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What Should A Good CV Do?

The first step in any job application process is to submit a CV. So what makes a good CV and increases your chances of getting to the next stage in the selection process? Duncan Brodie helps accountants and professionals achieve more career success. Learn more here

10 Questions To Ask Yourself When Creating or Updating Your CV

Your CV is your personal marketing document. The purpose of your CV is to get you invited for interview. Most people understand this. Over the last 20 or so years I have looked at several hundred CV’s and it would be fair to say that on the whole the standard has been at best variable. […]

5 Tips To Make Your CV Stand Out

For most accountants and professionals the first step in the process of recruiting to a role is to invite candidates to submit a CV. If your CV does its job you get invite for interview. If not you probably never hear from the organisation. So what are 5 tips to make your CV stand out? […]

Why Your CV Is Not Getting Results and What To Do Instead

If you want to land your next job, you have to get invited for job interviews. Your CV is your personal marketing document. Yet the standard of CV is generally pretty poor. If your CV is not getting the results that you want, take a few minutes to watch this short video. In the video […]

Writing A CV That Works

All other things being equal, a candidate with the right experience, skills, attributes and qualifications should always be invited for interview. In reality this is not the case. What I have noticed is that you can be light on experience but if you have a good CV you can secure more interviews than a candidate […]

How To Write A CV That Gets You Interviews

If you have got or are working towards a professional qualification, chances are you are pretty ambitious. After all why would you invest a huge amount of time in getting qualifications if you want to stay at the level you are at right now. Now let’s not pretend that a qualification alone or even […]

The 5 Biggest Problems In Writing Your CV

Whether you think it or not, being able to market yourself in the job market is vital. One of the most important pieces of your marketing materials is your CV. It’s the document that gets you invited to interview or rejected at the first stage. Given the importance of a CV you would think […]

The 5 Golden Rules of CV Writing

In your search for your next role, your CV is vitally important. Despite this there is often huge variation between the best and rest when it comes to CV’s. If you follow the 5 golden rules of CV writing you will greatly increase the impact it has. Rule 1: Think Before You Type […]

Successfully Showcasing Your Skills on Your CV

A CV is your key career marketing document. The effectiveness of your CV has a huge bearing on whether you get past the starting gate and into the race for a job. It can be really tempting just to sit down in front of your computer and start to focus on how to present […]

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