CV / Resume dos and don’ts

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CV / Resume dos and don’ts Fill the space (for longer resumes) Job positions within the same company keep together instead of making them separate (looks like separate jobs but same company) Jobs that are only a month long (is that positive or is that negative?) Breaks and sections not defined. Not enough white spaces to make things stand out. No career objective. What’s the goal?

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CV / Resume dos and don’ts. Fill the space (for longer resumes) Job positions within the same company keep together instead of making them separate (looks like separate jobs but same company) Jobs that are only a month long (is that positive or is that negative?) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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CV / Resumedos and don’ts Fill the space (for longer resumes)

Job positions within the same company keep together instead of making them separate (looks like separate jobs but same company)

Jobs that are only a month long (is that positive or is that negative?)

Breaks and sections not defined. Not enough white spaces to make things stand out.

No career objective. What’s the goal?

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CV / Resumedos and don’ts cont.Repetitive headers implement bullet points?

Consistency with punctuation, font.

Ordering of most important info / relevant to career

CV is for higher education jobs

Most relevant info (reverse chronological order)

Name centered on resume

White space to prevent information overload