Kaplan’s 5 tips to improve your CV

While this can be quite time consuming, tailoring your CV to each role you apply for is a great way to highlight certain skills or qualities that are specifically relevant to the company or the role.

Growing your CV

If you feel like you are lacklustre in some sections, ask your current employer to work on new projects that will help you gain the experience you desire. This also allows you to gain talking points in potential future interviews.

Formatting

No recruiter or employer wants to read massive sections of tex, or messily formatted CV.

Make sure to keep your bullet points brief and to thew point and your formatting simple.

Research keywords

A lot of companies use software to scan through resumes that picks out keywords.

Make sure to research the role extensively and include any terms which you feel are key to the role and the industry the company is in.

Use a professional sounding email

Every small detauls matters when apply for a job, so make sure to send in your CV from a mature email address.

Use the template [yourname]@[emailprovider].com.