The most recognised and successful CV is the Traditional CV which is also known as the Chronological CV. The Traditional CV is subdivided into five parts namely personal details, profile, key skills, employment history and finally education, memberships and training.
It’s important to select a Traditional CV for a number of reasons, namely the Traditional CV is a highly recognised CV in the recruitment industry, it quickly enables the Recruiter to decide on your suitability for the job vacancy and finally ensures a prompt response to your application because you have clearly displayed your personal details so the Recruiter can get in touch with you.
A Traditional CV will list your employment history “most recent first” unless the most recent is not relevant and then discretion would be needed to move the less relevant job(s) further down the CV to an “Earlier Career” section. Regarding education or memberships, the most senior qualification would be displayed first followed by earlier or less relevant qualifications.
A Traditional CV would normally highlight the most recent years of employment in detail, normally no more than 10 years and then for employment exceeding 10 years ago, these would be entered into an earlier career box providing year to and from, employer name and job title.
There are various names given to CVs which are in the market, so it can become confusing if you are new to the job search market. The main thing which you need to consider is within the first half of your first page of your CV, there is enough information for the Recruiter to decide to continue to read your application and shortlist you for interview.
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