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Our focus on a constructive candidate experience means that you can trust our advice throughout your executive career.  \n2  \nIntroduction 03  \nPartI: Wiriting your CV 05  \n1. Fontsand Formatting 06  \n2. The Heading 07  \n3. Executive Profile 08  \n4. Professional Experience 1 0  \n5. Education 1 4  \n6. Additional Information 1 5  7. Whatnot to include on your CV 1 7  \nPart II: Beyond the CV 18  \nTake charge of your Internet Existence 18  \nAbout Odgers Berndtson 21  \nIntroduction  \nWelcome to this guide to creating a CV that’ll make the most of your skills, talent and experience.  \nIn Part II: Beyond the CV, we’ve also included advice on how to make your online identity work for you, and enhance your prospects of future career success.  \nFIRST THINGS FIRST  \nEven if you have many years of experience, a good CVis still vital.  \nYour CV–whether it is uploaded on LinkedIn or not–is frequently the first detailed information an executive recruiter or potential employer will receive about you, and the basis of their initial impression. And, as we know, first impressions count!  \nIt is also an expression of your aspirations, whether you’re looking for a step up, a board application, a cross industry move, for example. In other words, CVs are not just about the past, but the future too.  \nAs retained executive recruiters, we see thousands of CVs each year in our search for exceptional people. They vary in length, format, and–unfortunately–readability.  \nThat experience is the basis of this booklet. We think you’ll find it useful.  \n3  \nWHO ARE YOU AND  \nWHAT DO YOU WANT?  \nAlways presume you’re an unknown. So, start with the twin basics of any CV. The reader wants to know what you can do and what you’re looking for.  \nIn 1482, Leonardo Da Vinci got it right. He wrote a letter to the regent of Milan introducing himself as an artificer of war technologies (ie who he was). Then he tackled the ‘what I’m looking todo’ bit:“I have kinds of mortars,”Leonardo wrote,“most convenient and easy to carry; and with these I can fling small stones almost resembling a storm.”  \nHe got the job, and with it, along-time patron. 12 years later, the regent, then Duke of Milan, commissioned The Last Supper. Nice work, if you apply yourself properly.  \nWHAT ARE APPLICANT TRACKING SYSTEMS? AND HOW TO SURVIVE THEM  \nWith the average corporate job listing attracting 250 applicants (many draw thousands), companies have become increasingly reliant on ATS software, which runs keyword searches to automatically separate weak CVs from strong ones.  \nThe problem is that this added efficiency comes at a cost: 75% of ATS-sifted CVs are never read by a person, and many qualified applicants are automatically dismissed from consideration because their CV’s language or formatting did not match the software’s keywords or capabilities.  \nOne way to circumvent this is by subtly customising your CV for each application. (This is a principle you can apply to every CV, in fact.) Your goal here should be to translate your experience and qualifications into the kinds of language used in the job posting.  \nFor example, if you work in additive manufacturing and are responding toa job posting that asks candidates to have, among other things,“significant AM Exposure,”  \nIt might be tactically wise to make sure that kind of wording appears in your resume. (Be sure, however, nottoliein order to manipulate the ATS system.)  \nAnother thing to consider is formatting. ATS systems have trouble coping with elaborate visual elements (for instance triangular bullet points), and many simply cannot read PDFs or even common serif typefaces like Times New Roman and Cambria.  \nSee our layout section for more information about ATS-friendly formatting.  \nONE CV? OR MORE?  \nBefore we kick off, one question. 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