Catch22 Employment Guide June 2013 | Page 7

CV Tips Being asked to submit CV is your invitation to get an interview, so you could be perfect for the job, have the right skills, qualifications and experience, but if your CV looks unprofessional and full of errors, they won’t even consider it! Fonts and Formatting • Use font style carefully and wisely, make sure that your font is easy on the eye. • Use bold text on information that you want to catch the eye of the reader, so it’s one of the first things that the reader looks at. • Use different font (so bold font) to separate information. • Also things like spacing and underlining different areas help the reader to define the different areas of the CV, so they can easily work out which part of the CV they are looking at. When writing about a job role you had, don’t just describe the key traits of the job role and the main responsibilities, also put down particular aspects of the role you’re particularly good at and even how you made a positive impact within that role, as some responsibilities within a role are pretty ??????????)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????M?????)???????????????????????????????????????????????????????)????????????((?((0