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Is your Curriculum Vitae:

WELL-PACKAGED?

Nice, crispy, white A4 envelope (or a clean crispy PDF file if you are emailing it?)

Printed address label or envelope.

Good quality paper for the letter and the CV - don't steal cheap 80-gram paper from the photocopier at work. Invest in a ream of decent paper for your job search.

You don't buy products in the supermarket with cheap, dented, rusty or faded packaging and funnily enough, neither do employers.

 

WELL-PRESENTED?

Generous margins all round.

Clear paragraphing and headings.

No silly fonts. Save them for your child's home-printed birthday invitations.

No miniscule font sizes so that you can cram more information onto the CV.

DON'T BIND IT! – Binders just make your CV harder to scan, photocopy, file and read. A paperclip or staple is all that you should use.

In short, make your written representation of yourself concise, logical and easy to read.

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Christmas parties - how not to blow it. (from the Sunday Times)
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From The Independent: "I can't decide what to do now that I have completed my degree." A Career Doctor question.
From Marketing magazine: The decline in television news - a rant by Rowan. (Not exactly our usual fare, but hopefully will raise a smile nevertheless)
From The Independent: Zombies in the workplace - presenteesim. Interesting article, plus our thoughts.
From Recruitireland.com: Style versus Substance - the eternal struggle. How does it apply when compiling your CV?
From The Irish Times: What is at the heart of job melancholy?
An hilarious piece from The Independent on the perils of lying in the job-hunt. Remember our mantra: If you have to lie to get your foot in the door, this probably isn't the job for you.