Work is the biggest problem in Italy and the search for a job or a change in the current position involves millions of people in a thousand difficulties. In order not to leave anything to chance and limit the errors that we can check to the maximum, it is important not to make a mistake when writing your CV.
It is known that company recruiters receive dozens if not hundreds every day and that they dedicate very little time to reading them if there is any mistake or if some good writing rule is not followed.
Everything you can do to make our resume more effective, notable and selectable can make a difference in finding a job.
So, after perfecting the content and filling in all the sections of the European format Curriculum Vitae it is time to make style and formatting corrections according to these rules for a perfect CV that help recruiters and hiring managers to have the utmost consideration of the curriculum during the reading, which for them never lasts more than 10 or 20 seconds.
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1) Never center the text
Section titles also need to be left aligned.
This improves readability because the eye always starts reading from the left margin.
2) Align dates and places on the right
To create less confusion in the information, it is better to align the dates and places of work or study on the right side, in a separate column.
In the European CV there is no column for dates which, therefore, should be created new.
3) Do not justify the text
Justified text can make your resume look more orderly, but it is not useful for improving readability.
This setting leaves irregular spaces between words making them more difficult to read.
Therefore, staying with the classic left alignment is absolutely recommended
4) Keep all characters of the same size and the same font
Aside from the name, which should be a little larger, the size and font for the whole resume must remain the same for legibility.
Forget those tricks to emphasize increasing the size of the text and use bold, italic and capital letters very sparingly.
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