1) Easy to read layout and formatting: Keep it simple. Don’t use overly complicated boxes, headings, charts or anything that complicates the document. Remember the people reading it – construction professionals who don’t have time for the fluffy stuff.

2) Short blurb about your aspirations, general experience, don’t make this too presumptuous, base the info on fact rather than generic cliche comments. Avoid sentences like “I am a team player, who can offer my vast experience to any organisation” – basically doesn’t mean anything.

3) Start with your most recent employment and work backwards. Most relevant and important first. Must include: job title, start and finish (month and year, not just year or down to the exact day), company name, general responsibilities, but more importantly achievements. And most important, projects involved in, including the dollar value.

4) At the end of your CV include some personal interests, achievements outside of work, give the potential employer some idea of who you are. But try not to offer too many opinions or use colloquialism.

So, hopefully that helps with next time you sit down to tidy up your CV, remember keep it simple and think about who is reading it. For more info on my advice to hiring managers on reading CV’s read here – everything can be put into reverse for when you are writing your own CV.