A recruiter cannot guess the value behind a vague or confusing CV. Before you apply, check that your document avoids these seven common mistakes.

1. Using one CV for every vacancy. Reorder and adapt your evidence so the most relevant experience appears first.
2. Listing duties without results. Explain the outcome of your work using numbers, scope, speed, quality or business impact where possible.
3. Writing a generic summary. Replace phrases such as “hard-working team player” with your profession, experience level and strongest relevant expertise.
4. Adding irrelevant personal information. Marital status, religion, passport number and full home address are rarely necessary and create privacy risks.
5. Using inconsistent dates and formatting. A clean pattern makes your career history easier to understand and signals attention to detail.
6. Ignoring spelling and grammar. Read the CV aloud, use a spelling tool and ask another person to review it.
7. Making contact difficult. Include a professional email address, a reachable telephone number with country code and a relevant LinkedIn link if it is up to date.

Finally, save the document with a useful filename such as FirstName-LastName-CV.pdf. The goal is simple: make it effortless for the recruiter to understand your fit and contact you.