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One of the biggest mistakes most people make is sending out the same CV for every application. It's a big temptation ? you've spent hours getting the details and layout just right, or perhaps you've paid a considerable amount of money to have someone write it professionally. The trouble is, each CV needs to be tailored to the job in question, and it's vital that you do this if you want to stand out from the crowd.
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Another common mistake, usually made by older applicants, is including their entire work and educational history. It's usual for CVs to go back only 10 years in terms of work and if you have a degree, school qualifications can be omitted, unless specifically requested or relevant. Employers occasionally ask for a full CV Carlos Lee Youth Jersey , in which case you do have to include everything.
Choosing the wrong format can also condemn your CV to the bin - different styles work best in specific situations. Many people stick to the chronological CV, but this is not always the most appropriate. It works well if you have been steadily progressing up the ladder in a particular career, or if your most recent jobs are likely to impress the company you hope to work for.
A skills-based or functional CV is great if you have gaps in your work history, as you can use it to highlight the fact that you have exactly the skills the employer is looking for. It's also useful if you are moving to a new career or area of work and your work experience isn't completely relevant.
A targeted CV is aimed at a precise job or career, for example Roy Oswalt Youth Jersey , if you retrained as a teacher in your 30s or 40s and are applying for a teaching post, your work-related heading might be ?Teaching Experience? and your main skills would all be relevant to teaching, such as using IT in the classroom and curriculum development. For soft skills, such as communication skills and team work, you would use examples from your teaching career.
You may need to have different styles of CV for different applications. If we use the previous example of the secretary Mike Scott Youth Jersey , she might have had a series of language related jobs and is now applying for linguist and non linguist posts. She could choose a chronological CV for the language jobs and a functional CV for the others.
To sum up, individualise every CV for the job concerned, choose the most suitable format for the situation and remember: keywords must jump out at the reader in the first 20 seconds.
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Philosophy as a science
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Philosophy is considered a science but it is difficult to say, when one has to compare with an ordinary science, for example biology, or chemistry. This is a question that turns into a burning problem among the scientists and linguists all over the wor.