Hereisthecity's Sarah Butcher writes:
You’re applying for jobs in financial services and you’re trying to
assemble the perfect resume. The definition of perfection will vary depending
upon the job you’re applying to: the best résumés are usually tailored to
particular job descriptions.
However, there are also some universal rules of CV writing
– and there are some words that should
never, ever, inveigle their way in:
1. ‘Unemployed’ On no
account should your CV mention the words, ‘unemployed’, ‘unemployment’,
‘redundancy,’ or ‘layoff’. They are all
too negative. Instead, you should use positive and empowered phrases like,
‘career break,’ advised Jeremy L’Anson, a career coach and author who works
with investment bankers.
2. ‘Dynamic’ Professional résumé writers warn against using
clichéd words and phrases which appear on almost every CV. “There are words
which are used so much that they’re meaningless,” said Victoria Maclean at City
CV in London. Maclean said these include: ‘dynamic’, ‘proven track record’,
‘team player’, ‘succeed in a fast paced environment’ and ‘innovative.’ “You see
‘innovative’ written on 90 percent of CVs,” she added...
There's more. Read the whole story at http://hereisthecity.com/2013/03/20/ten-words-that-should-never-appear-on-a-banking-cv/
No comments:
Post a Comment