A well-presented CV can make the difference between your CV making an impression to the reader or not. Everybody writes and presents their CV in their own way; however, these few words of advice about presentation could help secure your next Construction Job! Each section you have decided to include must be clearly headed to make the CV pleasing to the eye and easy to read. Make sure these headings and sub-headings follow a consistent size and font, for instance, Time New Roman or Arial and size 10/12. Highlight important information using bold, italics or different sized font.
Justify your CV to the left so that each paragraph is neat and tidy and ensure the space between each line is consistent throughout.
To split up large content, bullet points are useful and effective. To make the CV look even more professional, split these bullet points into two columns.
Do not forget to do a spell check on your CV and read through it several times to make sure there are no grammatical errors. With this in mind ask a friend or colleague to look over it for you.
You do not want to bore the reader by making your CV too long. Try to keep it to about two pages by avoiding waffle and irrelevant information that may not be necessary for the construction job you are going for.
Avoid the use of ‘I’ throughout the CV and write it in third person. Make sure that the content you put in is relevant to the Construction Job you are applying to with short, punchy sentences.
Lying is a definite NO NO. It is likely you will be caught out and you will ruin all your chances of being employed. If you are asked in for an Interview, you will be asked to elaborate on your CV, so avoid lying and over-exaggerating at all costs.
Finally, print off your CV to check it over off-line and try out different formats to see what you like best. Do not spend too long on this though as it is the actual content the reader is interested in.
These sound words of advice are simple points to follow when writing your CV and can help to create a very good impression. Congratulations, you are well on your way to being invited for an Interview for your next construction job!
The author Corinne Dauncey writes articles about construction job. The Construction job - one of the best job boards around for construction careers in the UK.
