The List Of things Should Not Include In Your CV

Here’s a list of  things that should avoid in CV

·         Lying about your qualifications.

·         Description what you look like.

·         Having a personal statement that contradicts itself.

·         You're Religion.

·         Your age.

·         Too much personal information e.g. married, divorced, separated, children, step children.

·         Political affiliation.

·         Using negative language e.g. bad, fault, hate, problem, awful, aggressive.

·         Listing all your skills, knowledge, experience and achievements over 8 pages! Yes 8 pages.

·         Handwriting your CV.

·         Using too many colors (and too many fonts).

·         Using clipart.

·         Meaningless and annoying buzzwords, jargon, clichés or vague words e.g. dynamic, go-getter, think outside the box.

·         Bad grammar and abbreviations.

·         Using slang Language

·         Having spelling mistakes (particularly when you list ‘attention to detail’ as a core skill).

·         Unprofessional email addresses e.g. smilewithme@

·         Links to your personal social media accounts.

·         Explaining a gap in employment with an odd reason