3 Things You Forgot To Put On Your CV

This is an odd one because I'm not a mind reader or a stalker. I don't have a clue what you've done with your CV, and I'm definitely in no position to comment about what you may or may not have forgotten to include. You could be an idiot. Your entire CV could be spelt out in spaghetti and not include your name. I like my job, though, so to avoid a telling off for wasting time and page-space, here are three things you may have forgotten.

1. Key skills and qualifications 

This seems unlikely but you may have forgotten to mention extra qualifications you have picked up over the course of your education/ general life. What's more likely is a lack of mention for those skills which, although hard to quantify, are no less beneficial to highlight. Depending on what you're applying to do this may include touch-typing, an intricate knowledge of how sheep work, and so on.

2. Accomplishments 

Which, to you and me, translates as "What you actually did on a job". Details of where you worked and for how long are all well and good, but recruiters are on the lookout for reasons as to why they should take you on board. In this instance, ditch the fancy language and spell out the facts. You'll add to your CV massively if you can detail your value by listing how you made the company better.

3. Work experience 

A no brainer to most, but sometimes people either sell themselves short when detailing work experience, or else neglect to mention it at all. So, whatever you have done, regardless of how long it took and who it was with, if it adds value to your CV and applies to the area you wish to enter, find a way to fit it in. Re-reading that last sentence, work experience can be easily understood as a form of innuendo: if you've got it, try and whip it out at every opportunity. Happy hunting!