Posts Tagged ‘CV’
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
Your CV Personal Profile is essential
Your Personal Profile on your CV is essential in today’s jobs market - you cannot submit your CV for a job without one.
When a potential employer receives an average of 50 CV’s today for 1 job, your Personal Profile can be the determining factor as to whether he/she will look at your CV in more detail, or not.
Employers use them as a guide to you!
Your Personal Profile is your one chance to highlight yourself and point out why you should be seriously considered for the job.
Your Personal Profile is your introduction to you - your chance to sell yourself, your chance to shine and stand out from the crowd.
Without one, the CV has no introduction and simply becomes a black and white list of your life.
Your Personal Profile should be one paragraph, approx 5 sentences outlining where you have come from and where you are going.
It can be used to sell yourself to a particular job and altered accordingly.
It can be used to rule out the competition.
It can be used to highlight your biggest achievements or used as a Sales ‘brag list’
These days, you cannot afford to have a CV without a Personal Profile at the top of it which takes minutes to draft but can alter your career path
A CV without a Personal Profile is like buying a new computer with no instructions!
So remember, you must have a Personal Profile on the top of your CV - do not send your CV anywhere without one.
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
CV is your first impression
First impressions last and it is rare you get the second chance to get it right.
In this day and age, CV slip ups are simply not allowed.
There is no excuse for a careless or poorly presented Curriculum Vitae - (CV)
If you are serious about your next job, you must be serious about your CV.
Your CV can make the difference between you getting an interview or not.
One of the most common errors we are seeing on CV’s are spelling mistakes - simple spelling mistakes.
This gives the impression of a job seeker who is rushed, careless and does not have good attention to detail.
Your CV should be your show piece - it is your one document of your life and experience of utmost importance when changing or seeking a new job.
Your CV is a direct reflection of you
I say nowadays as we are in an age of very advanced technology, there is software available to do your CV for you - there is a basic spell check - grammar check and a multitude of sources of reference on the internet to perfect your CV - therefore there is absolutely NO excuse for spelling mistakes on a CV.
We have one here within our website specific to CV guidelines and layout -
http://www.jackiebrownmedical.ie/advice/resources.php?url=advice
Those who take care, time and pride in their CV, recognising it’s significance will be the ones who are called for interview - your CV is a future employers or a Recruitment Agents first impression of you, so remember -
FIRST IMPRESSIONS LAST
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Be the Best
When reviewing or re-doing your CV, stop and rethink it. You need to think of your CV as your representative on first look! Put your best foot forward with your CV.
- Do not tweek your CV to the job, rather include the relevant details in each position you have held and that should speak for itself.
- Pur your jobs in chronological order and not in terms of relevancy to the job you are applying for. i.e. in date order not your Nursing jobs first then your Medical Sales jobs.
It is easier to read a CV when put in chronological order. If your CV has all the relevant duties worked per job, then it will speak for itself and your best foot will be put forward to potential employers.
So rethink when revising your CV - simply make sure all the details are up to date and it will speak for itself!
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Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
Details Details Details
Whether you are applying for a Medical Sales job, a Nursing Job or a job in the Medical Device industry, your CV says everything about you from first glance. Whether you get that second glance depends on the contents of your CV. It’s all in the details you have provided.
Where as once upon a time, your title in the medical company you worked for and the dates you worked there were all self explanatory, these days a little more fine tuning is required in the details of your CV.
For example, if you are a Nurse, it is no longer acceptable to simply give the name of the hospitals you have worked in and your title of “Staff Nurse” and hope for the best. You need those extra details of not just the hospital, but the type of ward, the specific duties you carried out on a daily basis. Whether you are Orthopaedics or Cosmetics… it is all in the details.
Similarly, if you are working in the Kitting Department of a Medical Device company, you cannot just assume that your next potential employer will automatically know what your current job entails:
- Do you deal with QA? How so?
- Do you have regular contact with R&D? In what capacity?
- Do you have detailed involvement with Product Development? Explain the details.
- Have you named or detailed the specific projects you have worked on?
It is a very difficult mission, and although a bit daunting it will be worth it in the end. It is those extra details in this day and age that could get you that second glance.. possibly the job!
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Monday, April 12th, 2010
Tidy it Up
Please format your CV!
A few key points to note before sending your CV out:
- Font - is it clear and concise
- Font Size - trust me, 12 is big enough!
- Bold/ Italics - Bold is best for titles, the rest in plain text. I find that Italics can be a bit hard on the eye
- Use the tab button for spacing!
- Do not forget the dates, the company name and your job title
So whether you are a Nurse, a Medical Sales Rep, a Chief Medical Scientist or a Radiographer, it helps those reading it to format your CV!
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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Start from Scratch
No CV? Why not try downloading our CV layout and start there?
http://www.jackiebrownmedical.ie/advice/cvlayout.php?url=cvlayout
In this day and age it is the most essential tool for the working person! No CV is a no-no. Your CV should have a permanent place on your desk top where it can scream at you to update!
With sites like Linkedin and connections being made through social networks, it really is essential that you have a CV drawn up.
If you have no CV don’t worry, sort it with our layout!
Tags: connections, CV, CV Layout, CV on your desktop, CV tips, CVs for jobs, essential tool, Jobs, Layout, update, update your CV, working person
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
Suits you Sir! Just as we wear different clothes to suit an occasion, when looking for a job it is sometimes worth considering these CV tips to suit each prospective employer or position you are applying for and to present your best assets accordingly. Consider your skills, your experience and more importantly- you!
A bad CV can be as bad as no suit at Interview. Think of how you want to look.
For instance if you are a specific engineer you would phrase your CV to emphasise your skills to suit the role required and also give relevent examples of where your technological skills, experience or software abilities will complement the specific job required.
If you issue a generic, one size fits all CV to every client you will naturally find your CV appears to have limited if any success as a result of your CV content being limited or only partially relevant.
Having a CV for a specific type of role, either Radiologist, Nurse, Manager, Engineer, Sales Rep, Trainer or Technician means that the CV content will exlusively reflect the required role. It also means, if you have several years experience you can offer your best and most comprehensive CV without running out of CV space room without producing an overly long CV.
Similarly having several specific letters means you can choose specifically to present your technical, personal or management skills exclusively depending on what the Job Description calls for. This is helping the employer or agency and they will be greatful for it.
Once more this allows you to make your best possible presentation and further increases your chances of being called for interview. This of course then means you only have the issue of deciding what you will choose to wear to interview. After all it suits you to look and feel at your best when you have presented your best assets.
Tags: application, CV, engineer, experience, Interview, letter, Manager, present, presentation, sales trainer, skills, software, specific job, Technician
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
The Application
Applying for the right job is paramount in this day and age. It is an employer’s market right now so your application success depends on a variety of moves.
A few tips to point you in the right direction!
The Application
- Make sure you quote the job reference yes, but more importantly the Job Title!
- Read the Job Spec. It is imperative you are qualified to do the job - whether educationally or years experience. Some people require both! Most importantly, if you can’t do the job don’t apply for it! It really won’t be the right job for you.
- The questions. Answer the questions given at the end of the job before you click send. It saves a lot of time so be nice to the kind people receiving your application?
The Cover Sheet/ Email:
- Let the person receiving your mail know why you are applying. They really do read it, so give a small synopsis of yourself right and your working experience.
The CV
- If you are happy with it, attach it!
The Send Button
- Does exactly what it says on the tin!
Tags: application, application tips, Applying for jobs, CV, employer, job applications, job specs, Jobs, recruitment, right job, sending CVs, work, Work Experience
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