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How much work experience should I include on my CV?

November 16th, 2009

Question: How many years past experience is necessary on a CV? If you have multiple industry experience how would you tailor your CV taking into consideration some of it might be years ago?

What do I do about industry jargon on my CV?

November 10th, 2009

Question: I worked for ten years for the same technology company, and following redundancy, I put my CV together and sent it to recruiters. They haven’t seemed very impressed, and I haven’t had much interest. One recruiter says that she can’t work out what I’ve done, and that some of the job titles I’ve had are so technical it’s impossible to see my level of responsibility. I don’t want to tell lies on my CV. What should I do?

Overqualified?

October 30th, 2009

Question: I’ve been unemployed for some time but there are relatively few jobs in my field, so I have started applying for roles that I’m over-qualified for. The general reaction has been suspicion. Employers and agents don’t seem to understand why I would want to apply for a role more junior than I’ve worked at before. How can I overcome this?

The jobs I’m being contacted about are not the kind of job I want!

October 22nd, 2009

Question: I’m getting a lot of interest for my CV, which is posted on a number of job hunting web sites. However, the jobs I’m being contacted about are not the kind of job I want! Why is this happening and how can I attract the kind of work I want to do?

Asked to do someone else’s job

October 13th, 2009

Question: I was recently hired as a junior designer. A member of staff who did a lot of admin has just left, and now my employer has said that they won’t replace this person, they want us (myself and another designer) to take on that person’s tasks. What can I do?

Making your CV stand out

October 6th, 2009

Question: How can I make my CV stand out from the pile?

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