Is your CV preventing you from finding a job?

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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 8:23a.m.

We hope this woman is not using the Comic Sans font in her CV

We hope this woman is not using the Comic Sans font in her CV

If you find it hard to believe unemployment is bad cast your mind back a month or so and you'll remember that more than a thousand people descended on South Auckland hoping for a job at a new supermarket. There were only 160 on offer, so most of them went home empty handed. But is there something they could have done to increase their chance of success?

Tom O’Neill thinks there is. He spent two decades in HR, runs his own career management company and has drafted CV’s for cabinet ministers and All Blacks alike.

Watch the video to hear his tips and tricks to make your CV the pick of the bunch.

Tom and the kind people at CV.co.nz are offering Sunrise viewers a free digital job hunters pack to help get your CV up to scratch and give you more tips on nailing job interviews. Just email Tom on tom@cv.co.nz for your copy.

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09 Feb 2010 09:27a.m.

Timotei wrote:

He makes a lot of sense!