Improve your CV - Interview Tips

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IMPROVE YOUR CV

AVOID THESE MISTAKES !

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Too Lengthy

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Most common mistake !

Recruiters are pressed for time and on average do not look at your CV for any more than 30 seconds.

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Bad ForMatting

• Don’t risk the formatting and font style of the document just to stand out from the rest.

• This might reduce the readability of your CV, prompting the recruiter reject it.

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Typos

• Typos have a tendency to stand out in a CV and show up as glaring mistakes !

• It tells the recruiter that you haven’t bothered to edit your document.

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Inconsistent Information

• Recruiters take careful note of details like employment dates to ensure that they are consistent.

• Sometimes, they check to see if the dates provided on your CV match the ones on your social media accounts.

• When one job seems to start before the previous one ends, you have provided inconsistent information on your CV.

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Too Much Personal Information

• Often, candidates provide too much personal information right at the top of the CV.

• Details like your date of birth, or providing your photograph, are not relevant to the potential employer.

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Being Untruthful

• Many believe that it doesn’t hurt to exaggerate some of their achievements/roles/qualifications on the CV.

• In this day and age, it is very easy for

recruiters to verify all the information about the candidate

• Once they realize that the candidate is lying on the CV, they will immediately reject him/her.

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With the likelihood of so many errors and chances of going wrong, how should you make the CV work in your favor

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Merajob’s smartprofile™ takes the CV to an all-new level.

We create it for you. Call merajob’s tele-recruiters at your

convenience, any day of the week, 9:30 am to 7:30 pm, and our recruiters will help you create your smartprofile™.

You can also create your smartprofile™ online.

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Your SmartProfile™ highlights your skills, preferences, personal details, work experience and qualifications in an easy-to-read visual document.

In one glance, the recruiter will be acquainted with all the relevant and important information about you.

Moreover, we will connect your SmartProfile™ with employers who are on the lookout for candidates just like you.

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