Careers Advice
CV writing tips
Posted on 21 June 2023 by Global Connections

Getting your CV up to scratch takes time and effort - but it's worth it! These resources look at every aspect of crafting your CV.
Discovering your strengths
- How to discover your strengths - advice from Christians Against Poverty UK including a helpful video.
How to write a great CV
- The ultimate guide to writing a charity CV from Charity Jobs
- Writing a CV - advice from Christians Against Poverty UK, including a useful video.
- How to capture a recruiters attention in 6 seconds - recruiters spend an average of six seconds skimming over CVs and cover letters. Give them a reason to take more than a brief look at your CV.
- Read our Digital Job Seeking Resources to find out how to use AI to optimise your CV for ATS technology.
CV template ideas
- Downloadable CV template - a basic Guardian Jobs CV template
- CV examples and samples - Reed offers a range of CV templates including graduate, school leaver, creative and redundancy