Making the Most of Your CV Floor-Space

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The minimalist experts do recommend getting rid of anything you haven’t used for a while. In CV terms, this could refer to skills that just don’t mean anything anymore, or experience that is going back quite a few years. That doesn’t mean say you can’t transfer the skills from that role, just avoid skills that are obsolete, such as expertise of old software for example, you may have to be brutal.

A couple of years ago, my wife and I decided to go through some old photos and weed out the rubbish, we kept the quality stuff, but all the blurred images and rubbish landscapes had to go – I am sure that you get the idea?

Here are five other ‘junk cupboards’ you can clear out

Superfluous detail: There are a number of items that belong on this list, but for now - Date of Birth, Marital Status, Health, Nationality [in some cases this is required], Number of Children. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but netherlands phone number resource needless to say, it is just occupying valuable space, and in some cases could be revealing details about you that you don’t want in the public domain.

If you aren’t sure whether to include a data point, just drop me a message and I will gladly help out.

Repetition: It is a fine line between emphasising information and repeating yourself needlessly.

Using relevant keywords more than once is great, but you may wish to use different versions of the derivative, for example: Lead, Leader, Leading, Leadership!

Avoid just plain old repeating yourself! Don’t make your cover letter look like you have just copied and pasted directly from your CV either.

References: Telling the reader that your references are available upon request is not necessary; neither is listing your reference contact information. Keep that information for when you have a job offer on the table.

That’s a Given: Telling a recruiter you are a good timekeeper or trustworthy, reliable, hard-working…etc etc etc…is pointless. These are just basic things that are assumed. I used to see these stock terms on Jobcentre vacancies and would think ‘If I ask you whether you are trustworthy or not, how will I believe what you tell me?’ A good timekeeper? Yes, you had better show up for work on time every day, that isn’t a selling point!!!