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How to write a CV profile [or personal statement] and get noticed
hello and welcome to the standout CV
YouTube channel in this video I'm going
to teach you how to write an effective
profile for your CV so the profile is
the introductory paragraph that sits at
the very top of the CV and its aim is to
hook recruiters attention when they
first open up the CV and make sure they
stick around to read the rest of it
so before I dive into the guide if
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to kick this video off I just wanted to
demonstrate to you why the profile of
the top of your CV is so important to
the success of your job applications and
I'm going to do this by putting you in
the shoes of a recruiter so you can see
things from their perspective so this is
a typical recruiters inbox as you can
see it's full of applications from
candidates just like you and this is
typically where your CV will end up when
you apply for a job for a job website so
imagine this is your application here at
the top once the recruiter has opened
that if you've written a good enough
cover letter they'll then go on to open
up the CV and this is what they were
seeing they'll see this part of the CV
here which are that's called the top
quarter so it's basically the part of
the document that is visible without the
reader having to scroll down like this
so unless the recruiter actively decides
to scroll down the page then all of this
is not seen this this is the only bit
that you can see now from my experience
of working in recruitment I can tell you
that if a recruiter opens up your CV and
they don't see some of the key things
that they've been briefed to look for so
things like specific skills knowledge
qualifications etc in this top quarter
here then they might just close the CV
straight down without even scrolling
down to this part and then they'll just
close down the CV and go back to their
inbox it's full of lots of other
applicants so they can choose from and
if this better if they're pushed for
time and their inbox looks like this
which is pretty normal for most
recruiters and if that happens you're
just going to waste lots of applications
and you're not going to get many calls
so for this reason it's so so important
that you get this CV profile right and
you grab people's attention with it so
they stick around to read the rest of it
now that you know why it's so important
how do you actually go about writing a
CV profile that's gonna hold people's
attention get them a bit excited about
you and commit to reading the rest of
your CV well here are a few simple
guidelines
stick to firstly keep it brief it's just
meant to be an introduction so only
needs to be a few lines long if you
drone on forever here you're gonna lose
people straight away secondly keep it
high level you just want to give an
overall summary of your experience and
knowledge here so save these specific
details of job duties and achievements
for later on in your actual work
experience section number three is to
tailor it to the job you're applying for
this is the most important things to
remember you need to fill this profile
with the things that your target
employers want to see or you're not
going to get noticed so spend some time
researching the jobs you plan to apply
for make a list of the skills they're
looking for and make sure you get them
all into this profile then before is
don't use cliche terms don't fill the CV
with meaningless phrases like
hard-working team player or strong
communicator these terms are overused
and they don't actually tell people
anything factual about you if you take a
look at this cliche base-2 profile for
an example and you know a high achieving
professional of a strong work ethic bla
bla bla now that's really great but it
doesn't tell us at all what this person
does you know is he a doctor is he an
accountant a graduate there's no way of
knowing so avoid that at all costs and
keep those terms to a minimum or out of
your profile all together the fifth
point is to sell yourself don't be
afraid to brag a bit you know talk about
your highest level of accomplishments
and pick yourself up with some big
positive terms you know it's no time to
be modest here when you're trying to
sell yourself to employers so what type
of information should you put into your
profile to make sure that you're getting
people interested in you when they open
up the CV well the contents of your
profile will obviously differ depending
on your profession and the types of jobs
you're applying for but generally
speaking you should be giving people a
high-level overview of your skills
knowledge and experience so this is a
good generic CV profile example that I'm
going to use to explain how this works
in practice if you want to see some
different examples of CV profiles after
I've run through this I've put together
a big list of 17 CV profiles from lots
of different industries into one of my
blog posts and I've put a link to it in
the description below this video so
anyway here are some of the ideal things
that you need to include in your profile
the types of companies you've worked for
so have you worked for investment banks
retail stores local governments you know
let people know where you've had the
exposure people you support so who do
you work for who does your work benefit
this could be internal people like your
line managers or external people like
customers important role specific skills
so these are skills are really crucial
to the jobs you're applying for so for
example if you're going for sales jobs
you need to be talking about lead
generation upselling cross-selling but
if you work in IT support then you're
gonna need to be talking about
troubleshooting diagnosis performing
upgrades and things like that relevant
qualifications if their qualifications
are important the job you're applying
for then make sure you include them here
now our qualifications aren't important
in some jobs but certainly if you're
applying to any regulated professions
like law or finance or anything medical
that you need to mention them in your
profile system knowledge if you know how
to use popular IT systems software
packages databases or planning tools etc
and you know that your target employers
value them then get them into the
profile and make them seen the benefits
you deliver so what does your work
actually achieve for employers how do
you help them you know do you save them
time do you increase their profits this
is really important to get across
because you need to show people what
they're gonna get in return if they hire
you now that's my an exhaustive list of
everything that will ever go into
everyone's CV profile by it's certainly
a good base to work from and you just
need to adapt and tailor it to your
situation and the requirements of your
target employers so I feel that's giving
you a good steer on how to write your
own CV profile and don't forget to visit
the standard CV website if you want to
see some more good examples of CV
profiles I put a link to that page in
the description so that brings me to the
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