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E-mail, Wednesday, 18 November 2009
With 2.46 million people currently unemployed in the UK everyone is finding it tough to secure their perfect role. But how do you shine above the rest and beat the increasing competition? A good place to start is your CV, so we have asked Interim Management experts at Alium Partners for their advice.
Managing Consultants at Alium Partners, who provide interim managers for UK and international organisations, review over 2,000 new CVs each year to identify the most suitable executives to meet their client’s exacting standards. With their experience, the Alium team can spot a good candidate just by looking at their CV.
Kate Mansfield, head of the Alium Partners HR Practice, Trudy Peeler, head of Technology, John Bloor who works with Finance and Mike Hollin who heads up the Public Sector Practice have all got together to collate their extensive knowledge of CV’s to share with TFT readers. Between them they have selected managers for clients including TalkTalk, Pearl Group, Co-Operative Group and BP plc.
All four have a proven background in interim management and have included their top 10 tips to a successful CV below.
Make your CV successful by:
1. Keeping it a maximum of 4-5 pages
2. Checking spelling and grammar, avoiding jargon and remembering presentation – the devil is in the detail
3. Considering your audience and making sure your CV appeals to business people
4. Using a clear and consistent structure that makes information accessible to the reader
5. Highlighting your strengths and preferences
6. Focusing on tangible results and key successes
7. Providing hard and soft measures – drawing out your key competencies is as important as what you have delivered
8. Writing in the third person
9. Keeping it professional
9. Keeping it professional
10. Removing emotive statements - inappropriate personal details will detract
