How should your CV be presented ?
Your CV must look like a professional document. The credibility of the content may be challenged if the CV is poorly presented.
The following checklist should help:

• No spelling mistakes or grammatical errors.

• Avoid subjects paragraphs extolling your personal characteristics .

• All qualifications correctly written.

• No unexplained gaps - if you have travelled or been out of work, say so. Someone's guess may not be positive!.

• Be concise. Find the balance between writing too much or too little. Keeping information factual will help .

• No necessity to state reason for leaving each position .

• Career in reverse chronological order with dates stated in months and years.

• Short paragraphs and bullet points are easy on the eye and make the information quick to access. Ideally a CV should not be more than two pages, although the crucial factor is to ensure that the information it contains is relevant, complete, concise and interesting. Personal details, educational details and professional qualifications, together with details of your most recent position should appear on the first page. If the first page does not excite the reader, they are unlikely to read on. Your CV must be word processed. The latest professional thinking is that the accompanying letter should also be typed and not handwritten. Definitely do not incur the additional costs of plastic bindings and fancy folders; these do noting to enhance your application and in many cases do the reverse. Simple and straightforward presentation on quality paper is your best bet, it may take several drafts to finally come up with a format that you are happy with. Ask a friend or colleague to give you their honest opinion of your efforts .