Don’t go unnoticed and get a job as soon as possible. Check this.
Unfortunately, an issue that has always been constant is “Unemployment” and now more than ever after the pandemic that we are going through, the struggle to place ourselves in a vacancy within an organization is a very marked fight since several people lost their jobs and find themselves looking for a job opportunity.
To transform your CV you must consider the format, design, content and writing below. We give you these tips:
- It occupies 1 to 2 pages maximum.
If your CV exceeds two pages, it will be difficult for a recruiter to read it and thus the probability will go down, remember that they receive hundreds of CVs.
- Implement a header
This will serve as an identifier, you can put your name or title of the position you are looking for. Within this section add your personal data, photography and if possible social profiles.
- Highlight what’s relevant
It uses variations of typeface (bold, underlined, italic, secondary color) in order to make that information about it stand out from the rest. For example, information that matches the vacancy.
- Visual breaks
Do not pile up your information, give it blank spaces so that the reading is friendly and not heavy, this helps them to read your CV and not lose interest.
- Choose the ideal template
Today there are several tools that help you make a professional CV, in your internet search engine you will find endless templates that suit what you are looking for.
- Ideal color to your CV
It is nice to see a format that is colorful and not flat in whites and grays, choose a maximum of 3 colors and play with them, do not forget that they must be harmonic colors that make your CV stand out.
- Select your best skills.
Always highlight the skills you have and that go according to the profile you are looking for, do not put the ones that are not necessary, give yourself time and analyze your skills.
- Experience and achievements.
If you have a long career, we recommend that you put your 3 previous jobs or those that highlight the affinity of objectives with the vacancy.
Focus your experience on achievements, tell what and how you have done it in a brief way, the results you obtained will add to create value to your information.
- Little or no experience
Do not worry, if you start new challenges in the world of work and you have no experience, highlight your temporary jobs, professional practices, and elaborate projects that go according to the vacancy.
It is important that you highlight your skills, desire and good attitude and initiative to learn new things to achieve the results that the company wants.