What does a Dragon know about writing a CV?

8th Dec 2009

During the current economic gloom, we all know that finding a new job is a tricky old business. I spoke to a job seeker recently who was told by the recruitment agent that he was up against 300 other applicants and wouldn't be considered because his experience wasn't "spot on".

The frustrating part of this example is that the candidates experience was spot on; his CV just wasn’t written in a way that highlighted his suitability for the role.

This raises the issue about the importance of a well written and well structured CV and unfortunately, far too few job seekers are investing time or money into having their CV optimised.

Bearing in mind the competitiveness of the current job market, it is absolutely essential that your CV hits the mark.

Now you might be asking what this all has to do with dragons! Obviously we haven't been having a chat with creatures from the Harry Potter films but we have spotted some advice given by James Caan of Dragon's Den fame.

James wrote in his column for the Daily Telegraph that he recommends job seekers take up the free CV appraisal offered by www.conceptcv.co.uk or www.webrecruit.co.uk.

ConceptCV are part of the CVIA Group who are experts in all things related to job seeking including how to prepare compelling CVs.

Both CVIA and Concept provide CV appraisals which are highly detailed, completely free of charge and offered without obligation. You can find out more from the following websites http://www.cvandinterviewadvisors.co.uk/ and http://www.conceptcv.co.uk/register.asp.