CV Tips and advice...

[Itchy]

Is anybody involved in HR and/or hiring people?

What makes a CV stand out to you? What tricks have impressed you and made that CV stand out?

Also when putting down school/uni results should I put down every result I have ever gotten?

 

[doberden]

As somebody that has hired a lot I would say first of all make it a maximum of 2 pages. If you have a well laid out 2 page CV there is plenty of room to cover all the relevant information. If I got a CV that was 4 or 5 pages or more that would put me off straight away.

I wouldn't put in individual results, not required.

Make sure your sentences are short and too the point. Don't write long winded paragraphs.

 

[Itchy]

And when you write a few lines on your experiance should you highlight the relavant skills i.e. communication, teamwork etc.?

I have seen people plaster their name for example in large font on the front page, good/bad idea?

 

[CCOVICH]

Highlighting things like communication and teamwork is an excellent idea (if it's relevant to the job, which I'm sure it is) and as long as you can back it up with relevant examples/situations.