Movemeon's founders are regularly asked about the way to write a great CV. So here we share our best advice for writing an outstanding CV using consulting skill. To see more, visit https://www.movemeon.com

1. How to write the perfect
resume (CV)
- by using consulting skills

2. Let’s start simple: you probably do these 6
things when preparing a consulting
presentation
1. Define the most important messages
2. Cut the other stuff
3. Use an appendix for detail
4. Tailor to your audience
5. Create an executive summary
6. Be able to deliver it in an elevator pitch

3. And you probably also do the following 4
things when writing your CV:
1. Give all experience equal weight
2. Include everything - no vaguely relevant
project gets the cut
3. Describe all experience in generic terms
4. Fail to include your ‘story’ – why you are right for
the job, running through your CV

4. It’s funny how lessons learnt from consulting are
rarely applied to CVs.
Because if you applied them, this is what you would do ...

5. 1. Summarise (the elevator pitch)
• Fact: People scan CVs
• So-what: So you need to tell them what they’re getting
& why you’re a no-brainer
Tip: write a 2-3 line summary at the top of
your CV & match it to the skills required by
the employer

6. 2. Prioritise
• Fact: CVs that are chronological lists hide their owners’
most important & relevant experience
• So-what: You need to use a CV structure that will show
your reader immediately that you are the right fit for the job
Tip: check the requirements of the job &
highlight your matching experience & skills –
delete everything else

7. 3. De-clutter
• Fact: the traditional CV is an academic document – the
longer, the more credible. In a job application, the longer,
the less likely to be read
• So-what: An overly-long CV in most applications suggests
you have not tailored – so you don’t actually care about the
job
Tip: stick to 1 page, it’s that simple – the
more ‘white space’, the better

8. 4. Signpost
• Fact: Most CVs use formatting to differentiate generic
things, like the dates & locations of jobs
• So-what: Dates & locations do not help the reader find
your priority messages
Tips: use differentiated text for your personal
summary, current role/company, skills you have
that the new job requires & your university/subject

9. +1: Case Study
• Being ex-consultants ourselves, we know clients love case
studies
• So here’s one we prepared earlier, showing those
differentiated bits…

11. The key takeaways
1. remember: a CV is a tool to get you to interview - you can
always discuss your more interesting experience once you
get there!
3. applying the lessons learnt from your years in consulting
to your CV will increase your chances of being noticed!
2. sharing too much detail on a CV is actually a reason why a
lot of people won’t interview you – they’ll find something
they don’t like!
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