Preparing Your CV

Here are our Top CV Tips:

• Length: two or three pages is ideal – lawyers should include a matters/transactions list.
• Layout: if you wish, open with a concise summary highlighting your skills and experience.
• Employment: put your experience in reverse chronological order (latest role first), detailing your responsibilities.
• Achievements: describe the contribution you personally brought to your employment under Employment. Metrics/outcomes can be useful to do this.
• Education and Qualifications: be explicit about degree subjects, grades and awarding institutions, and list all professional qualifications/memberships. Details of any publications you’ve authored and/or public presentations you’ve made would also be helpful.
• Contact Points: include your full postal address, email address, fixed and mobile telephone numbers.
• Interests: include a brief summary of your interests outside work
• Referees: include their name and contact details at the end of your cv

And try to avoid these common CV blunders:

• Grammatical errors and typographical mistakes.
• Using employer logos.
• Mixing different text colours and fonts.
• Poor layout, which is a major reason for CVs been dismissed by employers/recruiters, so keep it simple and readable