A lot of job seekers make common mistakes on their CV and many employers and interviewers have been taken aback by such mistakes. While your interview might land you the job, your CV could land you the opportunity to get the job or make you lose the job instantly.
Your CV is a professional profile and representation of yourself, so there should be no room for errors.
These are some common mistakes job seekers make that you should avoid.
1.INCLUDING IRRELEVANT ACHIEVEMENTS
Your employer wants to see something professional and tangible in your CV that can add value to the organisation, but many job seekers make the mistake of listing irrelevant achievements in their CV just to make it look lengthy.
This is a mistake you should never join the crowd in making; lengthy CV isn’t a necessity to land you that dream job.
2. BAD GRAMMER
You should never be in a hurry to write your CV. After writing your CV, make sure you proofread it for mistakes and spelling errors. There should be no room for mistakes on your CV. In an employer’s eyes, if you can a mistake on your CV then you would even mess up the job.
3. WRONG CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
When an employer looks at your CV, in your experience and education section, they expect to see your most recent achievements first. So your CV must be arranged in that format. Many job seekers get this wrong.
4. USING SAME TEMPLATE AS EVERYONE ELSE
An employer expects you to be original, but many job seekers keep using the same template almost everyone else is using. Many employers frown at this common mistake many job seekers make.
5. USING THE 1 PAGE FORMULA
Many job seekers actually believe the myth that a CV should be one paged, but this is only a myth. Your CV should be concise, straight to the point and free from irrelevant achievements. But your employer would be impressed when they see a good and complete CV that’s detailed without having jargons and irrelevant achievements.
6. AVOID CLICHÉS AND SHORT SENTENCES
In a lot of CVs, clichés and short sentences are usually found, but in essence, they are unprofessional and unimpressive and should be avoided.
Your CV should describe your qualities in well-written sentences.
Have you been making any of these mistakes? Maybe you should learn from them and be different from the crowd who regularly make these mistakes.
Jake