Brilliant Cover Letters

that all your most important information is conveyed on the first page –

or, for a one-page CV, in the top half of the page.

9 No bullet pointing

In today’s fast-paced world, recruiters no longer have the time to read

large, solid blocks of prose. They need to extract the information they

need – and they need to do it fast. Long paragraphs of prose are tiresome

for a recruiter to read right through and, as a result, many simply won’t

bother. And this is where bullet pointing comes in, although, unfortu-

nately, so many people fail to use it to their advantage within their CV.

10 Reverse chronological order not used

It is a standard convention on CVs