CV STANDS for Curriculum Vitae meaning 'course of life' and it provides a concise history of your education and employment history for prospective employers.
It will take a concerted effort to produce a well-presented and accurate CV but it is time well spent.
Not only is it your CV a shop window to employers - you can send your CV out with a speculative letter to companies you would like to work for - it will also act as a useful source of information or aide memoire when you are filling in application forms for jobs.
It's vital to present your CV in a clear, uncluttered fashion and to make sure that anyone reading it can assimilate the information with ease.
Once you have compiled your CV, make sure that you get someone else to read it through for sense, content and spelling mistakes.
One spelling mistake is sufficient to prompt a prospective employer to file your CV in the bin - it's another way of whittling down a huge pile to a shortlist of a few.
There are consultants who offer a CV service at a price but you may want to visit your local careers service for free advice and factsheets.
