“If I see ‘outside the box’ on your resume, it’s going ‘in the box,’” said Reginald Wilson, founder and president of InGaj.
A CV is a marketing tool to get you the interview, so avoid cliches whenever possible. Wilson presented these and other quick CV tips at Devex’s 6th Annual Career Forum in Washington March 28.
Wilson also noted that listing objectives at the top of a CV isn’t always the most effective way to market yourself, “especially when they say something like ‘I wish to leverage my personal abilities in management to overcome’ … you just gave me five seconds of absolute nothing,’” Wilson said.
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Kelli Rogers has worked as an Associate Editor and Southeast Asia Correspondent for Devex, with a particular focus on gender. Prior to that, she reported on social and environmental issues from Nairobi, Kenya. Kelli holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, and has reported from more than 20 countries.