By akademiotoelektronik, 03/01/2023
How to make an effective CV? Advice from 500 recruiters
Do not hesitate to insert your LinkedIn file, it is a plus, according to recruiters, even a mistake not to put it.
Valuing the last 5 years of experience
If you have more than 5 years of experience, you can extend your CV to a maximum of two pages. And insist on your professional experiences, precisely, because this is the part that will be read the most. In particular, that of the last five years, because recruiters focus on it more than on the following ones.
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So how do you get past this roadblock? The survey recommends using keywords, a text PDF rather than images and limiting the number of visuals as much as possible. Concretely, this means making sure that its layout remains clear, that the keywords of the ad, which often appear in the “requirements” or “required skills”, are also in your CV.
Similarly, do not hesitate to modify the title of previous positions so that they stick to the title of the position concerned, if they are identical positions, of course.
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