by citycv | Feb 28, 2014 | City CV Blog, CV Writing
In today’s competitive job market employers and recruitment consultants are becoming increasingly intolerant toward badly constructed employment applications and CVs. Your resume is the most important and potentially lucrative marketing material you are ever likely to...
by citycv | Jan 21, 2014 | Career Advice, City CV Blog, CV Writing
To avoid common CV writing mistakes you must keep in mind that often CVs sent to larger companies or uploaded to online job boards are stored on a vast database and retrievable by recruiters and potential employers through key word searches. The resume is generally...
by citycv | Jan 14, 2014 | City CV Blog, CV Writing, Graduates
With youth unemployment levels pushing one million, you don’t need us to tell you how fiercely competitive the graduate jobs market is these days. Getting overlooked in the application process is an all too common lament from newly qualified university leavers. Record...
by citycv | Dec 15, 2013 | City CV Blog, CV Writing
The ultimate aim of your resume is to get noticed and obtain an interview. Therefore you need to truly value your resume as it is your sales tool and potentially your only opportunity to sell yourself to an employer. Be positive, do not include any weaknesses and most...
by citycv | Dec 6, 2013 | City CV Blog, CV Writing
There are many unsubstantiated guidelines and misconceptions surrounding the predominant aim of the Resume. But, in truth, there is one (yes only one) reason why a powerful and attention grabbing resume is an absolute necessity in today’s highly competitive job...
by citycv | Jun 10, 2013 | City CV Blog, CV Writing, Graduates
For graduates seeking a career in investment banking, there is some good news and some bad news. Recruitment corporation Astbury Marsden has claimed that the number of job openings in London’s financial sector were on the up in January this year – a definite step in...
