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There are several qualities in a CV that today continue to stand out as the best tool to get a job.
Recruiters have said in studies like “What’s really important on a CV?”, which highlights these documents.
The use of keywords, but more importantly, their correct application is essential in a CV.
The unemployment rate in Mexico, based on the World Development IndicatorsIt is 4.38 percent and the figure recorded in 2021 gives us a very important idea of what is necessary for good talent management and avoiding worst mistake in your worst mistake CV when looking for a job.
Given this, it is important to highlight elements that today are still relevant in marketing but when applying it to your professional profile when you are looking for a new job or enter the labor market.
the coach Jermaine L Murray explains that the main mistake that can be made in a CV is to saturate it with keywords related to the job for which the candidates are applying, because they think that in this way their resumes will be selected by the Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), They believe that the program automatically discards profiles that do not have enough keywords.
Contrary to the average thinking of the candidates, which Murray uses in his research, he explains that the main function of this program is to organize the profiles of the candidates and keep a reminder in the selection process, among the chosen profiles.
so that you CV make good use of keywords, the coach explains that you must use them, thinking about the way a human reads, that is, the right keywords that you use in your profile must be convincing and contextualized, preventing them from being used rarely and worse, forced.
Murray shares very simple tips to facilitate this attempt to write a CV out of 10 and asks you to answer a series of questions, which will help you find the content you want your recruiter to read about you.
What part of my work distinguishes me from my colleagues? What has been the common in my successes within my work? What are my strengths, based on this comparison?
Another great piece of advice that the coach who has helped employees get jobs on Facebook and Google shares is to explain your skills through quantifiable results.
“Instead of writing ‘Used Microsoft Excel to track and report upload speed data,’ use: Leveraged Microsoft Excel to automate upload speed information and reduce weekly reporting time by 50 percent’” , Explain.
A final recommendation that Murray makes in his analysis is that the section of listing skills does not saturate it and keep the number of skills that distinguish you to at least 9.
The labor market in numbers
Just as the coach revealed the worst mistake you can make in your CV, there are successes that are made in this document and that at the time have been identified by studies such as “What’s really important on a CV?”.
In this research, 100 percent of the recruiters agreed that the main aspect of a CV is that it does not contain grammatical errors, another 100 percent agreed that a good CV is one that details your achievements, and another 100 percent also agreed in that this document should not contain typos.
It is important to have at hand recommendations and studies of a good CV, as they give us an idea of what is valued in the labor market.