Under no circumstances should the following mistakes be made when creating the “Curriculum Vitae”.
The red thread is missing
The responsible personnel managers get a first impression through the overall picture of the CV. If this is unstructured and not comprehensible, the potential employer will not deal with the application any further.
Therefore, in the first step, the formatting should be uniformly adjusted, in the second step, the content should be listed chronologically and, above all, clearly. Important: The positions and training stations should be listed backwards – i.e. from current to past.
Grammar and spelling mistakes
In the worst case, grammar and spelling errors make the HR manager doubt the applicant’s competence, at least a sloppy way of working could be assumed. Although spelling corrections are integrated into the most common word processing programs, even these do not find every transposed letter or word error.
It is therefore recommended that the text is first copied into an independent proofreading program, and then, in the best case scenario, another person should proofread it – because how do you say it? Four eyes see more than two.
Too much information with too little substance
The CV should not read like a novel, which elementary school you went to is just as irrelevant to the potential employer as the math competition you won in sixth grade.
Therefore, the CV should only contain information relevant to the position. Qualifications and academic successes can be described in detail without bombarding the HR manager with information.
As a rule of thumb, the CV should not be longer than one or two DIN A4 pages. In the case of particularly experienced applicants it may be a little more, but here too it should be no more than three pages.
gaps in the CV
Almost everyone has heard of the dreaded gaps in a CV, and with good reason. A well-trained HR manager is immediately suspicious when the CV is characterized by large jumps in time.
If you have been unemployed or looking for work for a longer period of time – longer than a few months – this must be noted in your CV. However, if you have taken part in seminars and training courses during this time, they can fill in the gaps.
The signature
Rarely considered, but still a significant form error is the omission of the signature at the end of the CV. Just like a cover letter, this definitely belongs under the CV.
Henry Ely / Editor finanzen.net
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