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How to Write a CV for IT Jobs

The CV Store — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:36:34 +0000

If the IT industry is your calling, and you want to fine-tune your CV, you have a special challenge. Recruiters will be paying very close attention to your choice of words. It’s commonplace for companies to receive so many responses … Continue reading →

How Personal Should Your CV Be?

The CV Store — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:20:11 +0000

Recruitment (particularly CV-sifting) is a time-consuming process. Interviews take front-line managers away from essential day-to-day tasks. As a result, the time available for interviewing candidates is often limited. An interview panel may want to spend no more than a day … Continue reading →

Get the Job You Really Want with James Caan

The CV Store — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:51:27 +0000

We’ve got 5 copies of ‘Get the Job You Really Want’ (the biggest careers big of 2011) to give away. To be in with a chance of winning, all you need to do is tell us your most embarrassing work-related … Continue reading →

CV Alternatives: Let Them Learn Your Name

The CV Store — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:33:23 +0000

The Curriculum Vitae, and its lesser cousin the resume, are often responsible for getting the attention of potential employers. Sometimes it can even become the first step in landing a business deal or position on a Board. The CV is … Continue reading →

How to Perform in a Group Interview

thecvstore_Lee — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:19:54 +0000

Increasingly, many businesses have decided the whole one-to-one interview is a bit passé and predictable. Instead, more and more employers are turning to the dreaded group interview. There are some pretty good reasons for this, though. After all, you can … Continue reading →

Fragments, Articles and Other ‘Technicalities’ When Writing a CV

The CV Store — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:16:29 +0000

Fragments When a client uses one of our CV writing services, we are often asked about fragments within the document. Fragments are incomplete sentences that are highlighted in Microsoft Word with a squiggly green line. As you’re no doubt already … Continue reading →

10 Quick Steps to Improve Your CV

The CV Store — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:38:46 +0000

Quantify your achievements It’s all well and good saying you improved sales in your previous job, but by how much? Using numbers / percentages to quantify your achievements and responsibilities is the quickest and easiest way of improving your CV … Continue reading →

IT CV and Recruitment Advice

The CV Store — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:01:08 +0000

IT recruitment agencies are commonly used by organisations searching for staff. The organisation pays the agency, usually 15% to 30% of the salary, to take on the workload associated with advertising and short listing potential employees. This is usually considered … Continue reading →

The CV Store on BuyMyFace

The CV Store — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:22:07 +0000

Hi, we’re Ross and Ed, and we’re honoured to have a guest blog entry on thecvstore.net. We’ve just finished university, and in this difficult job climate, we thought we’d take a gap year together to sell advertising space on our … Continue reading →

Avoiding CV Sloppiness for Graduates

The CV Store — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:44:59 +0000

The Association of Graduate Recruiters recently reported that in 2011, there are, on average, 83 applications for each graduate position. If you’ve just completed your degree and are beginning your graduate job search, you’ll obviously want to avoid distributing a … Continue reading →