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After posting about how I lost jobs at final interviews, several people who got excited by the fact that my CV was top notched and got me several invites, kept sending emails and commenting to teach or help them create a winning C.V. Since I'm also hustling and can't help each of them individually, I have decided to make this post to hint them on how to write a C.V that will get you invites.

Preliminary:
Before thinking of getting an invite with your CV, you must have undergone school and graduated well (Most organisation request for minimum of 2:2 or at times 2:1. If you have a 2:2 and so many 2:1s applied then your chances are slim)
Secondly, you must have added value to yourself through certifications (thousands of people have 2:1s and first class, the way to set yourself apart is to show your willingness to improve yourself with certifications. I have more than 3)
Thirdly, achievements is a big deal, you have to show you are a leader and a winner with your achievements (add at least two, if you dont have then go and achieve something)

C.V proper:
After you must have had all these, the next is how you present them in your CV

1) Your fonts: a couple of people sent me their CVs to edit and their fonts was not just it. Use Arial, calibri or times new romans and your font size should be 12.

2) highlight your headings: your CV looks plain, the person reading it dont know where you started talking about your work experience or where you wrote your personal data.

3) Make it short and precise: dont make a five paged CV, nobody would read it. Make it short and put precise details not unnecessary trash. At most 2 pages for graduates and 4 for people with years of experience.

4) Have a new CV for every job: try always to cut your experiences to suit the firm you are applying to. You cant be applying customer care and put welding as job experience.

5) Send to organisations that Match your qualification and that you meet the criteria: they said 2:1 and you have 2:2 and you applied expecting miracle to happen, it wont. Or they said engineers and you read accounting and applied. Bros why?

I hope this helps.
This is what i applied and have multiple invites, sometimes i leave one interview for another because i can have as much as three interviews in a day.
See you at the top.

Good one Nathanjohn2808.