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How to email your CV
tips to getting yours read first

What should your email look like when sending your CV?
If you’re emailing your CV to a company, it’s important to get everything right.
Since this is your first interaction with a potential employer, you’d want to get off
on the right foot and make a positive impression. So, how can you hit the mark?

Emailing your CV – top tips following tips when emailing your CV:
It’s essential to follow the job
1. Format your CV and cover
application instructions when emailing
letter correctly
your CV. Employers are generally Name your files succinctly and clearly.
quite specific in what they want to see This is the first time an employer will
included in CV email applications (e.g. encounter you, making it all the more
subject line, recipient, format, etc.). important for your materials to be both
It’s smart to play by their rules if you professional and easily identifiable.
want to avoid being eliminated in the Here are some filename examples:
first round. • Joe-Bloggs-CV.docx or Joe-Bloggs-
For roles where specific instructions • Cover-Letter.docx
Joe_Bloggs_CV.docx or Joe_Bloggs_
are not set out, we recommend the Cover_Letter.docx

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