Start Your CV with I Am Stupid

Start Your CV with I Am Stupid Yes, you read it right, start your CV with I am stupid. In fact, you might have done it and your CV already starts that way. Up to 2009, my CV started with I am stupid. Any surprise the whole of that year I did not get a job or an internship? Not at all. But I didnt care. The rest of my CV was even better to a recruiter it must have read like Dont hire me or I am a complicated person. Image Credit: sciencewritingblog.wordpress.com HOW TO START A CV? Almost all of us start our CVs with our name and contact details, probably email address under that. How to make sure your CV screams out I am stupid? Just be sure to write your casual email address. For example pink_princess@xyz.com                           master_class1987@xyz.com                   name.lastname@wwe.com!                     andyhacker@xyz.com                               crazy_name@xyz.com       To a recruiter, any of the above examples, or similar read as I Am Stupid So, there you go. Youve started your CV by stating I am stupid. I had one of those email addresses on my CV as a contact ID (similar to the second example!). Didnt get anywhere with it. But hey, the point of this post is to make sure we say we are stupid on our CVs. Obviously, you can avoid putting up such an email on your CV. So you start off on a good note and in a professional manner. Might be less fun, but in the end will pay more! Put up a formal email address, or your university email ID and youve started your CV on the right foot. CONTENT OF A CV? Content is king. Whether it be running a blog, or writing a CV. You need to grasp readers and recruiters attention! Now, how to make sure the content screams out Dont Hire Me. Its very simple, you might have done it, but I will still share how I made sure I wasnt hired and you can do the same on your CV to help recruiters not hire you. Write unclear sentences and mess up priorities on the CV. Why not start off by writing what your interests are, like music, knitting, eating at Nandos etc.? OK, this is a bit of an extreme example, but what I mean is, make sure your content is inconsistent, to make sure you are not hired. For example Having dates in no-order or wrong order Incomplete information on jobs Grammatical mistakes As a graduate, 1-page CV 3-page CV All of the above points read as Dont Hire Me to recruiters As you can see, all the above are the best ways to make sure you are not hired. You could reduce the fun and do the opposite, make sure you put the latest academic and work qualifications before the older dates. It gives a good flow and helps recruiters visualise a timeline. Have complete information and keywords on your CV that are attractive to the recruiter. Avoid any grammatical mistakes and keep the content to 2 pages. This is my top advice to optimise your CV. Do this and any recruiter would be interested to know more. Remember, a CV is like a website, the easier to navigate around, and connect with, the better experience to stay on site for the user. Its the same for a CV. Better layout and information means the recruiter finds going through it quickly less stressful. Dont do all this, and your CV will scream Dont Hire Me, because you are un-organised, complicated to deal with, and maybe slightly unprofessional. HOW TO WRITE A SUCCESSFUL CV? A successful CV is one that is well designed and has good content. Follow the two points above and you will have something concrete to sell yourself. Of course, you can even download a free CV template from here. And fill in the information. We also have a post on key skills and keywords to have on your CV, which might help you further. If you want to comment or criticise anything in the post, feel free to comment in the box below. Please note, WE DONT encourage you to make your CV scream out loud: I Am Stupid or Dont Hire Me. Subscribe to Career Geeks Bi-monthly Newsletter  to stay up-to-date with careers information and tips tricks. 16