How to Write a CV: 10 Steps to Success

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According to Glassdoor, a job posting will get over 250 applications, each with good CVs (short for curriculum vitae) attached. Generally speaking, around four to six of the applicants will get an interview. But, of course, only one of those 250 applicants will be lucky enough to get the job.

So, how do you make your CV, which is normally the first thing employers will read about you, stand out from the 249 others?