You are on page 1of 2

Deepak Shukla here :) If you want to keep in touch head over to:

https://www.facebook.com/deepakpshukla

Here are 30 tips that will help you create an awesome resume
Dont name your resume Resume'
Some random qualifications/interests right in the middle of your CV? Try
and keep all the randomness until the end thanks.
Oh wow so your CV is actually your Cover Letter? Your Cover Letter is
NOT a
Page on cv.it
s a c-o-v-e-r l-e-t-t-e-r

Nice. So your education which is 20 years old takes up the first half of your
CV? Bad move.
Size 11,12, heck maybe even 13 can work. 14? I think this person is just trying
to fill some space
Oh nice and now I see that you want to use different fonts all in one CV!
Arial, Calibri, Times New Roman all acceptable fonts please dont get
brave or adventurous please your CV (and with fonts) isnt the place for it
Oh nice. Im loving these uses of different colours to highlight different parts
of your CV. Wrong. Dont Do that please.
Outlandish detail about the most inane things. You used to work in the
admin department and there were people calling regularly throughout the
day to discuss some of the issues with the invoicing. For example one a man
called and.snore. Lost me already
Brilliant CVcant seem to find your name on it thoughwho are you?
A half page CV. Right, so basically in your last 18/25/42/61 yearsnothing
has happened. Right...
Check out my photo in my CV it's small/weird/pixelated/freaky/off
centre/blurry/distant/I look extremely ugly..if any of this applies to you
kill the photo completely or (if you must!) get a good photo instead!
My last job was in St Dominguez, Falonia, Basque Region, Spain. Right
do you really think a recruiter will know (or care?) exactly where that village
is?! Spain, St Dominguez is fine
A hardworking boy from X dont refer to yourself as
boy/girl/man/woman. Ever

Contact me at
sweetbabylove@yahoo.com
or

richisgreat82@gmail.com
ora
dam_39439_2@live.com
(please no...please?)

So you have all your work experience but no contact details? No email? No
phone number? (or at least one missing...)
A CV with the word CV in size 32 font on your CV.(really??!)
Work experience: Bar Work 2009-2012.wonderful level of detail :)
Im hardworking, motivated, organised and a good teamplayer Generic to
the death are we?
Drop the prose. Who honestly will read 7 long sentences about you?
Sending your CV as an odt/txt/html or other random file more big no-nos
Dont leave your resume named sdjklsjkdl.docx (yes it also happens)
Dont name your resume X place application 200X' (yes it happens)
Dont highlight weaknesses
Detail matters I do yoga & swimming - sure youre not lying? Or maybe you
did it once ever lol
Too much detail doesnt matter - 13 swimming meetings, 9 in Slough
Remember to ask for help please (2nd opinion never hurts, well physically of
course)
Dont be in the habit of making excuses. Dont have work experience? Work
for free
International Prefixes for your mobile number please +xx - you never know
whos looking at it
Respect the borders, dont bleed over to the edge of the page

Deepak Shukla here :) If you want to keep in touch head over to:
https://www.facebook.com/deepakpshukla

You might also like