I'm recruiting at the moment, and am staggered by the variable quality of the CV's I get. If it helps, I recommend not doing the following: -
- Don't actually state when you worked wherever you worked.
- Print the CV at 10° to the paper.
- Don't include specific records asked for.
- Don't sign the letter.
- Don't Email it when you were specifically told to post it.
- Make the covering letter very chatty, as if you were best chums with the person reading it.
- Fill the first page with a photo of yourself.
- Don't bother to check the spelling.
- Just send a standard CV, nobody will be impressed by one tailored to the application.
- Use fancy fonts that make it hard to read.
All of which I've seen in the last month.
G