Career Development

5 Top-Tips on How to Write the Perfect CV

The first in a series on your Career Development.

The World’s No.1 Engineering Recruitment Specialists

As one of the worlds top international

recruitment businesses we understand that, no matter

which industry, sector or specialism you belong to, having a

first class CV is vital for your career success…

The World’s No.1 Engineering Recruitment Specialists

We work with some of the largest oil and gas businesses on the

planet. We understand the organisations involved, but we also

appreciate the people that make them tick. We know how hard it can

be to get ahead in your chosen industry, and that’s why we’ve

developed some top-tips to help you create the perfect CV and

achieve that next big career move…

CV Top Tips - Structure information logically

1. Structure information logically.

Most CV’s are written in chronological order with the most recent

job at the top, but this may not necessarily be the best format for

you. Consider your experience, your professional skillset and

your career highlights - then use a combination to achieve a

balance of both these and the chronology of your career.

CV Top Tips - Be Selective

2. Be selective.

Include only the most relevant information and pull out your key

skills, achievements and experience. Stay relevant to the

position and project that you’re applying for. Anything you’ve

achieved in a previous role that isn’t relevant to the new job -

leave it out.

CV Top Tips - Tell a story

3. Tell a story.

Your new employer won’t have time to wade through pages of

description, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make your CV

interesting to read. Be succinct, but sell each and every relevant

point you make. For example; “Whilst in ‘W’ role, I introduced

‘X’ and ‘Y’ processes, which resulted in a ‘Z%’ increase in

overall project productivity.” Use bullet points.

CV Top Tips - Adopt a career strategy

4. Adopt a career strategy.

Think about your on-going career development and set yourself

goals - where do you want to be in 5 or even 10 years time?

What type of role, on what type of project and in what location?

Our recruitment specialists can help you with this planning. It’s

always a good idea to get to know your recruitment consultant,

it will help them target particular roles, projects and clients

based on your personal career aspirations.

CV Top Tip - Use our template

5. Use our template:

Help us to help you - download our free CV Template here and

use it when registering your CV with us on orionjobs.com.

Using this template when submitting your CV on our website

will help our recruitment consultants process your information

and will help secure that all important next role!

This is the first in a series of Orion articles on Career Development.

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