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Once we start working, it can often be a long hard slog if you get stuck in the wrong job. CV writing to find your true vocation makes working life more than just a job.

Abraham Lincoln once said “And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”

In this modern, fast paced world we all live and work in, that saying is ever more meaningful and poignant. Work is an inevitable part of life, and finding the right job is not just about the money, but more importantly about the quality, satisfaction and purpose it brings.

That all sounds rather utopic, the diehard cynics will assume that work is inevitable and you get what you get in this life. To some degree that may be true, we’ve acknowledged that work is inevitable but as individuals we can take proactive approaches to finding the career that makes it all worthwhile. How, I hear you ask?

First off, the essential aspect is to look at how you market yourself – somewhat of a sad reality, but an essential truth nonetheless – is that you have to promote yourself, push yourself and actively place your skills, your personality, your drive and other career clinching facets right in front of your prospective employer.

CV Writing – Market Yourself

Key to achieving this is to truly hone up your CV writing skills and fully research how to write a CV. Each and every application for a new post will need you to invest time into perfecting the way you pitch your skills and aptitudes.

There will naturally be parts of your CV that will not need rewriting such as your qualifications and education, but the opening part of the CV offers the few seconds that are critical to success or failure in getting a new position. Employers glance initially through CVs and it is the first impression that is critical.
 

Start by looking at the employer, the job role and the company culture. If all three of these areas appeal, then start to craft your CV, using all your skills at CV writing. If however, your skills are nowhere similar to the job role requirements, be candid with yourself, part of successfully finding the right job is about having the right expectations.

Break down the key requirements and tailor the opening part of your CV to showcase what an exceptional, diligent and hard working individual you are and what you can bring to the company. While it all may sound somewhat egotistical to show off, this is exactly what a well written CV is all about. In the cover letter, thread your skills into the conversation, look again at the requirements and show what you can bring.

For those that are uncomfortable with showing off their qualities, reflect momentarily on the word curriculum vitae. From Latin, the term means “the course of [my] life” and whatever your professional qualifications and work experience to date, there are without a doubt numerous achievements in your life that you should be proud of promoting.

Not Sure How to Write a CV? Need CV Writing Skills?

If writing your own CV is too daunting or you feel uncomfortable with showing off your true qualities and skills, futurestart offer highly competitive CV writing services and the documents prepared can help you in the future if faced with knowing how to write a CV. For more information, please contact futurestart on 01329 220556.