Make no mistake, this is not about how to write a CV - it's about Marketing and Selling a product. And the product is YOU.

 

You won’t get on if you don’t stand out.  So you must become your own best product.

 

This for some people is the beginning of the problem.  It does not come naturally to many to be assertive or to be seen as promoting themselves. However, in the race for jobs there are not so many timid and shy candidates who win.  Self-deprecation, modesty and understatement don’t result in employers and agencies beating a path to your door.

 

You must learn to sell yourself, and your CV is the starting point. Just think… will the candidates you’re in competition with be thinking the same? Or do you think they will be working hard at presenting themselves in the best light?

 

No-one is advocating that your CV represents anything less than the truth about you, your experience and your abilities. It’s just that there are ways of presenting information about yourself.

 

Research would indicate that most recruiters would, on average, spend less than two minutes reading a CV. Two minutes! Some, I would venture to suggest, are consigned to the waste-bin with nothing more than a quick glance. 

Your challenge is to make the most of the window of opportunity to grab their attention before the window slams shut.

 

 

 

 

effectivecvwriting.com has been designed firstly to make you think, then to make you work and then to make you act. You must condition yourself to think like a recruiter.

 

Look at your current CV and answer this question… would you employ you?

 

The aim of effectivecvwriting.com is...

 

- To assist you in getting a job

- To raise your awareness of the main problems associated with CV writing

- To give you a basic framework you can apply to your own CV

- To provide you with a better understanding of the processes involved

- To help you get to interview stage

 

- and to convince you that Everybody Lives By Selling Something. In this case it is YOU. The information in this site won't get you a job. You get you a job.

 

It can help organise your knowledge, your experience, your skills, your wants - and assist you in avoiding the pitfalls and errors that many candidates make.

 

Stand out!

 

The most unique selling point any person possesses,
no matter what the product or service,
is themselves.

 

Writing your CV is not the end of the hard work, it is the beginning. Believe in yourself, put in the effort and you will succeed.