In this fall, you may want a change of scenery ... on a professional level.
But the competition is fierce and the CV is one of the first weapons at your disposal.
The Zety site, which helps create resumes, analyzed more than 670,000 of them, created on the platform, and published a study that identifies the trends of a successful resume in 2021.
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While only 10% of applications lead to an interview, and 20% of applicants who are interviewed go on to get a job, no detail should be left to chance.
You will need to send between 30 and 50 CV to hope to get a job, according to the site.
Few personalized CVs
The first key then is personalization.
Recruiters, coaches or even the grandes écoles have been rehashing it for years: you have to personalize your CV according to the desired position.
And yet, Zety reveals that users of the site only have an average of 1.4 CVs for all their applications.
Only 2% of users created 5 or more CVs.
However, one job seeker took personalization to its limits: he prepared 363 unique documents!
Other lessons from the study: The median length of a CV is 406 words, to fit on a page, and 91% of users use the “
Century Gothic
”
font
to write it.
In addition, certain sections are essential.
99% of CVs have a “
Personal Information
” section
and a Training section.
97% of them also have a professional experience section and 95% a section dedicated to skills.
The importance of keywords
For the less common sections, foreign languages appear in only 35% of CVs and certifications in 27% of them. Computer skills are only mentioned in 17% of resumes. Interests are also mentioned in 17% of CVs. Foremost among them are, for example: literature, blogging and travel.
Keywords are also important to mark your competence and pass the first selection filters.
For software engineers, the first is given to the words "
Engineer
", "
JavaScript
", "
Software
", "
Backend
".
Aspiring project managers prefer “
Construction
”, “
Project
”, “
Management
” or even “
Manager
”.
As for administrative assistants, we find unsurprisingly the words "
Administrative
", "
Assistant
" or "
Document
".
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Among the most useful tips are: personalize your CV, choose the right photo or even take care of your profile on social networks. To stand out from other candidates who will also have sent between 30 and 50 CVs to get the job, all means are good.
