a candidate.

When presenting a CV as part of a job application it must be tailored to emphasise the match between those qualities that you have and what the employer is looking for. Your "standard" CV is a reference document that you must amend for each specific application.