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3. Avoid the use of stylish fonts and special characters on your CV: when you use stylish fonts on your CV, you might come off as an unserious fellow to the recruitment officer. In recent times, most companies use the Applicant Tracking System (i'll discuss this in another topic later) in reviewing CVs of job applicants and it ranks them according to how qualified they are. The ATS software can't process such stylish fonts and it would automatically rank your CV lower. The Recommended fonts are; Times New Roman, Moteserat, Aerial, Calibre etc

2. Do not include your Date Of Birth, Marital Status, Political Affiliation, PO Box number, state and local government of origin etc if it's not stated on the job requirements that you should do so. Most of us include some of these info on our CVs because we see others doing thesame thing, we don't even stop to ask ourselves 'of what use is this info if i include it on my CV/Resume, would it make it stand out amongst that of other applicants or not.

So many job applicants wonder why they end up not being called up for interviews despite having the required skills for the job. Many of them fail to realise that sometimes, it's not about them having the skills or knowing how to do the job,but how they're able to effectively communicate this to the hiring manager through their CV/Resume.


Here are 5 mistakes every job applicant must avoid when crafting their CV/Resume to their desired job offer...

1. Each Cv/Resume is tailored towards a particular job opening. Your CV is not a multi-purpose item, avoid the mistake of submitting thesame CV for all your job applications. The CV you would submit when applying for the position of a Secretary shouldn't be thesame with what you would submit for another job opening of an Account. This is because both jobs differ, and they have different requirements. So, if you make the mistake of submitting same CV for both openings, it would reduce the chances of you being called for an interview.

We met on whatsapp. We are both members of thesame organization in school, so she chated me up one evening about needing a Cv urgently for an award, i helped her out and from there we clicked. The love was mutual.

You didn't say much abou your job role at the place you did IT, working there would be a kind of boost for your Cv thats if you intend switching careers. But if you want to stick to jobs inline with your course of study,then It Would Be a waste of time.

kingsolomonjnr01:
Op what was ur source of income over there?

Go and read from page 1, within there lies the answer to your question.

I Love the way you pass across your message, it makes reading it easier to understand and relate to. Welldone Sir, i'm a big fan.

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