Rewriting your CV so a busy reader finishes it

Here is a straightforward look at this topic for UpdateSee.

Recruiters give a CV a few seconds before deciding whether to keep reading. Put the job you want and three achievements that prove you can do it at the top, in plain words with numbers wherever you have them: "cut invoice errors by a third", "trained four new staff". Everything else, including the long list of duties, belongs lower down or not at all.

Recruiters give a CV a few seconds before deciding whether to keep reading.

Keep it to two pages, one for early-career roles, and use the same simple font throughout. Tailor the first half for every application by mirroring the words in the advert. Ask someone outside your field to read it; if they cannot say what you do and why you are good at it after one minute, the first page still needs work.