As a recruiter of cabin crew in my past life I strongly suggest spending alot of time getting the CV perfect, lay out etc. There are many books in the library that make this less like hard work secondly practice that covering letter and hand write it, it should make the reader want to go on to read all about you on your CV. I have had covering letters written on scrap paper, smudged and with spelling mistakes that were unforgivable.
I never bothered to read the CV.
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