STOP doing this on your resume! | CV / RESUME ICKS! (UK)

Don't miss out on your dream role because your resume makes the recruiter CRINGE! - That is not the feeling your want to give this recruiter. In this video I break down the most common resume / CV mistakes I see in Project management CVs.
Don't let this be you !
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Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
0:58 No personal summary
2:21 Pictures of the applicant
2:47 Bright Colours
3:37 Long CVs / Resumes
4:41 No experience summary
5:31 Spelling & Grammatical errors
6:16 Irrelevant experience
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[@MS_2MUCH4YA]

Love your videos!! Just landed my first project coordinator position

[@pitolinmotion]

Smashed it ! ✨✨✨ congratulations honey! This is only the start ✨🙌🏾

[@naomicampana]

🙏🏾 thank you Ire for the qualitative information

[@pitolinmotion]

Thank you for watching ! 🤗✨

[@tanya1300]

please can you do interview tips? loving your videos btw and your charisma!

[@pitolinmotion]

Hey there! I’ve got a video on this already ! ✨ and thank you x

[@yuliiahodz4191]

Thank you. Very useful😊

[@pitolinmotion]

🙌🏾

[@bukayoa]

"Are we applying for America's next top model?" 🤣 All facts!

[@pitolinmotion]

😅😅😅😅

[@tommytuomaala9087]

I dont like it either but it helps the recruiter to identify the right person out from the crowd (hotell lobby)

[@pitolinmotion]

That’s why there is LinkedIn, or simply they can just call your name. I’ve never had an issue like them not being able to identify me or find me lol. For Pm roles in the UK please NEVER do this

[@Maracuyeahhh]

I’m guilty on #5 lol. But my bullet points aren’t too long and I tried to put the most relevant ones that bring out similarity to project management.

[@pitolinmotion]

Hey! That’s good: if it’s not that relevant just keep it to a couple bullets or just a 2 line summary and you can just take it from there :)- but I still recommend a short quantitive summary at the top

[@AKPOBIPETER]

Hi, I like your videos and how you take time to go over topics extensively. Im currently interested in becoming a PM, do you have a class specifically for that?

[@pitolinmotion]

Hey thanks ! And nope I don’t , I have a video on how to get into project management a few years ago. It’s still basically all relevant

[@tommytuomaala9087]

Employer wants a short and position relevant cv. Recruiters wants the entire history. Colorfullness depends if you apply into marketing or into tech. Sometimes a merit portfolio can be important.

[@bamirich]

Pictures on CVs are major icks 😭and a nono for me - but i hear in some countries it is common/expected and in some other industries sha

[@pitolinmotion]

😅😅 well then countries ain’t the UK; or US or Nigeria that’s for sure . But that’s a good point. Gonna do what’s best in the country you are applying to

[@beatriskido378]

@@pitolinmotion I don’t find it useful but in Italy you should have a photo in your resume 😒

[@pitolinmotion]

Ah I should have specified this is specific for the UK ! I’ll update the title :)

[@hedwigwendell-crumb91]

Fantastic vido! Thank you so much. One question. I had a job that was not project management related recently, i had to work to earn money in that period of time. I want to leave it off the CV, but it will look like a Gapnin Employment. Should I leave it off and have a gap or keep this irrelevant job on there and have no gap? Thank you

[@pitolinmotion]

Hey hmm, tricky one. I’m tempted to say, if you didn’t work for long, leave it off: if it was over a year, leave it but just don’t expand on it .

[@kaylavonn2749]

Hi, I’ve worked in a project management role at a start up and I want a project management role in the corporate world but, I haven’t gotten a call back from the jobs I’ve applied to. Is there another job title that’s under project management that you would recommend? I just want to get back in the industry.

[@pitolinmotion]

Hey lovely ! So if you check out my video on ‘entry level roles’ I explain 5 roles that you should apply to. Also delivery manager, implementation manager etc. can also be referred to as project managers

[@kaylavonn2749]

@@pitolinmotion thank you. I’ll definitely take a look!

[@PaulKing594]

This is good advice in the 1980's.

[@pitolinmotion]

Yet these are things I still see on CVs today 😅 I guess people are still making the same mistakes as in the 1980s. But then again I wouldn’t know, I wasn’t even born ☺️

[@coutourplusconfidence8302]

Are you on LI?

[@PaulKing594]

First of all not every recruiter see's 100's of resumes a day. In my field they are lucky to see 2 to fill 8 positions. What is your strategy when we can't get near enough people?

[@pitolinmotion]

Hey! The tips still apply whether they see one CV or lots of CVs. This isn’t a video on recruiting tips. This is for how to enhance your CV (with a focus on project management which is highly competitive right now) … so your statement above doesn’t relate to this video

[@clovisclovisIditevpen]

I tend to disagree about photo on CV. Beeing a foreigner who is working in UK few of possible employers could not get from my name and last name if I am a women or a men. I was told couple of times that we are expected to interview a men. So I will have a photo on my CV.

[@pitolinmotion]

Sure thing. But guarantee you for PM roles in the UK (can’t speak for other places) it is 100% unnecessary. But enjoy !

[@Cityzen014]

I noticed in India all their CVs has picture and I think it's the way it's been done in India.

[@pitolinmotion]

Fair dos. I should have specified I’m referring to roles in the UK and US mainly :)

[@bunn228]

Yeah some countries still put pictures on the CV. UK removed that as it led to bias from the recruiters, so to keep it anonymous. In Japan they still have pictures, and you also have to put your health status! It's so strange to me, that's just asking people to lie or they won't have a chance.

[@Nikkividhyadar]

Well, I have worked in India and people have always told CV's should never have photos. you were guided wrongly, and tbh I have hardly seen anyone having photos on their CV's

[@bamirich]

Also, in legal … one typo = CV binned!!

[@pitolinmotion]

It’s a cold world !!!

[@Olibee1916]

Used your videos to help with my interview preparation and I was offered the job today 🎉

[@pitolinmotion]

Oh yayyyyyyyyyyyy! 🎉🥳🍾this is great news! Congratulations

[@Olibee1916]

@@pitolinmotion Thank you 😊