Site Selector

Current Site: Ireland and Northern Ireland

  • Phone: +414 483 59 111
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC AG Turmstrasse 26 Zug 6300 Switzerland Zug 6300 Switzerland
View Site

  • Phone: +374 105 41 028
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Armenia, Tbilisyan Highway Lane, 8/3 Building Yerevan, 0052, Armenia
View Site

  • Phone: +431 610 60 0
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Austria, Clemens-Holzmeister-Straße 6, Vienna, 1100, Austria
View Site

  • Phone: +375 172 10 0210
  • Address: Coca-Cola Beverages Belorussiya FE, Kolyadichi, Minsk District, 223010, Belarus
View Site

  • Phone: +387 332 84 100
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC B-H Sarajevo, Mostarsko raskrsce bb, Hadzici, 71240, Bosnia-Herzegovina
View Site

  • Phone: +359 2 92 14 600
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Bulgaria, Coca-Cola Business Center, 8 Racho Petkov Kazandzhiyata Str., Sofia, 1766, Bulgaria
View Site

  • Phone: +385 124 80 222
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Croatia, Milana Sachsa 1, Zagreb, 1000, Croatia
View Site

  • Phone: +357 228 85 000
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Cyprus, 66 Kyriacos Matsis Ave., Nicosia, 2409 Engomi, Cyprus
View Site

  • Phone: +420 283 01 5111
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Czech Republic, Ceskobrodska 132 9, Praha, 198 21, Czech Republic
View Site

  • Phone: +0224047111
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: 6th District, industrial zone, Nasr city, Cairo, Egypt
View Site

  • Phone: +372 650 31 00
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Estonia, A.H. Tammsaare tee 92, Tallinn 13423, Estonia
View Site

  • Phone: +302 106 38 1700
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Greece, 60 Kifissias ave, Athens, 151 25 Maroussi, Greece
View Site

  • Phone: +36 24 500 500
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Hungary, Nemedi ut 104, Dunaharaszti, H-2330, Hungary
View Site

  • Phone: +353 188 07 100
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Ireland, Huntstown Business Park, Cappagh Road, Ballycoolin, Dublin 11, Ireland
View Site

  • Phone: +390 227 07 71
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Italia, Piazza Indro Montanelli, 30, Sesto San Giovanni Milano, 20099, Italy
View Site

  • Phone: +383 38 540 690
  • Address: Km 5 ,rr. Prishtine- Shkup, Prishtine, 10000, Kosovo
View Site

  • Phone: +371 671 09 999
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Latvia, Ulbrokas str. 40, Riga, 1021 Latvia
View Site

  • Phone: +370 5219 9104
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Lithuania, Spaudos str. 6-1, Vilnius, LT- 05132, Lithuania
View Site

  • Phone: +234 127 06 670
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Nigerian Bottling Company, Leventis Building, 3rd floor, Iddo House, Iddo PO Box 159, Lagos Nigeria
View Site

  • Phone: +389 226 11 314
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Pivara Skopje, Str. 808, No. 12, Skopje, 1000, Republic of North Macedonia
View Site

  • Phone: +482 251 95 100 / 101
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca Cola HBC Poland, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 16, Warsaw 02-092, Poland
View Site

  • Phone: +402 120 21 400
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Romania, Global City Business Park, Building 2, 10, Bucuresti Nord Str., Voluntari, Ilfov, 077190 Romania
View Site

  • Phone: +8 800 700-77-77
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Eurasia, Novoorlovskaya str. 7, Moscow, 119 633
View Site

  • Phone: +381 11 30 73 100
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Serbia, 14-16, Batajnicki Drum str., Zemun, 11080, Serbia
View Site

  • Phone: +386 158 90 400
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Slovenia, Motnica 9, Trzin, 1236, Slovenia
View Site

  • Phone: +41 (0) 44 835 91 11
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Switzerland, Thurgauerstrasse 134, 8152 Opfikon, Switzerland
View Site

  • Phone: +380 444 90 0707
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola Beverages Ukraine, 51st km of St. Petersburg, Highway Velyka Dymerka, Kyiv, 07 400, Ukraine
View Site
Logo
Cookie Settings
>

Market sites

Site Selector

Current Site: Ireland and Northern Ireland

  • Phone: +414 483 59 111
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC AG Turmstrasse 26 Zug 6300 Switzerland Zug 6300 Switzerland
View Site

  • Phone: +374 105 41 028
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Armenia, Tbilisyan Highway Lane, 8/3 Building Yerevan, 0052, Armenia
View Site

  • Phone: +431 610 60 0
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Austria, Clemens-Holzmeister-Straße 6, Vienna, 1100, Austria
View Site

  • Phone: +375 172 10 0210
  • Address: Coca-Cola Beverages Belorussiya FE, Kolyadichi, Minsk District, 223010, Belarus
View Site

  • Phone: +387 332 84 100
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC B-H Sarajevo, Mostarsko raskrsce bb, Hadzici, 71240, Bosnia-Herzegovina
View Site

  • Phone: +359 2 92 14 600
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Bulgaria, Coca-Cola Business Center, 8 Racho Petkov Kazandzhiyata Str., Sofia, 1766, Bulgaria
View Site

  • Phone: +385 124 80 222
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Croatia, Milana Sachsa 1, Zagreb, 1000, Croatia
View Site

  • Phone: +357 228 85 000
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Cyprus, 66 Kyriacos Matsis Ave., Nicosia, 2409 Engomi, Cyprus
View Site

  • Phone: +420 283 01 5111
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Czech Republic, Ceskobrodska 132 9, Praha, 198 21, Czech Republic
View Site

  • Phone: +0224047111
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: 6th District, industrial zone, Nasr city, Cairo, Egypt
View Site

  • Phone: +372 650 31 00
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Estonia, A.H. Tammsaare tee 92, Tallinn 13423, Estonia
View Site

  • Phone: +302 106 38 1700
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Greece, 60 Kifissias ave, Athens, 151 25 Maroussi, Greece
View Site

  • Phone: +36 24 500 500
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Hungary, Nemedi ut 104, Dunaharaszti, H-2330, Hungary
View Site

  • Phone: +353 188 07 100
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Ireland, Huntstown Business Park, Cappagh Road, Ballycoolin, Dublin 11, Ireland
View Site

  • Phone: +390 227 07 71
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Italia, Piazza Indro Montanelli, 30, Sesto San Giovanni Milano, 20099, Italy
View Site

  • Phone: +383 38 540 690
  • Address: Km 5 ,rr. Prishtine- Shkup, Prishtine, 10000, Kosovo
View Site

  • Phone: +371 671 09 999
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Latvia, Ulbrokas str. 40, Riga, 1021 Latvia
View Site

  • Phone: +370 5219 9104
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Lithuania, Spaudos str. 6-1, Vilnius, LT- 05132, Lithuania
View Site

  • Phone: +234 127 06 670
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Nigerian Bottling Company, Leventis Building, 3rd floor, Iddo House, Iddo PO Box 159, Lagos Nigeria
View Site

  • Phone: +389 226 11 314
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Pivara Skopje, Str. 808, No. 12, Skopje, 1000, Republic of North Macedonia
View Site

  • Phone: +482 251 95 100 / 101
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca Cola HBC Poland, ul. Żwirki i Wigury 16, Warsaw 02-092, Poland
View Site

  • Phone: +402 120 21 400
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Romania, Global City Business Park, Building 2, 10, Bucuresti Nord Str., Voluntari, Ilfov, 077190 Romania
View Site

  • Phone: +8 800 700-77-77
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Eurasia, Novoorlovskaya str. 7, Moscow, 119 633
View Site

  • Phone: +381 11 30 73 100
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Serbia, 14-16, Batajnicki Drum str., Zemun, 11080, Serbia
View Site

  • Phone: +386 158 90 400
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Slovenia, Motnica 9, Trzin, 1236, Slovenia
View Site

  • Phone: +41 (0) 44 835 91 11
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola HBC Switzerland, Thurgauerstrasse 134, 8152 Opfikon, Switzerland
View Site

  • Phone: +380 444 90 0707
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Address: Coca-Cola Beverages Ukraine, 51st km of St. Petersburg, Highway Velyka Dymerka, Kyiv, 07 400, Ukraine
View Site

Top 10 Ways to Improve your CV

Top 10 Ways to Improve your CV

Share

Your CV portrays the first impression an employer will make of you and, on many occasions, it is what they will solely base their decision on regarding whether you will proceed to the next stage.

Portraying yourself in a manner that will catch a recruiter’s eye can be a daunting task. You want to illustrate your experience, skills and achievement while also giving them a sense of you as a person.

To help you depict yourself in the best way possible we have gathered our Top Ten Tips for writing your CV from one of our top recruiters.

cv-writing-skills-01 cv-writing-skills-01

1. Keep your CV up to date

Ensure your current contact details are noted within.  Make sure you have included your most recent roles and responsibilities. Start your CV with your most recent role to ensure it receives immediate attention. Recruiters will look to what you have most recently accomplished first to see if you are experienced enough for the role, so your current accomplishments are important.

cv-writing-skills-02 cv-writing-skills-02

2. Don’t leave any gaps in your employment

As a recruiter looking at a CV with date gaps will raise questions regarding what you were doing during that time. If you want to highlight some of your past roles over others, then do so by including information on your achievements and skills gained in those roles but still include the roles you had in-between; even if it’s just the position and dates.

cv-writing-skills-03 cv-writing-skills-03

3. Ensure all the dates are correct

The duration you worked in particular roles gives the recruiter an idea of your experience. At the hiring stage they will double check these dates with your references and your LinkedIn profile so make sure you have them right.

cv-writing-skills-04 cv-writing-skills-04

4. Always tailor your CV to the position and company you are applying for

Every position will be looking for different experience and skills. Ensure you read the job description thoroughly and apply what the recruiter is looking for to your CV being mindful that you meet the essential criteria required for the role. Highlight the experiences and achievements that stand out for this opportunity.

cv-writing-skills-05 cv-writing-skills-05

5. Keep your CV to 2-3 pages maximum

Recruiters work on several open positions at the same time and may only have a few minutes to read through your CV.  Keep it concise and to the point.

cv-writing-skills-06 cv-writing-skills-06

6. Give your CV a clear structure

The most common mistake is a badly laid out CV. If information is difficult for a recruiter to follow it’ll give a bad impression from the offset. Structure your CV so it flows well and don’t cram too much information onto one page. For Graduates place your degree before your work experience as this is what employers will look for first.

cv-writing-skills-07 cv-writing-skills-07

7. Avoid spelling mistakes

When a CV has spelling mistakes, it gives the impression that the application was rushed or that the applicant was not interested enough to take the time to read through the CV before sending it. Make sure to proofread the document more than once and even give it to a friend to check for you.

cv-writing-skills-08 cv-writing-skills-08

8. Do not add your photo

Including a photo is going to create an immediate first impression on the recruiter that they won’t be able to ignore. Your CV should showcase your skills and achievements so put the focus on these instead.

cv-writing-skills-09 cv-writing-skills-09

9. Do not use company logos

A company’s logo adds little to your CV. You have already stated the company’s name which is enough. A logo will take up room on the page that you could fill with more relevant information. It will also increase the file size of your CV which may cause issues for the recruiter when they try to view it.

cv-writing-skills-10 cv-writing-skills-10

10. Your date of birth is not needed on your CV

Your date of birth is not needed; the content of the CV, the structure, and the language used are far more important to the recruiter.

Print Print

This blog is brought to you by one of our top recruiters, Claire Hamill. Claire has worked in the field for over four years currently sitting in our Group Talent Acquisition team.